There is a lot of wind over West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Bannerjee’s observation that Court Judgements can be bought in India.
Mamata Bannerjee may not be correct in all her policies or her impulsive actions or at times adolescent behaviour.
That does not mean whatever she says is incorrect, as in this case.
Is it not a fact way back around late eighties Justice Veeraswamy of The Supreme Court was indicted for corruption and was forced to resign?
Is it not a fact a Judge of the CBI Court in Andhra Pradesh was caught red handed accepting a Four Crore bribe for granting bail in the Obalapuram Mining Case for Janardhan Reddy and that the High Court has dismissed the bail application of the judge?
*The High Court dismissed the bail application on 17th August.The Blog was posted on 16th.The particular portion on Bail Dismissal was incorporated on the 17th.
Was it not a Calcutta High Court Judge(or Supreme Court?) who escaped impeachment for misappropriating PF money?
Was not a warrant of arrest issued against the then President of India, APJ. Abdul Kalam by a Magistrate for a consideration with out even knowing who the accused was?
Litigants always hire a Lawyer who is close to the Judge trying the case.
Is it not a fact that the immediate past Supreme Court Judge observed that the majority of the Judiciary is corrupt?
‘Contempt of Court’ for stating the Truth?
Ridiculous.
Story:
New Delhi: A petition was on Thursday filed in the Supreme Court seeking contempt action against the West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for her remarks that judgements are delivered for money.
The petition filed by J&K Panthers’ Party founder and senior advocate Bhim Singh alleged that Mamata’s comments has the inevitable effect of “undermining” the confidence of the public in the Indian judiciary as “it tends to lower the integrity, reputation and authority” of the judicial system.
Singh, in the petition filed through counsel D K Garg, has urged the court to direct the Union Government to produce the entire record relating to the speech and utterances of Mamata said to have been made by her on August 14 a the platinum jubilee celebrations of the State Legislature.
Quoting Article 129 of the Constitution, the petition said the Chief Minister’s comments “amounts to scandalising and have lowered the authority of the judiciary as a whole.”
He said Mamata being a popular Chief Minister the people tend to take her words seriously.
The petition cited a number of apex court rulings to say that under Article 129 the Supreme Court has the power to punish for contempt of itself and under Article 143(2) it can investigate any such contempt.
PTI
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