Institutional checks and balances are imperative in liberal societies, devolved upon through processes that respect honesty and integrity.
Judicial activism is one thing, but the court in India having to take over the role of the executive is a nightmare gone terribly wrong. It’s going to corrode Indian democracy and even destabilize South Asia, as someone said. It’s like having martial-law ruling within a democratic framework.
The 2G spectrum scam [can one avoid hearing about it?] seems to have queered the pitch. A Central cabinet minister went to jail. This was seen as a move against corruption in Delhi. Corporate executives followed the minister to jail, The arrested employees did not get bail, but those who ordered them to do the wrong roam free.
Why arrest and deny bail to men who were following orders, and let their bosses free to conduct their businesses and [who knows?] even tamper with evidence? Why have the bureaucrats and politicos who facilitated the fraud gone unpunished? These question raise other possibilities. Are some being made scapegoats? Why are some people being protected and others being denied bail?
A spectrum of questions... answers anyone?
Judicial activism is one thing, but the court in India having to take over the role of the executive is a nightmare gone terribly wrong. It’s going to corrode Indian democracy and even destabilize South Asia, as someone said. It’s like having martial-law ruling within a democratic framework.
The 2G spectrum scam [can one avoid hearing about it?] seems to have queered the pitch. A Central cabinet minister went to jail. This was seen as a move against corruption in Delhi. Corporate executives followed the minister to jail, The arrested employees did not get bail, but those who ordered them to do the wrong roam free.
Why arrest and deny bail to men who were following orders, and let their bosses free to conduct their businesses and [who knows?] even tamper with evidence? Why have the bureaucrats and politicos who facilitated the fraud gone unpunished? These question raise other possibilities. Are some being made scapegoats? Why are some people being protected and others being denied bail?
A spectrum of questions... answers anyone?
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