The Supreme Court administered three well-deserved blows to the government today (3rd March). Appointment of P J Thomas as CVC was held as unlawful. The Court ordered the CBI to investigate the cancellation and subsequent restoration of 2G licence to S-Tel. The government was rapped for not being serious in its measures against black money. The Court lamented , "What the hell is going on ?"
The Court was categorical that personal and institutional integrity is an indispensable criterion in appointment of CVC. This pronouncement sounds axiomatic and unexceptionable. Spokespersons of the Congress party claim that the recommendation of the high-powered committee consisting of the Prime Minister , the Home Minister and the leader of the opposition was only an error of judgement and not clothed in mala fides. A very funny argument given the fact that the Committee chose to ignore the criminal case pending against P J Thomas and the government steamrollered its decision to spite the opposition. Mens rea was writ large.
If the Supreme Court were to call the prime minister a rascal, the Congress party would derive comfort by claiming that he was not called a scoundrel !
The Court was categorical that personal and institutional integrity is an indispensable criterion in appointment of CVC. This pronouncement sounds axiomatic and unexceptionable. Spokespersons of the Congress party claim that the recommendation of the high-powered committee consisting of the Prime Minister , the Home Minister and the leader of the opposition was only an error of judgement and not clothed in mala fides. A very funny argument given the fact that the Committee chose to ignore the criminal case pending against P J Thomas and the government steamrollered its decision to spite the opposition. Mens rea was writ large.
If the Supreme Court were to call the prime minister a rascal, the Congress party would derive comfort by claiming that he was not called a scoundrel !
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