Wednesday, May 2, 2007

Tryst with destiny!


Now here’s something I am proud of… India’s judicial system…I have many reasons to say so… and what truly got me thinking was the program on NDTV – “Tryst with destiny”!

The program was an hour long affair that had an eminent panel comprising of former and current law gurus… right from Soli Sorabjee to Harish salve…

Its interesting what was discussed in this program…for a change it did not look like a money making, lets increase our TRP’s kinda show … none of these panelists wanted to impress the audience… or the media men.. No unnecessary publicity tactics…

What came outta this discussion - several suggestions to improve India’s judicial system… like “Accountability and transparency should be enhanced in the system”. The public should be able to watch the court proceedings if they want. Judges should report theirs assets and net worth to some ultimate authority like America does... because they should also be liable jus like the politicians are....& mind u this coming from these law men themselves was a good thing…

The judicial system in the recent past has seen path breaking achievements in the form of providing justice in high profile cases like the “Jessica Lall” case… but the whole process is still slow and slippery… like they say “justice delayed is justice denied”.. to this the panelists argued that the system is such that the processes cannot be speedy.. the only way out is more manpower and better infrastructure….this yet again is a debate.

When I personally followed the whole reservation issue… I realize that one good thing has come outta it - that the judiciary is acting like a separate super power in the country and politicians do not seem to have a say in the proceedings… I am not even going to delve into the verdict…. because reservation is a debate that is never ending…

If nothing else this effort from NDTV’s side made me think… and that’s an achievement !!!

1 comment:

Am I Who said...

a very typical "shooti" post... and your louu for ndtv! i can see you miss it already! :D