[GreenYouth] Re: Governor can sanction Minister's prosecution, says Supreme Court 2004
*But Rasheed, Is not the Prevention of Corruption Act (PCA)- a Bourgieous enactment to save its crass compardor public leaders. * *I think by the way you were arguing about the necessity of CPs in neo-liberal context in previous mails, you should've argued that CP leaders should be above the bourgiuoes law of PCA... clean and uncontaminated*.. Governors, of course are pawns in the hands of the central governemnt and the CBI is no great independent instituion. But is it not desirable that Communist Party leader and the CP institution as such should be above such posts? I am afraid that the way CPM has managed Lavalin, since the formation of this Govt., has in turn helped the reactionary forces. The stubborn stance of CPM has enabled the bourgeous parties reap the dividends of its mis-managed strategy. ( I referrred to formation of this Govt bocz when Lavalin issue came up last time, Com. secy has boldly said that he is ready to face any inquiry. The boldness was missing later, :-) :-) :-) only to be found in the words of English Desabhimani, I mean the Hindu editorial.) CPM has given an impression that something is severely rotten by the way it handled the issue. The media syndicate must have done its duty but the stance of CPM as regards non-compliance to judicial review only complicated the matter. As an enthusiast of CPM brand politics and observing politics above factional self-ineterests, *you* should be more worrying about the moral- voice of CPM at national level. The red card often held out by the CPM on corrupt practice and tainted ministers will no longer be available. The argument of political fight on legal issues is not only avaliable to CPM. Now this will echoed by anyone.. i mean all the compradors.. On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 10:24 AM, Abdul Rasheed rasheed...@gmail.com wrote: *That does not mean that Governer is impartial. Sure, advocate General might have party interests. As one who have the right to criticize the AG, we can criticize the Governer too, since both of them are party nominees. * ** *But here the Governer acted against the advise of ministry and the advise of AG. He may have the discreetional power to take such a dicision. By doing this, here he became the part of a political game.* ** ** *regards * *Rasheed * On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 5:02 AM, damodar prasad damodar.pra...@gmail.comwrote: Since Advocate General is elected by the people, to think he will take a partial decision is against the commonsense. But never had I thought a post-modern situation would prevail amidst the feudal factional struggle for Leninist Truth. What more eveidence needed for a the arrival of political relativism, in other words, Most-Modern!! On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 7:11 PM, Abdul Rasheed rasheed...@gmail.comwrote: *The Governer is the nominee of the ruling party in centre. To think that he will take a completely impartial dicisions will be a stupidity. * ** *regards * *Rasheed * ** On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 1:40 PM, sunil kumar ksunilgout...@gmail.comwrote: *Governor can sanction Minister's prosecution, says Supreme Court * By Our Legal Correspondent NEW DELHI, NOV. 5. The Supreme Court today held that the Governor of a State could independently accord sanction for prosecution of a Minister in prevention of corruption cases without the aid and advice of the Council of Ministers. A five-judge Constitution Bench, headed by Justice N. Santosh Hegde, observed that if on facts and circumstances of a case, the Governor cannot act in his own discretion there would be a complete breakdown of the rule of law inasmuch as it would then be open for Governments to refuse sanction in spite of overwhelming material showing that a *prima facie* case is made out. The Bench that included Justice S.N. Variava, Justice B.P. Singh, Justice H.K. Sema and Justice S.B. Sinha said: If, in cases where [a] *prima facie* case is clearly made out, sanction to prosecute high functionaries is refused or withheld, democracy itself will be at stake. It would then lead to a situation where people in power may break the law with impunity safe in the knowledge that they will not be prosecuted as the requisite sanction will not be granted. The Bench gave this ruling while upholding sanction for prosecution accorded by the then Madhya Pradesh Governor against two former Ministers, Rajender Kumar Singh and Hisahu Ram Yadav. A case under the Prevention of Corruption Act was registered against them in March 1998 on the basis of a report from the Lok Ayukta. Sanction sought from the Council of Ministers for prosecuting the two was rejected. The Council of Ministers held that there was not an iota of material available against them for proceeding with the case. The Governor then considered the matter and opined that a *prima facie* case was made out for granting sanction and gave it under Section 197 of the Criminal Procedure Code. The two
[GreenYouth] Re: Governor can sanction Minister's prosecution, says Supreme Court 2004
*Prevention of Corruption Act (PCA)- a Bourgieous enactment to save its crass compardor public leaders*I... mean the clause clause in PCA invoked on need for the governor's sanction for prosecution. On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 11:31 AM, damodar prasad damodar.pra...@gmail.comwrote: *But Rasheed, Is not the . * *I think by the way you were arguing about the necessity of CPs in neo-liberal context in previous mails, you should've argued that CP leaders should be above the bourgiuoes law of PCA... clean and uncontaminated* .. Governors, of course are pawns in the hands of the central governemnt and the CBI is no great independent instituion. But is it not desirable that Communist Party leader and the CP institution as such should be above such posts? I am afraid that the way CPM has managed Lavalin, since the formation of this Govt., has in turn helped the reactionary forces. The stubborn stance of CPM has enabled the bourgeous parties reap the dividends of its mis-managed strategy. ( I referrred to formation of this Govt bocz when Lavalin issue came up last time, Com. secy has boldly said that he is ready to face any inquiry. The boldness was missing later, :-) :-) :-) only to be found in the words of English Desabhimani, I mean the Hindu editorial.) CPM has given an impression that something is severely rotten by the way it handled the issue. The media syndicate must have done its duty but the stance of CPM as regards non-compliance to judicial review only complicated the matter. As an enthusiast of CPM brand politics and observing politics above factional self-ineterests, *you* should be more worrying about the moral- voice of CPM at national level. The red card often held out by the CPM on corrupt practice and tainted ministers will no longer be available. The argument of political fight on legal issues is not only avaliable to CPM. Now this will echoed by anyone.. i mean all the compradors.. On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 10:24 AM, Abdul Rasheed rasheed...@gmail.comwrote: *That does not mean that Governer is impartial. Sure, advocate General might have party interests. As one who have the right to criticize the AG, we can criticize the Governer too, since both of them are party nominees. * ** *But here the Governer acted against the advise of ministry and the advise of AG. He may have the discreetional power to take such a dicision. By doing this, here he became the part of a political game.* ** ** *regards * *Rasheed * On Tue, Jun 9, 2009 at 5:02 AM, damodar prasad damodar.pra...@gmail.comwrote: Since Advocate General is elected by the people, to think he will take a partial decision is against the commonsense. But never had I thought a post-modern situation would prevail amidst the feudal factional struggle for Leninist Truth. What more eveidence needed for a the arrival of political relativism, in other words, Most-Modern!! On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 7:11 PM, Abdul Rasheed rasheed...@gmail.comwrote: *The Governer is the nominee of the ruling party in centre. To think that he will take a completely impartial dicisions will be a stupidity. * ** *regards * *Rasheed * ** On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 1:40 PM, sunil kumar ksunilgout...@gmail.comwrote: *Governor can sanction Minister's prosecution, says Supreme Court * By Our Legal Correspondent NEW DELHI, NOV. 5. The Supreme Court today held that the Governor of a State could independently accord sanction for prosecution of a Minister in prevention of corruption cases without the aid and advice of the Council of Ministers. A five-judge Constitution Bench, headed by Justice N. Santosh Hegde, observed that if on facts and circumstances of a case, the Governor cannot act in his own discretion there would be a complete breakdown of the rule of law inasmuch as it would then be open for Governments to refuse sanction in spite of overwhelming material showing that a *prima facie* case is made out. The Bench that included Justice S.N. Variava, Justice B.P. Singh, Justice H.K. Sema and Justice S.B. Sinha said: If, in cases where [a] *prima facie* case is clearly made out, sanction to prosecute high functionaries is refused or withheld, democracy itself will be at stake. It would then lead to a situation where people in power may break the law with impunity safe in the knowledge that they will not be prosecuted as the requisite sanction will not be granted. The Bench gave this ruling while upholding sanction for prosecution accorded by the then Madhya Pradesh Governor against two former Ministers, Rajender Kumar Singh and Hisahu Ram Yadav. A case under the Prevention of Corruption Act was registered against them in March 1998 on the basis of a report from the Lok Ayukta. Sanction sought from the Council of Ministers for prosecuting the two was rejected. The Council of Ministers held that there was not an iota of material available
[GreenYouth] Who pays the price of development?
Who pays the price of development?http://www.jharkhandmirror.com/2009/06/who-paid-price-of-development.html **http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_1JMyBl6hwC8/SiuoBjcPyWI/BIE/SyvipMpkyc8/s1600-h/Kelaghagh+struggle.jpg *By Gladson Dungdung* *7 June, 2009* The ‘Kelaghgh dam’ is the most beautiful dam constructed on Chhinda river in Simdega district of Jharkhand situated at a distance of 4 km from the district headquarter. It is the best tourist place in the district with lovely water dam surrounded by multiple hills which attracts tourists very much. There is a plateau in the dam where a small and beautiful park exists. Besides, the district administration provides the facility of motor boating and a hotel is also constructed where the tourists can avail the lodging and food facility. But how many of us really know that this beautiful place is made on the grave of Adivasis (indigenous people)? Their only livelihood resource that was land had been snatched away from them during the construction of the Dam. The promises made for providing jobs, adequate compensation and rehabilitation packages were not fulfilled. The owners of the lands were left to die in the name of ‘development’. The Kelaghagh dam was constructed in 1980 under the minor irrigation project of the irrigation department of the government with the aim of irrigating land of the Simdega block, where three villages – Bernibera, Bara Barpani and Bhudhratoli completely submerged in the dam with the affected people of approximately 3500. These villages were highly populated by Kharia, Munda and Oraon Adivasis, where they used to practice their interesting tradition and culture. Interestingly, the project failed to achieve its objective. Presently, the water reaches to only one village – Meromdega and the water supply to Tukupani, Jambahar and other areas was stopped since a long time. Though the irrigation project uprooted the well-off Adivasis of three villages but only one village is being benefited from the project. Secondly, the Simdega Notified Area Committee supplies the drinking water to Simdega town from the dam but the displaced people, those who have been living near by the Dam get supply water neither for drinking nor for irrigating their a few pieces of land. A village called Bernibera situated at a distance of 5 kilometers in the eastern part of Simdega lost it origin, meaning and identity, which had a historic origin made of two words – Berni and Bera. The ‘Berni’ is the name of an herbal plant, which is used as a medicine to cure fever, and the plant is also used to make a rope. Another word ‘Bera’ is a Kharia (language of Kharia Adivasis) word meaning a big piece of fertile land. Hence, there were big pieces of fertile lands and Berni herbal plants were also in plenty nearby the village therefore the village was named Bernibera. The people of the village used to yield plenty of wheat, paddy and vegetables. But when the dam was constructed the big pieces of fertile lands submerged in the dam and the herbal plants also disappeared from the area. 70 years old Mangaldas Kharia is one of those unfortunate victims of Bernibera village faced displacement while construction of Kelaghagh Dam. His family was well-off as his father (Jakarias Kharia) had 20 acres of fertile land in the village and he was also working as a teacher in a government primary school. He had also purchased another 10 acres of land in a village called Lathakhamhan, where he used to teach is a school with a dream of making a good life for his sons (Mangaldash and Isaac). Since he had two sons therefore he was willing to settle them in two different places so that there would be no chances of any conflict between them. But his dream was washed away by the dam. His land of Bernibera village was submerged in the dam and he was given merely Rs. 11,000 as compensation. Finally, the family had no option than settling down in Lathakhamhan village, where the family had 10 acres of land. The land of Lathakhamhan village was divided between two brothers (Mangaldas and Isaac), which led to a huge division in the family. Though Mangaldas Khria survived because he got the government job as teacher in the place of his father but his younger brother Isaac suffered the most. Later on Isaac and his wife were brutally murdered and their four kids left the village and living else where. They are still not able to settle down. Thus, a well-off family was destroyed by the development project and Mangaldas Kharia is still fighting for the compensation for the land. He recalls that how women those who were protesting against the construction of dam had been kept in the Hazaribagh Jail for three days in 1980. The villagers had started protesting against the land acquisition by shouting a slogan ‘No to Dam’ but the protest was stopped when the police atrocity was inflicted on the people. In 2007, the displaced people again started a fight with the government for the jobs and compensation
[GreenYouth] CCDS- DOCUMENTARY
Hi friendsGood day!!! Stop for sometime here Here is the documentary, made by me as part of the Infochange Media Fellowship 2008, finds out how survivors of the tsunami are picking up the pieces of their lives four years after the 2004 disaster that left over 10,000 dead in India. I traveled with my camera person rajesh nair through Nagapattinam, the worst-affected district in Tamil Nadu, and coastal Kerala. http://infochangeindia.org/Media-Fellowship-Rebuilding-Lives.html looking forward to hear your comments -- Jeeva Jayadas Programme Producer Marine BizTV Cochin India Phone: 09447404280(mobile) www.marinebiztv.com --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Green Youth Movement group. To post to this group, send email to greenyouth@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to greenyouth+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth?hl=en-GB -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[GreenYouth] Re: National Alliance of Anti-nuclear M ovements (NAAM) Launched with “The Kanyakumari Declarati on”
This is an extremely timely move - a highly welcome and significant development. Congrats to Dr. Udayakumar and his comrades for the great initiative. The colonisation part, however, appears to be just a bit of rhetorical hype. The steel mills set up in India under Nehru regime soon after Independence with foreign collaborations in different parts of the country viz. Bhilai, Bokaro, Durgapur, Rourkela are no colonies of those collaborating foreign powers, by no stretch. But that's only a minor slip. The move must be highly welcomed. Sukla On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 11:28 AM, Anivar Aravind anivar.arav...@gmail.comwrote: *Press Release* For Immediate Release June 7, 2009 * * *National Alliance of Anti-nuclear Movements (NAAM) Launched with * *“The Kanyakumari Declaration”* More than one hundred organizations, peoples’ movements and concerned citizens from across the country came together for a National Convention on “The Politics of Nuclear Energy and Resistance” on June 4-6, 2009 at Kanyakumari. They discussed all the different aspects of nuclear power generation and weapons production, the various stages of nuclearization from Uranium mining till waste management, and the commissions and the omissions of the government of India and the Department of Atomic Energy during the three-day-long convention. Besides the scientific, technological, and socioeconomic dimensions, the Convention also considered the political side of the nuclear threat. The nucolonization (nuclear+colonization) policy of the Delhi government is poised to continue with a Russian outpost in Koodankulam, a French settlement in Jaitapur, an American joint in Haripur and many more such establishments around the country. India is going to look and feel like the colony of several East India Companies. The Citizens of India would become the energy slaves of these White and Brown power barons. Most importantly, nuclearism is a political ideology that cannot stomach any transparency, accountability or popular participation. It snubs dissent, denounces opponents and creates a political climate of fear and retribution. With the India-US nuclear deal, and the deals with Russia and France and likely private participation in nuclear energy generation, the situation is going to get out of hand in our country. The combination of profiteering companies, secretive state apparatuses and repressive nuclear department will be ruthless and this nexus of capitalism, statism and nuclearism does not augur well for the country. These forces gaining an upper hand in our national polity will mean a death knell for the country’s democracy, openness, and prospects for sustainable development. In order to mobilize the Indian citizens against this growing nucolonization, to resist the nuclearization of the country, and to protect our people from nuclear threats and the environment from nuclear waste and radiation, an umbrella organization (tentatively named as the National Alliance of Anti-nuclear Movements) has been founded with eight committees on Documentation, Economic Analysis, Legal, Mass Media, International Liaison, Translation, Health, and Direct Action. A statement known as “The Kanyakumari Declaration” was also passed by the National Convention. Contact for More Info: Dr. S. P. Udayakumar, spudayaku...@gmail.com, 09865683735 THE KANYAKUMARI DECLARATION Statement of The National Convention on “The Politics of Nuclear Energy and Resistance,” June 4-6, 2009, Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu, India We, the undersigned organizations, peoples’ movements and concerned citizens committed to building a world free from nuclear exploitation, nuclear business, nuclear power and nuclear weapons, do hereby declare the following: 1. In the context of the unprecedented threats facing the world due to global warming and the rapid depletion of conventional energy sources, the nuclear establishment is most opportunistically pushing nuclear energy as a climate-friendly energy source. However, all the activities associated with nuclear power generation - the mining and processing of uranium, the building of nuclear power stations involving huge amounts of cement and steel, the long construction process, the decommissioning of plants and the handling of radioactive waste - are highly unsafe and expensive, and cause enormous climate-changing pollution. Nuclear energy is not cheap, safe, clean or sustainable. It also does not offer a solution to our energy problems. 2. The government of India is aggressively expanding nuclear power generation and enhancing nuclear business with countries such as the United States, Russia, France, Kazakhstan and others without any regard for norms of democratic decision making. We express outrage over the fact that the newly-elected UPA government is conveniently choosing to interpret the verdict of the recent elections as a
[GreenYouth] Re: CCDS- DOCUMENTARY
Hi, Thanks ton Jeeva. Will go through it and get back to you. Regards, Mahtab Delhi 2009/6/10 jeeva jayadas devakije...@gmail.com Hi friendsGood day!!! Stop for sometime here Here is the documentary, made by me as part of the Infochange Media Fellowship 2008, finds out how survivors of the tsunami are picking up the pieces of their lives four years after the 2004 disaster that left over 10,000 dead in India. I traveled with my camera person rajesh nair through Nagapattinam, the worst-affected district in Tamil Nadu, and coastal Kerala. http://infochangeindia.org/Media-Fellowship-Rebuilding-Lives.html looking forward to hear your comments -- Jeeva Jayadas Programme Producer Marine BizTV Cochin India Phone: 09447404280(mobile) www.marinebiztv.com -- MD. MAHTAB ALAM mdmahtaba...@gmail.com Phone:+ 91-9811209345 --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Green Youth Movement group. To post to this group, send email to greenyouth@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to greenyouth+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth?hl=en-GB -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
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