[A guy proudly donning a made-to-order suit with his own name embroidered all over with gold threads, and nothing less - which he evidently cannot afford with his legitimate sources of income, is talking about "five-star activists" in a forum consisting of the members of higher judiciary and thereby trying to openly pressurise them to toe the incumbent regime's line and deliver verdicts accordingly is just utterly repugnant - both morally and also legally.]
I/III. http://zeenews.india.com/news/india/pm-modis-five-star-activists-remark-contempt-of-court_1574466.html 'PM Modi's five-star activists remark contempt of court' Last Updated: Monday, April 6, 2015 - 22:10 New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'five-star activists' remark on Judiciary has evoked sharp reaction with Congress leader Digvijay Singh and lawyer Prashant Bhushan terming it as contempt of court. CPI's Brinda Karat said Modi talks of five-star activists as he himself wears a Rs 10 lakh suit. "It is a very damaging comment against independence (of judiciary). He has levelled a serious charge of bias in favour of so-called five-star activists. There are no five-star activists... These are very very damaging remarks against the judiciary which I think is almost like contempt of court," Singh said. Bhushan, whose petitions have led to interventions by the apex court on several occasions, said the "outrageous" remarks made by the Prime Minister amount to contempt of court. He said be it the coal scam or other similar cases, those accused of corruption have been held accountable by activists. The rebel AAP leader said the remarks came from a person whose government is amending the land acquisition law which are against the rights of the farmers. Karat said the statement shows the contempt Prime Minister Modi has for "normal democratic processes". "In our country we can file petition in the Supreme Court if we feel that government is doing injustice...He talks of five star activists wearing a Rs 10 lakh suit," she said. Modi had yesterday said that "It is easy to deliver judgements based on the law and the Constitution. There is a need to be cautious against perception-driven verdicts. Perceptions are often driven by five star activists." Addressing a conference of chief justices of states and chief ministers, he had also said that the judiciary today "fears" as to what will happen if it goes against perception. He said the same situation was not there two decades ago. Chief Justice of India H L Dattu and several judges of the Supreme Court were also present. PTI II/III. http://ibnlive.in.com/videos/538352/its-inherent-in-pms-remark-that-judiciary-influenced-by-5star-activists-prashant-bhushan.html It's inherent in PM's remark that judiciary influenced by 5-star activists: Prashant Bhushan Zakka Jacob, CNN-IBN | Apr 06, 2015 at 11:06pm A day after PM Narendra Modi said the five-star activists are driving judicial decisions, senior lawyer Prashant Bhushan said that it is inherent in the Prime Minister's remark that judiciary influenced by 5-star activists. In an exclusive interview to CNN-IBN, Bhushan said, 'PM is referring to activists to whom the courts have been reacting positively.' III. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Lawyers-Prashant-Bhushan-slam-Modi-for-five-star-activists-remark/articleshow/46818376.cms Lawyers, Prashant Bhushan slam Modi for 'five-star activists' remark TNN | Apr 6, 2015, 02.29 AM IST NEW DELHI: Activists and lawyers have attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his remarks that "five-star activists" were driving the judiciary, saying the remarks were unacceptable and sought to question the legitimacy of activists. Rebel AAP leader Prashant Bhushan, whose petitions led to several important interventions by the Supreme Court on issues ranging from 2G scam to coal scam and Radia tapes, said, "It is a bit rich for a PM who gets Rs 6,000 crore loans for his crony Adani (industrialist Gautam Adani) to call us five-star activists." ***He said most activists like him worked pro-bono (without payment) to save the country from corruption, crony capitalism and environment degradation. "The gentleman who cozies up to crony capitalists, wears 1,000 dollar suits has the gall to call us five star activists? He even takes credit for bringing back Rs 1 lakh crore to the country which was the result of our petition on coal block allocation,'' Bhushan said, referring to the petition filed by his NGO, Centre for Public Interest Litigation (CPIL).*** [Emphasis added.] Senior Supreme Court advocate and legal advisor to the Karnataka government, Brijesh Kalappa, said it appeared that Modi was referring to environmentalist Priya Pillai, who was offloaded by immigration officials, and Teesta Setalvad, who got bail from the Supreme Court recently. "Both cases involve women where the might of the states is being employed to crush the constitutionally provided rights. Judiciary will always stand up for this," said Kalappa. Activist Shailesh Gandhi said the Prime Minister's statement automatically presumed that activists were not a legitimate voice. "In any democracy, activists have overall played a fairly important role by bringing to the fore issues that have often been ignored," he said. However, Gandhi also said that there was an element of truth on the issue of the judiciary being swayed by perception. "It's something the judiciary should do some soul searching over," he said. In his address to judges on Sunday, the Prime Minister had asked the judiciary not to be swayed by perceptions created by activists. -- Peace Is Doable -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
