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[1] From :Madhu Chandra <finicy@gmail.com> Hi Friends, Dr. B R Ambedkar's 116th birth day celebration has just ended on April 14. News of Ambedkarites awakening from across the nation is reported. Dalits embracing other religions to get rid out of caste system of Hinduism has been reported from different parts of the country. Mahatama Jyothi Rao Phule like Dr. B R Ambedkar foresaw conversion as the permanent solution of caste oppression of Dalits and it has been followed by many dalits. BJP governments and its alliances' campaigns of Anti Conversion Laws are targeted to Dalits who have taken the footsteps of Mahatama Jyothi Rao Phule and Dr. B R Ambedkar. VHP has reacted sharply after Dalits embracing other religion at the celebration of Ambedkar's 116th Birthday anniversary by appealing Rajasthan Governor Pratibha Patil to sign the Rajasthan Freedom of Religious Bill 2006 into a law to ban conversion. Let us not be mistaken about the Anti Conversion Law. It is not targeted to Christians alone but it targeted to Dalit Bahujan samaj who after 3000 years of oppressions want to break the caste bondage. Dalit forefathers foresaw the possible permanent means of solution by converting to any other religion that does not have caste system. Of course through this draconian law, innocent Christians of the country is/will be harassed, of which we are very concerned. Let the general public and Dalits know the tricks of Sangh Parivar, who do not want them to break the bondage of casteism by leaving the religion that has oppressed on them. Thank you Madhu Chandra ---------- [2] From: Pradip Kumar Datta <pradip200@yahoo.com> Date: Mon Apr 16, 2007 Subject: EC has no power to cancel registration: BJP EC has no power to cancel registration: BJP NEW DELHI: Washing its hands off controversial CD and admitting it was a mistake to have released it, the BJP on Monday told the Election Commission it has no power to cancel its registration as demanded by its opponents. "It is extremely dangerous for democracy if the Election Commission were to assume the law to decide as to which party is to be allowed to contest elections effectively, and which party is to be prevented from so contesting," the BJP contended. BJP Vice President Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said the request for de-recognition of a major national party can render the election process into a "mockery". In its separate replies to the EC in response to BSP and V P Singh-led Jan Morcha, which sought saffron party's de-recognition in the wake of the CD controversy, the BJP said that the provisions of Representation of People's Act (RPA) had no provision for cancellation or withdrawal of registration. The Act only provides of registration of political parties, it said. Seeking dismissal of BSP's demand, the BJP cited the case of Arjun Singh vs BJP in 1992, in which the Commission had already held that there was no such power with the EC to cancel or withdraw the registration of a political party. Besides, the BJP said, the Supreme Court had also held that there was no power to cancel the registration of a political party once it was granted. The only exception to this provision to de-register a political party was when a party had attained the registration by fraud or forgery, it said denying all the contents in the materials placed by the BSP. --------- [3] From: Pradip Kumar Datta <pradip200@yahoo.com> Date: Mon Apr 16, 2007 Subject: Rahul's remarks on 1947, 1971 create storm Rahul's remarks on 1947, 1971 create storm NEW DELHI: Congress MP Rahul Gandhi has credited the Nehru-Gandhi family with India's independence as well as Bangladesh's creation, fuelling an angry response from the opposition here and a mild reaction in Islamabad. While campaigning for the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections on Saturday, the first time MP sought to remind his audience about the "great Gandhi contribution" to shaping an independent India. "Once my family decides on something, it doesn't go back. Whether it's about India's freedom, dividing Pakistan or taking India to the 21st century," he said while campaigning for Congress candidate Praveen Singh Aron, who is contesting from Bareilly Cantonment. The BJP was quick to condemn the remarks. "What Rahul Gandhi is saying exhibits his monarchic mindset," party spokesman Prakash Javadekar said on Sunday in New Delhi. "He only thinks of his family and thinks history has been written by the Gandhis. In fact, he includes Mahatma Gandhi too in this," Javadekar maintained. "If they (Congress) take credit for Pakistan's division, then they should also take the blame for the partition of India. They don't see the country beyond the family and are so involved in the game that all their (other party) bearers become unimportant. "Does that mean (former prime ministers) Lal Bahadur Shastri and Narasimha Rao were nobodies? Talking about a party is okay as it represents a hierarchy. Here, the talk is all about family," Javadekar contended. The reaction in Pakistan was rather cautious. "The remarks don't surprise us," Foreign Office spokesperson Tasneem Aslam said in Islamabad, even as she added that they proved India was trying to destabilise Pakistan. Gandhi had previously created a brouhaha when he stated that the Babri mosque in Ayodhya would not have been pulled down by Hindu mobs in 1992 had his "family" been in power at the time. ------------- [4] From: Regi P George <george_regi@yahoo.com> Date: Mon Apr 16, 2007 Subject: Judging India's judges Judging India's judges http://www.ibnlive. com/news/ qotd-judging- indias-judges/ 33709-3.html Justice Jagdish Bhalla of the Allahabad High Court, whose appointment as the Chief Justice of Kerala High Court is pending before the President of India, is faced with yet another controversy. Already accused of the illegal property transactions, Bhalla is alleged to have ordered the constitution of a special bench to hear Reliance's petition on Dadri. The question that was being discussed on CNN-IBN's Face The Nation was: Is there a need for judges to be more accountable? On the panel of experts to discuss the question were former chief justice of India, G B Patnaik; and Supreme Court lawyer, Prashant Bhushan. Prashant Bhushan and his colleagues on the Committee of Judicial Accountability have been carrying out a campaign against Justice Bhalla, arguing that he is answerable to many corruption charges levied against him. However, sources close to Bhalla are levying counter allegations on Bhushan saying that motivated by political considerations, Bhushan is carrying a conspiracy against Bhalla. Bhushan said that he did not have any motive to frame Bhalla or any political affiliation either. "The Committee of Judicial Accountability consists of several very highly respected and senior lawyers and the complaint was filed against Justice Bhalla on the basis of documentary evidence received," Bhushan said. Bhushan went on to explain that in the first case, land was purchased by Bhalla through his wife in Noida. "The district authority of Noida had said that the land was worth Rs 7 crore, but Bhalla bought it for a mere Rs 5 lakh from the land mafia. The modus operandi of the land mafia was to grab public land and then sell it to influential people at low prices to buy their influence," said Bhushan adding that this was in the report compiled by the Additional District Magistrate of Noida. Bhushan said that apart from the land purchase, his committee also shows that Bhalla, as a senior Judge of Lucknow, had constituted a special bench round about midnight to review the Reliance Energy case - simply because his son was the Reliance Energy's lawyer. "The Lucknow Bench didn't even have jurisdiction to hear this case, because this case came up in Dadri," said Bhushan. Are the devices to control judges too informal? Bhushan agreed with this saying that there is a huge crisis of judicial accountability in this country today. He said, "Firstly, you can't take any disciplinary action against a judge, except impeachment, which is totally an impractical process. Secondly, you can't even register an FIR against a judge without the written permission from the Chief Justice of India, which has never been given in the 15 years since they gave this judgement. Thirdly, they have the power of contempt, which no other institution has." ----------- [5] From: Pradip Kumar Datta <pradip200@yahoo.com> Date: Mon Apr 16, 2007 Subject: CIC rejects Govt stance on Russia correspondence papers CIC rejects Govt stance on Russia correspondence papers SAYS DISMISSAL OF REQUEST IS AGAINST RTI SPIRIT Press Release | 29 March 2007 In a landmark decision, Information Commissioner Dr OP Kejariwal has directed Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) to provide Mission Netaji the copies of their correspondence with the Soviets/Russians over the disappearance of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose. The Commissioner also told the Ministry to take up the issue with the Russian Government if it feared that the disclosure would harm relations between the two nations. Click here for text of the CIC decision The Central Information Commission (CIC) was prompted to take a tough stand following an appeal by Mission Netaji's Anuj Dhar. In August last year, Dhar had sought the information from the MEA. When it was denied, Dhar pleaded the matter before the Appellate Authority, MEA, in September last: "It is not intelligible to me, and nor will it be to the people of India, as to how the disclosure of correspondence dealing with the disappearance of a national hero, whom the Government holds to have died in 1945, can be a threat to the 'security, strategic, scientific or economic interests of the State' in 2006?" However, the MEA gave Dhar a short shrift, reiterating that "the requisite copies of correspondence cannot be disclosed as it involves relations with a foreign state". The MEA also played down Dhar's query whether the "MEA sought information from the Russians by issuing mere note verbales, or some serious efforts were ever made from a higher level to uncover the mystery surrounding the fate of one of the greatest Indians ever." The MEA described the query as one seeking "anecdotal reply" and added that "the information sought" did "not constitute an 'information' as defined in the RTI Act, 2005". (See below) Full report here: http://www.missionnetaji.org/page/cic_decision_mea_russia.html ----------- [6] From: Regi P George <george_regi@yahoo.com> Date: Mon Apr 16, 2007 Subject: THE TRIPLE TEST AND THE KERALA HIGH COURT THE TRIPLE TEST AND THE KERALA HIGH COURT Verdict On Self Financing Colleges Thomas Joseph http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Mahajanapada/messages ---------- |
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