Shri SN’s
fury against the judiciary is understandable.
All the tall talk about the National litigation policy wherein
the Government is committed to be a responsible
litigant to protect the fundamental rights of its citizen
and it will not unnecessarily litigate for the sake of litigating
and eschew the philosophy “ Let the court decide “ appear to
be hog wash.These kind of sermon we had enough and the
latest being “ More governance less government “This
could be another hocus pocus as otherwise a spate of
memorandum submitted to the Finance ministry gone
into the cold storage as it appears to be.
All the tall talk about the National litigation policy wherein
the Government is committed to be a responsible
litigant to protect the fundamental rights of its citizen
and it will not unnecessarily litigate for the sake of litigating
and eschew the philosophy “ Let the court decide “ appear to
be hog wash.These kind of sermon we had enough and the
latest being “ More governance less government “This
could be another hocus pocus as otherwise a spate of
memorandum submitted to the Finance ministry gone
into the cold storage as it appears to be.
The learned Judges who were ear marked to sit in the Bench on 12 NOV to hear and dispose the tied CAs very well knew that these were the cases languishing for more than a decade and that too concerning many senior citizens battling with ageing blues and already in the sun set of their life and anxiously looking forward to an earlier settlement of their legitimate rights in their life time. Among them several left this world and the rest living counting their days. All these have not moved the court to take up the case on a priority basis. Too many cases to handle with disproportionate number of courts in existence and not enough judges to hear the pending cases were the reasons cited for the delay in the disposal of the cases. Aware of this the Government has not taken any steps to remedy the situation. On the contrary they have established family courts and Lok Adalad to expedite family dispute and divorce cases. Similarly the Government could have also established Fast track courts to handle Senior citizens cases and fixing a definite time frame to dispense judgment although the concept has been in the air but nothing so far has happened. An ounce of practice is worth a ton of preaching. Let there be real less government and more governance at least in the case of senior citizens whose problems either inside the court or outside of it needs to be addressed immediately. Will the Government do it ?
R.K.Viswanathan