BARVES has engaged us in some new IDEOLOGICAL Puzzles. Last afternoon, he discussed AMBEDKAR`s MARATHI Speech in NAGPUR in 1938 , in which he said,`I do not want EQUALITY, I want EQUITY for our people!'
In this prespective, the FOOD Grain Politics and Bhopal Gas Tragedy have attracted yet another Judicial ACTIVISM after all the CBI lodged Political Cases to Tame the Parliamentary Majority! Ayodhya judgement is expected anytime. Bhopal has EXPOSED Naked the Human Face of INCLUSIVE Growth and Economic Ethnic Cleansing.I am afraid that REOPENING the Bhopal case is NOTHING but to bail out the PUBLIC HUMANITARIAN MASK of Ruling Hegemony and its Brahaminical POLITICS, to legitimate the US Sponsered FREE MARKET NUCLEAR SHAFFRON MANUSMRITI Democracy!
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I have not recovered as yet from Diabetic Health Deficit and Medical Recession. Thus, I am unable to move freely like earlier. I missed to visit the Himalayas, Home in Basantipur, Home Town Nainital after the sadly Demise of our Poet Friend and Heart GIRDA, Central India and so on. I must repent NOT to be present in ERNACULAM Cochin where BAMCEF BHARAT MUKTI MORCHA Activists had gathered for Half yearly Convention!
Last day, I got Phone calls from the Bheel Base in Dungarpur Bheelwda, Rajasthan as Thirty Five of them had gone to Kerala and now they leave for SURAT, Gujarat. They wanted my suggestion for the Venue of All India ADIVASI Sammelan slated in February Next as it is planned to organise somewhere in Orissa and preferrably BHAVANI PATNA, KALAHANDI.I told them to consider the Securityand Connectivity angles.
I am having long interactions with our friend Colonel BARVES who attended the Ernaculam Meet. We are trying our best to revive the Trade Union Movement and our Multi Media Presentation in Maharashtra have been very convincing. But BARVES has engaged us in some new IDEOLOGICAL Puzzles. Last afternoon, he discussed AMBEDKAR`s MARATHI Speech in NAGPUR in 1938 , in which he said,`I do not want EQUALITY, I want EQUITY for our people!'
What does it mean?
Misquoted AMBEDKARATE Quote on Power Sharing has been the Focus of Post Ambedkarite Movement after his demise and RESULTANT in CO OPTED Reservation Quota Casteology ending up into Super Agents of the Ruling Hegemony and denying us Justice as well as Equality.We are discussing these points and expect the interactions and debates to get momentum in quest of an ESCAPE Route out of this Valley of Predestined Mass Destruction!
We did NEVER support Judicial ACTIVISM because itis POLITICALLY Inflicted and the Balance is tilted in accordance the ALCHEMIST of the Bench which does NOT represent the Majority Masses, Excluded Communities, Deprived POOR as they say and as we know, the ENSLAVED Indigenous Aboriginal Black Untouchables. Hence, we avoid the Judiciary as we may NOT Dare Expect Justice from the Ruling Dominant Zionist Brahamins sitting up above there.
In this prespective, the FOOD Grain Politics and Bhopal Gas Tragedy have attracted yet another Judicial ACTIVISM after all the CBI lodged Political Cases to Tame the Parliamentary Majority! Ayodhya judgement is expected anytime. Bhopal has EXPOSED Naked the Human Face of INCLUSIVE Growth and Economic Ethnic Cleansing.I am afraid that REOPENING the Bhopal case is NOTHING but to bail out the PUBLIC HUMANITARIAN MASK of Ruling Hegemony and its Brahaminical POLITICS, to legitimate the US Sponsered FREE MARKET NUCLEAR SHAFFRON MANUSMRITI Democracy!
Free foodgrains for poor: Pawar gets apex court flak
The Supreme Court came down heavily on union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar for saying that the court's suggestion on free distribution of foodgrains to the poor was not binding on the government.Referring to media reports attributed to Pawar wherein he said that the court only made a suggestion Aug 12 and the government will consider it, an apex court bench of Justice Dalveer Bhandari and Justice Deepak Verma told Additional Solicitor General Mohan Parasaran: "Tell your minister not to make any such comment."
The court said: "What we have said is an order and not a suggestion. Let him not misunderstand our order."
The court also directed the central government to carry out a fresh survey of the people below poverty line (BPL), above poverty line (APL) and beneficiaries of the Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY).
The court passed the order in the wake of several states disputing the figures of the central government related to beneficiaries of subsidised food schemes.
The petitioner, People's Union for Civil Liberties, said that the government admitted in its affidavit that it has sold 60.10 lakh tonnes of foodgrains in the open market since October 2009.
The government should be restrained from selling foodgrains in the open market as a large number of people are suffering from malnutrition and hunger, the petitioner said.
31 Aug, 2010, 03.17PM IST,TNN
Bhopal gas case: SC issues notice to Keshub Mahindra and 6 other convicts
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued notices to former UCIL chairman Keshub Mahindra and six other convicts in the Bhopal gas case, asking why charges against them should not be modified to a stringent IPC 304-II instead of 304A.
304-II provides for 10 years imprisonment whereas 304A conviction entails only 2 years prison term.
The apex court was hearing a curative petition filed by the CBI in the case.
Nearly 26 years after the disaster left over 15,000 dead, former Union Carbide India chairman Keshub Mahindra and six others were on June 7 sentenced to two years imprisonment.
Obama declares end of US combat mission in Iraq
WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama on Tuesday ended the US combat mission in Iraq, declaring no victory after seven years of bloodshed, and telling Americans and the world: ``It is time to turn the page.''From the Oval Office, where George W. Bush first announced the invasion that would come to define his presidency, Obama addressed millions who were divided over the war in his country and around the world. Fiercely opposed to the war from the start, he said the United States ``has paid a huge price'' to give Iraqis the chance to shape their future.
In a telling sign of the domestic troubles weighing on the United States and his own presidency, Obama turned much of the emphasis in a major war address to the dire rate of U.S. joblessness. He said the Iraq war had stripped America of money needed for its own prosperity, and he called for an economic commitment at home to rival the grit and purpose of a military campaign.
The speech, lasting slightly less than 20 minutes, was only his second address from the Oval Office. Obama looked directly into the TV camera, hands clasped in front of him on his desk, family photos and the U.S. and presidential flags behind him. His tone was somber.
Even as he tries to cap one of the most divisive chapters in recent American history, Obama is escalating the conflict in Afghanistan. He pledged anew that the United States would keep up the fight in that war, the longest once since Vietnam.
In Iraq, for all the finality, the war is not over. More Americans probably will die. The country is plagued by violence and political instability, and Iraqis struggle with constant shortages of electricity and water.
Obama is keeping up to 50,000 troops in Iraq for support and counterterrorism training, and the last forces are not due to leave until the end of 2011 at the latest.
As the commander in chief over a war he opposed, Obama took pains to thank troops for their sacrifice but made clear he saw the moment more as a mistake ended than a mission accomplished. He spoke of strained relations with allies, anger at home and a ``huge price'' of the highest order.
The toll includes more than 4,400 U.S. troops dead and many more Iraqis, tens of thousands more Americans wounded, and hundreds of billions of dollars spent.
To underscore his point of ending the divisiveness over Iraq, Obama said he had called Bush, whom he had taunted so often in the 2008 presidential campaign. He prominently praised the former Republican president in the heart of his speech.
``It's well known that he and I disagreed about the war from its outset,'' Obama said. ``Yet no one could doubt President Bush's support for our troops, or his love of country and commitment to our security.''
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Brahminical forces are trying to retain their monopoly, domination and rule through judiciary and hence, are using judiciary for this purpose Mr. D. K, Khaparde, National President of BAMCEF presided over the function. Concluding the discussions, and debate on the topic, he said, I am connected with the activities of our people in Delhi for last 25 years or so. I have found a large scale change has come in the ways of thinking of our people all over the country. But our educated people in Delhi have no change. You may keep any function for any purpose, but they have nothing to say, except expressing their demands However, we must know that beggars can not be choosers. They can not say that they want some particular thing. They can only beg. BAMCEF is trying to bring awakening in the society since last 25 years, on all these aspects and today the broad impact of this awakening is very much visible. BAMCEF does note keep on, only weeping. Instead it thinks ahead of that. The purpose behind keeping discussions on judiciary is not about demanding reservation in judiciary. It is, a very small aim. Babasaheb Ambedkar has alway told his people to keep great aim, if you want produce great result. And to decide your aim in proper perspective, you have to first identify your problem. Today's topic is concerned with our attempts to Understand this issue of judiciary and how the brahminical forces are trying to counter the emergence of the oppressed castes by using judiciary. Speaking further on the topic, he said that there are four pillars of democracy and out of them, the three pillars are connected with governance, administration and rule of the country. Legislature, executive and judiciary, are these three pillars, which together make the government. The fourth pillar is Press Media It is a, creation of private sector. Though the oppressed people keep on talking about press media, in my opinion, we are yet to become capable to make a dent in this sector in big way. But the first three pillars of democracy are erected on the strength of the people. However, the ruling castes have reached to the conclusion that they are loosing their control over legislature and executive, the two wings of govt. The legislature and the executive have started crumbling before the wave of awakening that has risen among the oppressed castes. It means, legislature and executive, through which brahminical forces were ruling the country upto now, has gone out of their control now. Hence, the brahminical forces are using judiciary now to maintain their rule in the country, are trying to govern the country through judiciary. This is their well planned strategy. Hence, I would like to say that today there is no governance of the country by legislature and executive, but the judiciary is governing the country. Some people have started talking that judiciary has become' politicalised. We will have to think their statement in this perspective. All the decisions or judgements that are being given by the judiciary, are not based on constitutional provisions or interpretation of law. They are political decisions or judgements. Because, the judiciary is only trying to run the administration of the country on behalf of the brahminical forces. That is why, we would like to say that by appointment of few individuals from SC, ST and OBCs, as judges in high courts and Supreme Court, this issue can not be resolved. In 1996, BAMCEF conducted a debate on the judicial activism of the indian judiciary and gave a message to the people that it is not a judicial activism, but a judicial conspiracy. At that time, we just wanted to alert the judiciary to understand the significance of changes that are coming in the thinking of the oppressed and ruled castes of the country and the changes it is bringing in the socio-political situation of the country. We expected the judiciary to change its out look and behaviour in accordance with these changes. However we are sorry to state, that the judiciary has failed to take note of it and reform itself. Hence, we have to take up this issue again today, but now we have decided to take it up on big scale and conduct a national campaign. The President of India Mr. K. R. Narayanan is a very matured "personality. He has raised the very basic and important issues in context of judiciary. What the president has said, is that judiciary does not have representation of all sections of the society and it is necessary to give this representation. This will be in conformity with the constitutional principles and objectives and nation's committment. It means that the judiciary must be made representative, to fullfill the principles and objectives of constitution and nation's committment. In a way, we can also say that the judiciary is acting against the constitutional principles and objectives and nation's committment. Now what is nation's committments. The constitution has given a directive to build a new society based on liberty, equality and fraternity.This is the nation's committment, The constitution has also givent the directive to interprete the law in such a manner, which will benifit the weaker and oppressed sections of the society. The judiciary is not willing to recognise both these principles for giving its judgements. Then, what the judiciary is recognising? The judiciary is recognising the fact of mainaining the rule and governance of one particular caste in the country. Not only that the judiciary is working for maintaining the monopoly of that particular caste in the country. And this monopoly can not be maintained through legislature and executive, then it will be maintained through judiciary. This is what the judiciary is saying today. We will have to understand this properly. Today, we have an issue before us, whether to allow the monopoly of one particular caste in democratic system, in the name of merit? And what merit they are talking about? We are seeing their merit since last 50 years, which have made the conditions in the country from bad to worst. Whatever problems the country is facing today are all creations of the governance of the country since last 50 years and this governance is being done by these brahminical forces, who think they are meritorious. Hence, we will have to understand this concept of merit in proper perspective and how it is being used in favour of bfahminical forces. Today, judiciary is talking about this merit only. Hence, we will have to understand that brahminical forces any trying to retain their monopoly, domination and rule through judiciary. And if this conspiracy is beig hatched through judiciary, then we must understand that making one or two individuals of SC/ ST as judges, we can not resolve this issue. Understanding this basic aspect of the issue, we will have to find out a solution. BAMCEF has never made any demand. It has never passed any resolution, demanding any thing. Because, we think that we are beggars and beggars can not become choosers. Hence, we will have to first discard this habit of begging. We are of the opinion, that our country needs a committed judiciary. A judiciary which will be committed to constitutional principles, objective and nation's committment and will function according to it. The President of India has given emphasis on it. We do not want a judiciary committed to any perticular caste group. But how can we create such a judiciary? This can not be done unless some basic changes are made in the judicial system and in the system of selection of judges. Today, whatever changes have come in the country, are the results of the awakening that is being brought in the society by BAMCEF since last 50 years. But we are sorry to note that our intellectual class is not able to understand the significance of this awakening. It seems, the judiciary is now working to counter this growing awakening among the oppressed castes. If we want to stop this, we will have to work for creating committed judiciary. At the end, Mr. Khaparde has said that today we observe that all our struggles and organisations end with reservation. The ruling castes are trying to keep the movement of Ambedkar limited to reservation only and for this purpose are creating new leaders always, And our enducated people keep on running after them.The movement of Ambedker was not limited to the issue of reservation alone. It was having far reaching goals of making the oppressed castes, as ruling communities. During Ambedkar's period, there was no intellectual class in the oppressed communities. That was a problem faced by him. Hence, he made specific efforts to create the intellectual class. But today this class has become a big problem for the movement because this class is not playing any conscious active role in the movement. Ruling castes of the country are trying to revolve our movement around issue of. reservation. Mr. Suraj Bhan, a BJP man, who is governor of U.P. was addressing a rally in Luc know, When he told our people to fight for reservation, then some people asked him that his party is ruling the country today. So he should go to his party and tell them to implement the policy of reservation, instead of telling the people to fight for reservation. Now this realisation has started growing among the educated people today. They want to fight for bigger causes, for the movement and hence want to come out of the clutches of socalled leaders of reservation. Today, many of our issues can not be resolved without bringing changes in the judical system and creating committed judiciary. And this can not be done without the support of masses. Hence, we will have to work for bringing awakening among the oppressed castes, about this judiciary and the role it is playing to counter their aspirations and movement, so that, we can create a public pressure before which the judiciary will feel crumbled. |
SC order on rotting grains queers govt, Cong's pitch
Nitin Sethi, TNN, Sep 1, 2010, 02.55am ISTNEW DELHI: The Supreme Court's orders and observations on rotting foodgrains have created a piquant problem for both the government and the Congress.
Though the ruling Congress wanted to reap political dividend from the big-ticket National Food Security Bill, the apex court has stolen a march over the UPA government, thanks to the lackadaisical approach of Sharad Pawar-led Union food ministry.
The court's observations and orders could also upset the balance between the National Advisory Council and the government since the two have already been locked in a tussle over the food Bill.
For instance, the NAC and the government have not been able to come to a conclusion over the ambit of the National Food Security Act -- how many people should benefit from the Rs-3-a-kg foodgrain scheme in rural and urban parts of the country.
Now, with the SC on Tuesday claiming that it had not merely `observed' but 'ordered' that the government look at providing free foodgrains to the poor, the UPA could be caught between a rock and a hard face.
To make matters worse, the court has observed that the government should only procure as much as it can store. In the light of this observation, the UPA has to explain the macro-economics of buying foodgrains from the farmers as not only a requirement to feed the poor but also as a tool to support a failing agricultural sector.
On Monday, the gap between the NAC members' understanding and the government became evident. The NAC members failed to convince Congress president and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi about an almost universal spread of the social security net, where 80% of the rural population could benefit from the cheap foodgrain scheme by the time the Bill becomes operational.
The court's observations on dissolution of the above poverty line list of beneficiaries also hold a potential headache for both the NAC and the government.
Going by existing norms, only 27% of the population (as per the figures recorded in 2000) is `approved' as living below the poverty line and the Centre allocates subsidised foodgrains only for them. The rest come in the APL bracket irrespective of their real living standards.
While a majority of the NAC members have been arguing for doing away with such artificial cut-offs of who is poor and who is not, so far the government -- supported strongly by the Planning Commission -- has been keen to allow an increase in the number of beneficiaries to a very limited extent -- going by the Tendulkar Committee report and mindful of budgetary considerations. The top court's decision on the matter is bound to further complicate the calculation and decision making that the UPA would finally make.
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SC talks tough to govt on rotting grain issue
NEW DELHI: The Centre's failure to prevent wastage of millions of tonnes of grain stored in godowns invited the Supreme Court's ire. In a stinging indictment, the Supreme Court charged the government with a callous approach and suggested remedial measures.The court said it was concerned the government was allowing rotting of grain when millions in the country were going without two square meals a day. "The government should specify what it prefers — to waste grain or give it free of cost to the poor and the hungry," the apex court said.
A Bench comprising Justices Dalveer Bhandari and Deepak Verma, who subjected Mr Sharad Pawar to some verbal caning, said the food ministry was not serious about handling the peculiar situation of overflowing granaries and hungry stomachs.
Mr Pawar's statement on sugar prices also came in for criticism from the court. It said a recent remark of Mr Pawar that sugar prices may continue to rise before falling in the near future was an open invitation for hoarding. "This is an open invitation for hoarding. You are creating artificial scarcity."
In its observations, the Bench said it was willing to accept the claim of food security activists that grain was rotting in godowns. It said there was some truth in court commissioner NC Saxena's report that spoke about lakhs of tonnes of grain going waste.
The Bench also rejected the argument of additional solicitor general Mohan Parasaran that the problem has arisen on account of record procurement. "If your refrigerator has the capacity to store 10 bricks of ice cream, would you buy 100 bricks and allow 90 to melt away. Procure as much as you can store properly without wasting it," the Bench said. But the government just cannot afford to accept the suggestion to moderate procurement as it would expose the government to major onslaught from the powerful farm lobby.
Meanwhile, the Opposition stalled the Lok Sabha twice over the government's inability to handle the issue. BJP, which led the attack, got support from parties such as BSP, SP and the RJD.
1 Sep, 2010, 04.22AM IST, Dhananjay Mahapatra,TNN
SC reopens Bhopal case, notices to accused on homicide charge
NEW DELHI: No court has ever entertained a plea for reconsideration or review of its judgment after a lapse of 14 years.
But the Supreme Court on Tuesday took the unprecedented decision and agreed to have a relook at its 1996 judgment, which had diluted criminal charges against the accused from Section 304-II to Section 304A of Indian Penal Code. This resulted in the trial court on June 7 awarding them two years sentence for the worst-ever industrial disaster in December 1984 that killed more than 10,000 people and maimed over one lakh.
What followed was public outrage coupled with a shrill cry for justice from victims immediately after the trial court verdict convicting the accused but sentencing them to a maximum yet light punishment of two years jail term under Section 304A.
A three- judge Bench comprising Chief Justice S H Kapadia and Justices Altamas Kabir and R V Raveendran, in a swift chamber hearing of the curative petition, decided to issue notices to all the accused -- Keshub Mahindra, V P Gokhale, Kishore Kamdar, J Mukund, S P Chaudhary, K V Shetty, S I Qureshi and Union Carbide India Ltd -- and sought their response to the CBI's plea for fastening of Section 304-II charges against them.
With the issuance of notices to the accused, the curative petition will now be heard in open court. If the CBI's plea is allowed by the SC, then there will be a fresh trial under Section 304-II and if the prosecution succeeds in proving the charge, then the trial court could award a sentence upto 10 years imprisonment.
Drafted by advocate Devadatt Kamat and certified by attorney general G E Vahanvati as a fit case for reconsideration of the September 13, 1996 judgment rendered by a Bench of then CJI A M Ahmadi and S B Majmudar, the CBI's curative petition claimed that there was enough evidence on record to sustain Section 304-II charges.
The agency accused all of them of deliberately ignoring mechanical faults in the pipeline connecting the tanks which stored deadly methyl iso-cyanate that led to its leakage on December 2, 1984 resulting in the death of thousands and injury to over a lakh.
"The perpetrators behind the leakage of MIC gas from the UCIL plant should not be allowed to walk away with a minimal punishment of two years under Section 304A in one of the world's biggest industrial catastrophes, despite ample evidence to show the commission of an offence under Section 304-II of the IPC," the CBI said.
Vahanvati had given a carefully worded certificate saying this petition needed to be entertained as it fell in the "rarest of rare" category where the apex court could correct a judgment that resulted from mis-reading of solid evidence presented by CBI showing culpability of the accused under Section 304-II.
The CBI minced no words in describing the lack of logic in the 1996 judgment and justified the state action, though delayed, in taking corrective step. "It is an attempt by the government to set right gross miscarriage and perpetuation of irremediable injustice being suffered by the victims in particular, the society at large and the nation as a whole," it said.
The agency said though a certain amount of compensation and rehabilitation was done with the fund of $470 million provided by UCIL, it was not enough to get away with minimal punishment.
"No amount of compensation or rehabilitation can substitute the loss of these innocent lives. The state is duty bound to ensure that justice is done to these thousands of persons who lost their lives," the agency said.
What is curative petition?
A curative petition is the last resort for a petitioner to point out mistake of law or fact considered by the Supreme Court in rendering a judgment and seek reconsideration. There is no time limit for filing a curative petition, though the court has specified that a plea for review has to be filed within 30 days of pronouncement of judgment.
The option of curative petition was devised by the SC in Rupa Ashok Hurra case [2002 (4) SCC 388] reflecting its anxiety to do complete justice in a case given the fallibility of human beings, including judges. Finality of judgments is an important fact, but the intention to do justice prevails over the former, as was evident from the 2002 judgment.
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Pawar asks distilleries to reserve 50 pc alcohol for ethanol
Hindustan Times - 8 hours agoPTI Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar has asked distilleries to reserve 50 per cent of its alcohol production for ethanol, which could be used for ...
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BJP plans privilege motion against Pawar
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PCB to take action after British police investigation is over: Sharad Pawar
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No Indian link to match fixing controversy: Pawar
Samachar Today (blog) - Aug 30, 2010... Pakistan cricket team, International Cricket Council President Sharad Pawar said in Mumbai that there was no question of Indian link in the scandal. ...
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No proof to show Pawar influenced IPL exemption from tax: HC
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No consensus over food bill in NAC meet
Hindustan Times - Aug 30, 2010... under Harsh Mandher, will have wider consultations, including with ministries like agriculture — whose minister Sharad Pawar is opposed to universal ...
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Fertiliser shortage in Sharad Pawar's constituency
Daily News & Analysis - Aug 21, 2010We can't believe that this is the parliamentary seat of Union agriculture minister Sharad Pawar, where we have to face police ire on demanding fertiliser. ...
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Wall Street Journal (blog) - 14 hours ago(Source: PTI) SC Raps Pawar, Says Give Rotting Grain to Poor: The Supreme Court has come down heavily on Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar and ...
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Rotting of foodgrains is shameful, says Pawar
Hindustan Times - Aug 10, 2010Food minister Sharad Pawar on Tuesday told Parliament that damage of grains in state-run warehouses was "shameful" and efforts were on to add more space for ...
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Wall Street Journal (blog) - 2 hours ago... that rots in godowns, Union Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar said later in the day that the government would honour the decision of the apex court. ...
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Indian Express - Aug 28, 2010Even as he asked his party to work out an alliance with the Congress for the coming local body elections, NCP president Sharad Pawar on Saturday slammed ...
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Daily News & Analysis - 6 minutes ago... participated in all three editions of IPL and I am very satisfied that IPL is clean," Mallya said in New Delhi after meeting ICC president Sharad Pawar. ...
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Indian Express - Aug 6, 2010Union Agriculture Minister and NCP President Sharad Pawar today slammed the Narendra Modi government in Gujarat for the killing of Md. Sohrabuddin, ...
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No forcible land takeover for SEZs: Pawar
Sify - Aug 20, 2010... any Special Economic Zone (SEZ) if state governments acquire or hope to takeover land compulsorily, Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar said Friday. ...
Ticked off by apex court, Pawar falls in line
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Residency rules tightened for NRIs
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Winter session of Parliament likely from November 8
Daily News & Analysis - 13 hours ago... of sittings came up for discussion at a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on parliamentary affairs, presided by finance minister Pranab Mukherjee. ...
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BSE Sensex seen higher at 0.8 pct
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Pranab helps break deadlock over MPs' salary hike
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[edit] Origins of the term
Arthur Schlesinger Jr. introduced the term "judicial activism" in a January 1947 Fortune magazine article titled "The Supreme Court: 1947."[2]| " | Schlesinger's article profiled all nine Supreme Court justices on the Court at that time and explained the alliances and divisions among them. The article characterized Justices Black, Douglas, Murphy, and Rutledge as the "Judicial Activists" and Justices Frankfurter, Jackson, and Burton as the "Champions of Self Restraint." Justice Reed and Chief Justice Vinson comprised a middle group. — Keenan D. Kmiec[3] | " |
[edit] Definitions
Black's Law Dictionary defines judicial activism as a "philosophy of judicial decision-making whereby judges allow their personal views about public policy, among other factors, to guide their decisions."[5]Political science professor Bradley Canon has posited six dimensions along which judge courts may be perceived as activist:[6]:239 majoritarianism, interpretive stability, interpretive fidelity, substance/democratic process, specificity of policy, and availability of an alternate policymaker. David Strauss has argued that judicial activism can be narrowly defined as one or more of three possible actions: overturning laws as unconstitutional, overturning judicial precedent, and ruling against a preferred interpretation of the constitution.[7]
Others have been less confident of the term's meaning, finding it instead to be little more than a rhetorical shorthand. Kermit Roosevelt III stated that "in practice 'activist' turns out to be little more than a rhetorically charged shorthand for decision the speaker disagrees with";[8]:2-3 likewise, former Solicitor General under George W. Bush Theodore Olson stated in an interview on Fox News Sunday, in regards to a case for same-sex marriage he had successfully litigated for, that "most people use the term "judicial activism" to explain decisions that they don't like."[9]:2 Others such as current Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy have scolded this approach as unhelpful because it relies on subjective judgments.[10][11]
[edit] Debate
Detractors of judicial activism charge that it usurps the power of the elected branches of government or appointed agencies, damaging the rule of law and democracy.[12] Defenders of judicial activism say that in many cases it is a legitimate form of judicial review, and that the interpretation of the law must change with changing times.A third view is that so-called "objective" interpretation of the law does not exist. According to law professor Brian Z. Tamanaha, "Throughout the so-called formalist age, it turns out, many prominent judges and jurists acknowledged that there were gaps and uncertainties in the law and that judges must sometimes make choices."[13]
Some proponents of a stronger judiciary argue that the judiciary helps provide checks and balances and should grant itself an expanded role to counterbalance the effects of transient majoritarianism, i.e. there should be an increase in the powers of a branch of government which is not directly subject to the electorate, so that the majority cannot dominate or oppress any particular minority through its elective powers.[14] Moreover, they argue that the judiciary strikes down both elected and unelected official action, that in some instances acts of legislative bodies reflect the view the transient majority may have had at the moment of passage and not necessarily the view the same legislative body may have at the time the legislation is struck down, that the judges that are appointed are usually appointed by previously elected executive officials so that their philosophy should reflect that of those who nominated them, that an independent judiciary is a great asset to civil society since special interests are unable to dictate their version of constitutional interpretation with threat of stopping political donations.
[edit] Examples
The following have been cited as examples of judicial activism:- Brown v. Board of Education - 1954 Supreme Court ruling ordering the desegregation of public schools[15]
- Roe v. Wade - 1973 Supreme Court ruling decriminalizing abortion[16]
- Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission - 2010 Supreme Court decision overturning Congressionally enacted limitations on corporate political spending[17]
- Perry v. Schwarzenegger - 2010 decision by federal judge Vaughn R. Walker overturning California's constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage[18]
[edit] Geographical differences
While the term was first coined and is often used in the United States, it has also been applied in other countries, particularly common law jurisdictions. | This section requires expansion. |
[edit] See also
- Originalism
- Living Constitution
- Judicial activism in the European Union
- Kritarchy
- Bill of rights
- Judicial activism in Canada
- Constitutional economics
- Public interest litigation
[edit] Notes
- ^ Christopher Wolfe, Judicial activism, Rowman & Littlefield, ISBN 0847685314.
- ^ Keenan Kmiec in a 2004 California Law Review article
- ^ Keenan D. Kmiec, The Origin and Current Meanings of "Judicial Activism," 92 Cal. L. Rev. 1441, 1447 (2004).]
- ^ http://works.bepress.com/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1000&context=roger_craig_green p. 4
- ^ As quoted in "Takings Clause Jurisprudence: Muddled, Perhaps; Judicial Activism, No" DF O'Scannlain, Geo. JL & Pub. Pol'y, 2002
- ^ Bradley C. Canon - "Defining the Dimensions of Judicial Activism", Judicature, 66.6, 1983
- ^ [1]
- ^ Kermit Roosevelt, III, The Myth of Judicial Activism: Making Sense of Supreme Court Decisions, Yale University Press, 2008, ISBN 0300126913, 9780300126914.
- ^ Wallace, Chris; Olson, Theodore (August 8, 2010). "Ted Olson on Debate Over Judicial Activism and Same-Sex Marriage". Fox News Sunday (Fox News Channel). http://www.foxnews.com/on-air/fox-news-sunday/transcript/ted-olson-debate-over-judicial-activism-and-same-sex-marriage.
- ^ Frederick P. Lewis, The context of judicial activism: the endurance of the Warren Court legacy in a conservative age, Rowman & Littlefield: 1999, ISBN 0847689921
- ^ Matt Sedensky, "Justice questions way court nominees are grilled," Associated Press, May 14, 2010, accessed May 14, 2010.
- ^ Justice Antonin Scalia's dissent in Romer v. Evans[2]
- ^ Brian Z. Tamanaha, Beyond the Formalist-Realist Divide: The Role of Politics in Judging, Princeton University Press, 2010
- ^ John Hart Ely, Democracy and Distrust. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1980, chapters 4-6.
- ^ Vincent Martin Bonventre, "Judicial activism, judges' speech, and merit selection: conventional wisdom and nonsense", Albany Law Review, Summer 2005, [3]
- ^ http://www.committeeforjustice.org/blog/2009/01/roe-v-wade-and-judicial-activism.html
- ^ Mann, Thomas E. (January 26, 2010). "Commentary: Citizens United vs. FEC is an egregious exercise of judicial activism". McClatchy News Service. http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2010/01/26/82982/commentary-citizens-united-is.html. Retrieved 2010-04-29.
- ^ "California Officials React To Proposition 8 Ruling". KRCR-TV. 2010-08-04. http://www.krcrtv.com/news/24515963/detail.html. Retrieved 2010-08-05. Congressman Wally Herger issued a statement, "This is simply another example of judicial activism and legislating from the bench..."
*Graves, Bill (2010-08-04). "California court ruling lifts hopes for Oregon gay marriage supporters". The Oregonian. http://www.oregonlive.com/politics/index.ssf/2010/08/california_court_ruling_lifts.html. Retrieved 2010-08-05. Tim Nashif, political director of the Oregon Family Council, "We think it is judicial activism at its worst."
*Donovan, Charles A (2010-08-04). "Prop. 8 ruling an act of extreme judicial activism". Orange County Register. http://www.ocregister.com/opinion/marriage-260724-state-judge.html. Retrieved 2010-08-05. Charles A. Donovan of the Heritage Foundation, "Today's decision by a federal district judge in San Francisco striking down state constitutional protections for marriage and inventing a spurious federal constitutional right to same-sex marriage is an example of extreme judicial activism."
[edit] References
- Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law (1996), Merriam-Webster. ISBN 0-87779-604-1
- Bryan A. Garner (1999). Black's Law Dictionary, 8th Edition. West Group. ISBN 0-314-15199-0.
[edit] Further reading
[edit] Legal books
- Paul O. Carrese, 2003. The Cloaking of Power: Montesquieu, Blackstone, and the Rise of Judicial Activism (Chicago: University of Chicago Press).
- Duncan Kennedy, 1998. A Critique of Adjudication (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press).
- Carrol D. Kilgore, 1977. Judicial Tyranny: An Inquiry into the Integrity of the Federal Judiciary (Thomas Nelson). ISBN 978-0840740601
- 105th Cong., I @ Sess. I, 1997. Judicial Activism: Defining the Problem and its Impact: Testimony before the Subcommittee on the Constitution, Federalism & Property Rights (U.S. G.P.O., Supt. of Docs., Congressional Sales Office Publishers), 205pp. ISBN 0-16-055917-0
- Sterling Harwood, 1996. Judicial Activism: A Restrained Defense (London: Austin & Winfield Publishers), 167pp. ISBN 1-880921-68-5.
- Christopher Wolfe, 1997. Judicial Activism, 2nd ed. (Totowa, NJ: Rowman & Littfield Publishers, Inc.).
- Kenneth M. Holland, editor, 1991. Judicial Activism in Comparative Perspective (Palgrave Macmillan).
- Ronald Dworkin, 1988. Law's Empire (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press).
- Alexander M. Bickel, 1986. The Least Dangerous Branch 2nd ed. (New Haven, CT: Yale University Press).
- Arthur Selwyn Miller, 1982. Toward Increased Judicial Activism (Greenwood Press).
- Ronald Dworkin, 1977. Taking Rights Seriously (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press).
- Lino A. Graglia, 1976. Disaster by Decree (Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press).
- Michael Rebell and Arthur R. Block, 1982. Educational Policy Making and the Courts: An Empirical Study of Judicial Activism (Chicago: University of Chicago Press).
- H.L.A. Hart, 1961. The Concept of Law (Oxford: Oxford University Press).
[edit] Popular books
- Kermit Roosevelt, October 15, 2006. The Myth of Judicial Activism: Making Sense of Supreme Court Decisions (Yale University Press Publishers), 272pp. ISBN 0-300-11468-0
- James B. Kelly, July 30, 2006. Governing With the Charter: Legislative And Judicial Activism And Framer's Intent (Law and Society Series) (UBC Press Publishers), 336pp. ISBN 0-7748-1212-5
- Rory Leishman, May 2006. Against Judicial Activism: The Decline of Freedom And Democracy in Canada (McGill-Queen's University Press Publishers), 310pp. ISBN 0-7735-3054-1
- Mark Sutherland, 2005. Judicial Tyranny: The New Kings of America? ISBN 0-9753455-6-7
- Mark R. Levin, 2005. Men In Black: How the Supreme Court Is Destroying America ISBN 0-89526-050-6
- S.Hrg. 108–717, 2004. Judicial Activism vs. Democracy: What are the National Implications of the Massachusetts Goodridge Decision and the Judicial Invalidation of Traditional Marriage Laws? (U.S. G.P.O., Supt. of Docs., Congressional Sales Office Publishers), 263pp. Serial No. J-108-59. GPO Stock No. 552-070-32572-7, ISBN 0-16-074535-7
- Phyllis Schlafly, 2004. The Supremacists: The Tyranny Of Judges And How To Stop It ISBN 1-890626-55-4
- S. P. Sathe, December 2003. Judicial Activism in India (Oxford University Press Publishers), 406pp. ISBN 0-19-566823-5
- David Barton, 2003. Restraining Judicial Activism (Wallbuilder Press). ISBN 1932225145
- Robert Bork, 2003. Coercing Virtue: The Worldwide Rule of Judges (AEI Press) ISBN 0844741620
- Stephen P. Powers and Stanley Rothman, 2002. The Least Dangerous Branch? Consequences of Judicial Activism (Praeger Paperbacks). ISBN 0275975363
- Herman Schwartz, editor, 2002. The Rehnquist Court: Judicial Activism on the Right ISBN 0-8090-8073-7.
- David Gwynn Morgan, 2001. A Judgment Too Far? Judicial Activism and the Constitution (Cork University Press). ISBN 1859182291
- Bradley C. Canon and Charles A. Johnson, 1998. Judicial Policies: Implementation and Impact 2nd ed. (Congressional Quarterly Books).
- William P. Murchison, 1982. Judicial Politics Gone Wild: A Case Study of Judicial Activism in Texas (Washington Legal Foundation), 11pp
[edit] External links
- Ronald Dworkin, The Jurisprudence of Richard Nixon, 1972.
- Matthew J. Franck, Depends What the Meaning of "Judicial Activism" Is, 2006.
- Jonah Goldberg, Justice Kennedy's Mind: Where the Constitution resides, 2005.
- Keenan Kmiec, The origin and current meanings of "judicial activism", California Law Review, 2004.
- Charles Krauthammer, The Constitution is whatever Sandra Day O'Connor says it is, 2003.
- Larry Solum, "Jargon" (blog entry), 2004.
- Joseph Tussman, Judicial Activism and the Rule of Law - Toward a Theory of Selective Intervention, 1991
- Thomas Sowell, Judicial activism reconsidered, 1989.
- Judicial Activism in America: Information Resources and Proposed Solutions
- Defining Judicial Activism in the Context of the Culture Wars
- Every Judge Is an "Activist Judge" by Allison Kilkenny, The Huffington Post, July 13, 2009
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