JUDICIARY AND DADAGIRI.

Changing face of Judiciary

The recent declaration by the K G Balakrishnan, chief justice of India on the disclosure of the assets of the judges of the Supreme Court is a welcome move towards accountability and transparency of Judiciary. Judiciary was always conceived unreachable for common people when it comes to issues of this kind. The information of assets and other similar matters were even immune to RTI , but with this proclamation of disclosing the assets of all the judges including CJI, judiciary has set a example which would be appreciated with high moral accolades. If this would encourage our administrators to think along the same line then nothing like that. Summarizing, Judiciary has contended that it’s a institution which complies to accountability and transparency to reflect the example of good governance.

DADRI: Dadagiri or Gandhigiri

What do you call the Dadri story ;DADAGIRI or GANDHIGIRI. The plight of the farmers whose lands were taken away on the name of power plant project which is a part of development plans of the government draws the picture of inability of the government to understand the vibrancy of heart and frequency of the minds of these neglected people of the society. Government had planned to build a gas based power plant in Dadri as a part of their power revolution projects. Reliance power (RPL)has won the project and compensation price for land was finalized at deplorable figure just 135 rupees per sq m whereas the land price in Greater Noida phase 2 is 15000/- per sq m. Simultaneously ,the land is very fertile because its between Ganga and Yamuna and farmers feel nothing can replace this asset of theirs. They have started a strike against the authorities to get back their land which they claim was forcefully taken away from them and many are ready to lay down their lives against this illegal acquisition. When RPL explains this as a cheap tactics of its competitors, the real question remains: Was this the development of farmers and peasants Gandhiji referring to??