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The Appointment System of Judges be made Transparent to Checkmate Corruption

  According to some of the news channels a mountain of currency notes of not less than Rs nine crore were found in the residence of a judge of the Delhi High Court. It is alarmingly shocking, to say the least. It is common knowledge that many judges have been taking facilities from some people during their foreign travels but to find such a big pile of notes from the residence of any judge has been unheard of. It is a clear case of financial corruption. Quid pro quo cannot be ruled out. Who has given this money for which for obtaining favourable order in which case can be ascertained only after thorough enquiry? If the fire had not broken out in the house of the judge in his absence, possibly secret would not have tumbled out.  What is all the more shocking is that why instead of divesting him of his works pending investigation, he has been transferred to his parent High Court of Allahabad. Indeed, High Court judges cannot be suspended in the conventional sense. However, the...

Promote Hindi to make it a true National language

How sad it is to see some Parliamentarians and agents of some political parties cutting very sorry figures, who cry from the house tops for the protection and preservation of the constitution of India? They even carry the small sized copy of the constitution to exhibit their loyalty to it.  But in their real life they do contrary to the spirit of the Constitution. Let us take the question of Hindi. Article 351 of the Constitution states that ‘the Union must promote the spread of the Hindi language and to develop it so that it may serve as a medium of expression for all the elements of the composite culture of India. It also emphasizes that Hindi should be enriched by incorporating elements from other Indian languages mentioned in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution, thereby drawing from the rich and diverse linguistic heritage of India. The goal is to make Hindi a robust language capable of representing the multifaceted culture of the country while ensuri...