Dr. Nutan Thakur is again expelled from this group for repeatedly violating our group rules. For instance by circulating her mobile number in posts.
--- In [email protected], Nutan Thakur <nutanthakur...@...> wrote: > > We oppose J > Balakrishnanâs appointment as NHRC Chairman > > "Both Advocates and Judges have an equal responsibility towards the > society. So both deserve equal respect from the people."- J K G > Balakrishnan, ex-Chief Justice of India and the incumbent Chairman of > the > National Human Rights Commission. > > âThis stubborn attitude greatly damaged the image of judiciary in the > country, > and the already eroding faith and confidence of the people in the > judicial > system only got further reduced in the wake of such an attitude on the > part of > the former CJI,â-J Â D V Shylendra Kumar, > Karnataka High Court Judge > > "He wants publicity and such a thing is not good for a judge. Judges > should not be publicity-crazy." â" J Balakrishnan > > "On a legal place the CJI does not have the authority to speak for all > judges of the Supreme Court, or High Courts, unless any of them have > either > confided in the Chief Justice or have authorised him to speak on behalf > of > others."-Â J Shylendra Kumar > > I present these four statements before you just to show that things are > not > exactly rosy in the Judiciary. The murmur of "all is not well" was > there for a long time but during the last few years the situation has > worsened > a lot. And the worst so far has been seen in the tenure of J K G > Balakrishnan > who has just retired as the Chief Justice of India and is now appointed > as the > Chairman of NHRC. As per the NHRC's own website -"The National Human > Rights Commission is an expression of India's concern for the protection > and > promotion of human rights." We can fully understand what kind of > custodian > of Human Rights of the citizen of this Nation J Balakrishnan would prove > to be, > particularly when during his three year long tenure as the CJI all he > earned is > a reputation of being biased, politically motivated and anti-people. > During his > entire tenure, many of his judgments were being seen as being motivated > to > please different powerful politicians and political forum as per their > rising future > prospects at that time. I remember a remark made by a High Court Judge > before > whom I had appeared in a Writ Petition saying the party concerned in a > matter > of political significance that if he wanted a favourable decision he > could very > well go to the Supreme Court where the CJI would be more than obliged to > do so. > He also said this is what the CJI had being doing in all such cases. One > can > understand the situation when a High Court Judge can dare to say such > disparaging things in the Open Court. I can never prove this statement > of mine > because in all certainty the concerned Judge will straight way refute > this and > might even call me a liar but the fact remains that J Balakrishnan had > slowly > started acquiring a reputation of being highly pliable and politically > guided. > > The situation worsted in the J Dinakaran case where the controversial > Chief > Justice from Karnataka High Court was to be elevated to the Supreme > Court > despite all kinds of clear-cut allegations. The way J Balakrishnan > behaved > during the entire sequence of events, changing his stand every now and > then, > made every publicly-spirited person feel really humiliated. In one > statement > while defending J Dinakaran he said- "âAll these allegations have been > raised when his name was suggested to be elevatedâ > > The next to come was the Judges Assets episode. J Balakrishnan fought > tooth and > nail to keep the Judges out of the ambit of the RTI Act as regards their > personal > assets. As everyone can easily understand, no one in the land, including > the > Supreme Court and High Court judges are above law. There can be no > discriminatory > privilege to be enjoyed by a person just because he/she is a member of > the Higher > Judiciary. This single stand of J Balakrishnan generated so much hue and > cry > and exposed him to the general public that not only he but also the top > judiciary started losing some of its shine. The Nation must be thankful > to J > Shylendra Kumar, the brave hero of this country, who must have had to > face all > kinds of humiliation, disturbances, threats and boycott from many fellow > Judges > as can be seen from the statement made by J Balakrishnan when he said > that J Shylendra > Kumar is publicity crazy. So, a person who is on a justified stand and > who > becomes the first Judge in the country to declare his assets publicly is > "publicity crazy" and the person who goes to all possible extent and > uses all his power and authority to stop this from happening is now the > Chairman of India's Human Rights Commission. One can very well > understand what > would be there is store for the people in an important case which > involves any > truly powerful persons from the government. In all certainty J > Balakrishnan might > shy away from delivering justice just the same way he had been shying > away from > declaring his and his fellow Judges assets. > > It is for this reason that we oppose the appointment of J Balakrishnan > as the Chairman > of NHRC and fully endorse the view expressed by J Shylendra Kumar that > -"Balakrishnan > tarnished image of judiciaryâ" and hence a suitable person must be > chosen > for this post which needs much of independent thinking. > > Â > > Dr Nutan > Thakur, > > Convener, > > National RTI Forum, > > Lucknow > > # 94155-34525 >
