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Parliament must be allowed to function
The editorial “Paralysing Parliament: MPs must hammer out a solution urgently” (Nov 27) is a clarion call to the Opposition and the UPA Government to end the deadlock on the question of the JPC probe in the 2G Spectrum. But the million-dollar question is who will listen? Instead of searching for a meeting ground to end the impasse, the Opposition and the UPA continue to spar and score off each other. Our leaders seem to be unmindful of the lakhs of rupees going down the drain. Both the mainstream parties the Congress and the BJP should know that skeletons are tumbling out of the cupboards of their leaders now and then. One cannot claim to be holier than the other. The warring sides need to come down and must adopt a via media and let Parliament conduct its business smoothly. Otherwise the more they lock horns over the avoidable stand-offs, the more they expose themselves to public scorn and anger. TARSEM SINGH, New
Delhi
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Reform judicial system The editorial “Time to stem the rot” (Nov 29) was apt. The issues pertaining to the reported corruption and nepotism in the Allahabad High Court, the non-transparent appointments in the High Courts and even the Supreme Court, the whimsical promotions in the judiciary, piling up of huge arrears of pending cases at all levels of courts and now ‘uncle judges’ are a poor reflection on the Union Law Ministry, which needs to regulate the judicial system. It is unfortunate and ironical that the central government sleeps over the most sensitive and delicate issues. If at all we feel that justice should not be administered alone but should appear to have been administered too and justice delayed is justice denied, it is time the union government embarked upon a fool-proof and bold policy and overhauled the judicial system and it’s functioning. That alone can restore the confidence of the citizens. SUDARSHAN DHINGRA, Abohar II
During a hearing on November 26 on a single-judge Bench order of the Allahabad High Court, the Supreme Court raised serious questions over the integrity of several of the Allhabad High Court judges and asked the Chief Justice to take some strong measures, including recommending “transfers of the incorrigibles.” The judges of the superior courts enjoy extraordinary protection against removal/ dismissal. They can only be removed by an impeachment by Parliament which going by the past experience is unlikely to succeed. The solution to the problem is that removal/dismissal of judges be made less complicated. If the judges of the superior courts know that after a preliminary inquiry by a competent authority, they can be placed under suspension and can either face a criminal case or a departmental inquiry as in the case of other government servants, the guilty judges will never be as defiant as now. R J KHURANA, Bhopal
Promote sports
A good show by the sportspersons of India in the recent Commonwealth Games and the Asian games has instilled inspiration and confidence in the budding sportspersons of the country. The government should make a comprehensive plan to promote sports in the country so that our sportspersons perform better in the Olympics. Efforts should be made to improve the sports infrastructure. The first and foremost is the development of more number of playgrounds in towns and villages. Rich sports associations like the BCCI and other industrial houses should fund various sports in the country. Dr KIRTI DUA, Ludhiana
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