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The existentialist dilemma before Indian democracy is stark :
it cannot co-exist with financial honesty. It does not matter if you are
personally incorruptible; you have to be institutionally corrupt in order to
engage in the business of democracy. The moral code of elections is
uncomplicated : Don’t ask. Don’t tell. And for God’s sake don’t get caught.
— M. J. Akbar
in India Today, dated 10-1-2011
(Source : Business Standard, dated 15-2-2011)
53 SC : No govt. wants a strong judiciary
The Supreme Court said no government wants a strong judiciary
and added that meagre budgetary allocations by the Centre and states came in the
way of setting up of courts and infrastructure to speed up the justice delivery
system.
It said : “No government wants a strong judiciary . . .
Budgetary allocation to judiciary is less than 1% by the governments. This shows
their commitment towards judiciary.” The remark from a Bench of Justices G. S.
Singhvi and A. K. Ganguly came when it was told that only one witness has been
examined in the last four years in the Amar Singh phone-tapping case, which has
been marred by adjournments.
(Source : The Times of India, dated 12-2-2011)
