AMBEDKAR,Dr., BHARATHA RATHNA

Ambedkar was a renowned scholar, distinguished educationalist, masterly statesman, powerful debator, daring liberator, authoratative constitutionalist, able administrator, famous defender of the revolutionary social reformative movement, and the fearless champion of the down trodden masses. In him, culture, wisdom, wit, humanism, instinct of reason, spirit of reasonalism, reasonable ruthlessness for inequality, contempt for injustice and superistitions were harmoniouly blended in right proportions. He was a versatile genious. Gandhiji remarked that he was fierce and fearless.

Justice at last

Sir, it is very easy to see why Jessicalall murder case saw people from various walks of life join hands to demand justice. It has been a classic example of how the rich and powerful try to have their way and bend the system according to their whims and fancies. If the Jessica lal murder case has has proved that the wheels of justice does move in this country, albait excruciatingly slowly, it has also proved that a lot of more needs to be done in order to make the due process off law for more efficient and transparent.

Padmini Raghavendra Secunderabad

Erosion of norms and values in Judiciary

Some time in 1960s the younger brother of a Chief Justice of Madras High Court celebrated his SHASHTYABDI POORTHI. This family function became for a writ petition agaist the chief justice questioning his continuation in office. Reason? If the younger one was 60,the chief who was elder to him, must be above 60. He should have already retired as a judge, then how then could be continue in office. The court registry informed the chief justice that a writ petion had been filed on the ground that he could not continue in office. The very next moment the chief justice sent in his resignation.

It is justice Ramachandra Aiyar.

Now look at another Chief Justice of Madras Mr. Dinakaran,

The villagers of Kavirajapuram had charged that justice Dinakaran had grabbed hundreds of Acres of public land, intended for water ways and road ways of the village. The media has shown photographs of the fenced land with a sign board bearing the name of the judge. In his report, V. Palankumar, an honest District Collector, confirmed the charges of land grabbing against the Chief Justice. Later a committee sent by the collegium of the supreme court to verify the report of the collector also reportedly agreed with the collectors version. So, prima facie, charges of land grabbing have been established against Dinakaran

Now comes the climax. When the collegium of judges advised himto go on leave, Justice Dinakaran refused to leave. See, the difference.

The earth has enough for human need but not for human greed.

Release Nalini

Sir, Anent the editorial "Right decision on Nalini", supporting the decision of Tamil Nadu Government not to release Nalini had gone in to many hidden skeletons in the conspiracy to assasinate Rajiv Gandhi. Nalini has already served two decades of imprisonment and had regretted her act. Many a hard core criminals sentenced for life also are being released on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanthi, Independence Day or Republic Day, among others. The master mind of the attack on the Indian Parliament was handed a death sentence buy the supreme court and the Government is dallying over it. Nalini had already been punished and the further detention of a lady who regretted her act committed out of many compulsions/threat/fear is not justified. I feel that she deserves sympathy and on humanitarian grounds she can be released with a condition that she leave the country. Her case has to be considered with compassion and need not be compared with people like Kasab. Each case has to be viewed in its own merits.LTTE has already exterminated and what more harm can be expected from this hapless lady?
It is letter from Indian express.