A fire at the official residence of a High Court judge, has put the whole of the Indian judicial administration under fire. The dispensers of justices, the ones who are supposed to be the modern day avatars of the practice “Caesar’s wife must be above suspicion,” are now forced to handle one of their ilk. […]
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DailyPost 2986 REGULATORY PARALYSIS The general administration governance mechanism was running short of providing effective regulation, supervision and direction to a large number of specialised areas of our functioning, on which depended the growth engine of the nation. Few specialist regulators have always been there as a part of legal mandate like RBI but many
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DailyPost 2981 DEMOCRACY @ RS 1500, RS 3000 ET AL Indian democracy has been taking twists and turns supposedly seamlessly since the time the constituent assembly adopted the ‘Blueprint’ of our democratic operations, called the Constitution, which came into effect on 26th of Jan 1950. How much of that blueprint has been into real operation
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DailyPost 2980 POLITICAL CRIMINALITY What we hear and see in the all-pervasive cacophony in the public domain is defence of criminality is some form or the other, by the political class in their various avatars and democratic positioning. Criminality is represented in all pervasive levels of criminal activity; actual offences, offences which are committed gleefully
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DailyPost 2978 GOVERNANCE OF TECH – AN INVERTED PARADIGM! The legal regime and consequently governance have found deep roots in the democratic societies. Structured, crystal clear, process based, penal provisions / actions in place, no major gaps in areas /sectors / tasks governed and a general sense of uniformity in the governance system. It all
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DailyPost 2966 DEMOCRATIC SMOKESCREEN Even in the most conventional or in the most copybook manner, there would be differences between democracy in the constitution and the legal statutes and the way it is practised. We would all have heard of the de jure and de facto versions of democracies the world over. The issue is
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DailyPost 2954 FRANCHISED AND DISEMPOWERED! If you have never heard or read of ‘franchised and disempowered’ as the true description of the de facto Indian democracy, then for sure you have missed the woods for the trees. While there can innumerable instances, decisions, processes, enforcements et al. that can cited in the litany of woes,
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DailyPost 2919 SYSTEMIC COLLAPSE – EXECUTED SYSTEMATICALLY – BYSTANDERS ALL! When the issue is known, the solutions known and practiced over a long period of time, the time is that of crisis, need to bring back normalcy the most urgent, victims at the receiving end crying for help, support, succour and justice and yet it
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DailyPost 2916 WHAT A STATE OF AFFAIRS… THE RG KAR IMBROGLIO What a state? And what is the state of affairs? What is the use of a thumping majority? Does nothing impact the bureaucracy and the political executive? Does democracy mean total subservience of the people; not only the poor and the hapless, but also
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DailyPost 2914 UNBRIDLED POWERS, DEMOCRATICALLY YOURS… Full-fledged robust democracy matured for over seven decades, supposedly withstood the test of time, and moving confidently to find its place in the sun is India. Somehow the ruling class; political, bureaucratic or otherwise to their luck have stumbled across a goldmine of unbridled powers or have they neatly
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DailyPost 2912 DEMOCRATIC IMPASSE! The inability of democratic leadership and governance to handle an issue or crisis and cannot go in for consistent improvement in the quality and coverage of governance can be termed as democratic impasse. Not being able to set right issues which are known and nearly routine, even with resources being available
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