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Following Chief Justice of India (CJI) D.Y. Chandrachud's call for judges not to perceive the privileges they receive as a display of power, a recent incident involving a high court judge misusing his position has come to light. Justice Gaurang Kanth, now a judge of the Calcutta High Court, wrote a letter to the Delhi Joint Commissioner of Police (Security) on June 12, urging the immediate suspension of police officers stationed at his residence. He alleged that due to their incompetence, he lost his pet dog as they failed to follow his security instructions properly.
The letter from Justice Kanth, though dated June 12, only recently surfaced online and has sparked widespread discussions. Many have accused him of abusing his official position, pointing to a sense of entitlement prevalent among some members of the higher judiciary.
Justice Kanth expressed his displeasure at the behavior of the security officials and demanded an action-taken report from the Delhi Police within three working days. He emphasized that such negligence in their duties could pose a threat to his security and that of his family. He urged the suspension of the officers responsible and called for a thorough investigation into the matter.
Notably, Justice Kanth was previously in the news when allegations of breaching trust and abusing his office as an advocate emerged. These allegations were raised by the Campaign for Judicial Accountability and Reforms (CJAR) regarding a forged sale deed while he was serving as a lawyer and executor for his client's will.
CJI Chandrachud's recent remarks on judicial authority and the need for self-reflection within the judiciary gain significance in light of these incidents. He emphasized that judges should exercise their authority wisely, both on and off the bench, to maintain the judiciary's credibility and public confidence. Protocol facilities provided to judges should not be used in a way that inconveniences others or attracts public criticism.
The incident involving Justice Gautam Chowdhary of the Allahabad High Court, who faced inconvenience during a train journey, also came to light in a similar context. CJI Chandrachud expressed concern over such incidents and reiterated the importance of not misusing privileges and power associated with judicial positions
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Following Chief Justice of India (CJI) D.Y. Chandrachud's call for judges not to perceive the privileges they receive as a display of power, a recent incident involving a high court judge misusing his position has come to light. Justice Gaurang Kanth, now a judge of the Calcutta High Court, wrote a letter to the Delhi Joint Commissioner of Police (Security) on June 12, urging the immediate suspension of police officers stationed at his residence. He alleged that due to their incompetence, he lost his pet dog as they failed to follow his security instructions properly.
The letter from Justice Kanth, though dated June 12, only recently surfaced online and has sparked widespread discussions. Many have accused him of abusing his official position, pointing to a sense of entitlement prevalent among some members of the higher judiciary.
Justice Kanth expressed his displeasure at the behavior of the security officials and demanded an action-taken report from the Delhi Police within three working days. He emphasized that such negligence in their duties could pose a threat to his security and that of his family. He urged the suspension of the officers responsible and called for a thorough investigation into the matter.
Notably, Justice Kanth was previously in the news when allegations of breaching trust and abusing his office as an advocate emerged. These allegations were raised by the Campaign for Judicial Accountability and Reforms (CJAR) regarding a forged sale deed while he was serving as a lawyer and executor for his client's will.
CJI Chandrachud's recent remarks on judicial authority and the need for self-reflection within the judiciary gain significance in light of these incidents. He emphasized that judges should exercise their authority wisely, both on and off the bench, to maintain the judiciary's credibility and public confidence. Protocol facilities provided to judges should not be used in a way that inconveniences others or attracts public criticism.
The incident involving Justice Gautam Chowdhary of the Allahabad High Court, who faced inconvenience during a train journey, also came to light in a similar context. CJI Chandrachud expressed concern over such incidents and reiterated the importance of not misusing privileges and power associated with judicial positions
#CJIDYChandrachud #SupremeCourt #PetDog #AllahabadHighCourt #Democracy #Judge #GautamChowdhary #Justice #Missing #Stolen #DelhiPolice #Suspension #HWNews #SujitNair
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00:00 Namaskar.
00:01 Welcome to another episode of editorial.
00:04 Today I am going to tell you a story.
00:09 A story that will make you wonder whether we are living in a democracy.
00:17 A story that will make you wonder whether we should live in a democracy or is monarchy
00:22 better.
00:23 Monarchy, you bend down to one king.
00:28 How many people are we bending down in a democracy?
00:32 So today's story will make you wonder whether monarchy is better than democracy.
00:37 Let's get right into the show and let's just talk about this story.
00:44 So there was this judge called Justice Gurung Kant.
00:49 He was the judge of Delhi High Court.
00:55 Justice Gurung Kant lost his dog and he wrote a letter to the Joint Commissioner of Police
01:04 Delhi.
01:05 Now I will tell you as far as ranking is concerned, who Joint Commissioner of Police is.
01:14 You see when an IPS officer joins in, he joins in as a, obviously a probation officer, then
01:20 an ASP, Assistant Superintendent of Police, Superintendent of Police, Senior Superintendent
01:24 of Police and then he becomes a IG, Inspector General of Police, then he becomes a Special
01:31 IG after that, after that he becomes an Additional Director General of Police and then a Director
01:36 of General Police.
01:38 So a Special IG and sometimes ADG, this is when he becomes, he or she becomes a Joint
01:46 Commissioner of Police.
01:48 So in police hierarchy, it's almost the top job.
01:53 So our Justice lost his dog and he wrote this letter to the Joint Commissioner of Police.
01:59 I will read this letter out to you.
02:02 So the letter he writes is as follows.
02:05 He writes to the Joint Commissioner of Police, security, Delhi Police and he says, I am writing
02:12 this letter with a lot of pain and anguish. Due to the lack of devotion and incompetence
02:20 on the part of the officers providing security in my official bungalow, I have lost my pet
02:27 dog. In spite of repeatedly telling them to keep the door locked, the security officials
02:34 deputed at my residence have failed to comply with my directions and carry out their professional
02:41 duty.
02:43 Such dereliction of duty and incompetence needs immediate attention, as the same can
02:49 cause grave danger to my life and liberty.
02:55 Such callous in carrying out their duties by the said security personnel may cause any
03:03 untoward incident at my residence and I fear my security.
03:09 Not manning the gate and lack of devotion in keeping a check on the moment and ingress
03:15 and egress from the gate of my residence is intolerable.
03:21 I will request you to immediately suspend the officers who are unbecoming of a government
03:27 servant and carrying out a thorough investigation regarding the aforementioned issue which could
03:34 have been a grave threat to my life and my family's life.
03:39 An action taken report in this regard shall be submitted within three working days from
03:46 today.
03:47 He lost his dog and he is angry about it.
03:52 He is pained about it.
03:54 Fair, fair, dog is man's best friend and one does get pain when one loses one's pet.
04:04 You know why am I talking about this today?
04:06 I am talking about this today is because a court is capable to take so-moto cognizance
04:14 to things which are happening around it.
04:16 A judge has that right.
04:21 Hundreds of people died in Manipur.
04:25 Which court, which judge took cognizance?
04:30 Did any judge write to the chief minister of Manipur and said that I want report in
04:34 three days or suspend the officers who have been inactive?
04:38 Did any judge write that?
04:42 I will give you some facts and figures and then I will get further.
04:47 You see in 2016, according to NCRB, in 2016, there was a total of 88,008 kidnappings and
04:54 abductions.
04:55 88,008 people were kidnapped and abducted.
05:01 In 2017, 95,893 people were kidnapped and abducted.
05:06 In 2018, 1,05,734 people were kidnapped and abducted.
05:13 In 2019, 1,05,037 people were kidnapped and abducted.
05:19 In 2020, 84,805 people were kidnapped and abducted.
05:23 In 2021, 1,07,007 people were kidnapped and abducted.
05:33 A lot of, it happened in Delhi too.
05:36 A lot of these kidnap, kidnapping and abduction.
05:39 How many times this judge has Suvamoto written to the Joint Commission of Police saying that
05:44 this kidnap, this kidnap has happened, this abduction has happened.
05:48 It's a child.
05:49 It's a woman.
05:50 Report in three days.
05:53 Suspend the officers.
05:55 How many times he has written?
06:00 The question that I ask tonight is in the garb of democracy, we elect and we pay to
06:11 create a judiciary, to create a legislature, to create an executive.
06:20 And if you look at it, all these three, all these three, they later on rule over us.
06:28 They become our monarch.
06:31 This is the foundation of democracy.
06:33 This foundation changes into multiple monarchy.
06:37 I am saying multiple monarchy is because in a monarchy, in a monarch driven state or a
06:42 dictated driven state, you have to just fall in the feet of one man or one woman, fall
06:48 at her feet or his feet and that's it.
06:51 But in a state like this, right from a local municipal corporator of yours to a local session
06:57 court judge of yours to a local police inspector in your police station, from him to the topmost
07:04 person, you have to fall at every person's feet.
07:09 This judge thinks that he is entitled.
07:13 His dog got lost, so his family and his own life is in danger.
07:18 If we would have prayed to him saying that my lord, my dog got lost, so I need security
07:23 outside my house because my life is in danger, he would have thrown our petition out of the
07:27 window saying that what crap are you talking about?
07:31 Wouldn't he?
07:32 But when it comes to him, he has the power and in our taxpayers' money, those people
07:40 have to be suspended and possibly what?
07:42 He has to be given an answer as to why his dog got missing.
07:46 Possibly Delhi police will put the entire police force behind that dog and somewhere
07:49 down the line, a child who is lost, a child who is kidnapped, they will not have enough
07:55 people to send to that, to rescue that child.
08:01 And all this happening with our tax money and all this happening with our vote.
08:09 See this is not the first case.
08:11 There was six days back, there was another case that a judge, he was not served well,
08:17 he was not happy with the service in the train, so he rode to the regional head, railways.
08:22 Why is he not happy?
08:23 Why is service not provided?
08:27 Justice Chandrachud gave a very good reply to that.
08:29 Justice Chandrachud said that protocol facilities which are made available to judges should
08:35 not be utilized to assert a claim to privilege which sets them apart from society or as a
08:41 manifestation of power or authority.
08:45 A wise exercise of judicial authority both on and off the bench is what sustains the
08:52 credibility and the legitimacy of the judiciary and the confidence which the society has in
08:57 its judges.
08:58 I mean, the Chief Justice spoke very well, which he normally does.
09:04 He is a very well articulated person.
09:06 But how much of this actually happens?
09:10 How much of this is actually executed on ground?
09:13 What happens to such judges who says, "Mera kutta kum gaya hai".
09:18 I remember one politician in Uttar Pradesh had sent police searching for his buffalos.
09:23 I remember that and now he is a judge and that's my point.
09:29 These are the pillars of democracy and this is how they are utilizing democracy.
09:35 This is how they are utilizing democracy.
09:40 The reason I want to tell this story is not to put down this judge or that's not my intention
09:44 or to put down the judiciary.
09:45 That's definitely not my intention.
09:46 The reason I am telling you this story is because till such time that you and I, till
09:51 such time that you and I do not understand our rights, our powers, the fact that we are
09:58 the taxpayers, these are supposed to be people serving us, protecting us, not ruling us.
10:04 Till such time that we don't understand it, this is going to only increase in our country.
10:09 The way an IAS officer, an administrative officer treats a person who comes to visit
10:14 him is like he is treating a servant.
10:17 Most often than not, he doesn't even have the courtesy to make a person sit in front
10:20 of him.
10:21 I have seen police officers when they walk into a lift, they don't allow others to get
10:25 into that lift.
10:26 They go.
10:27 There are, I have seen places where there are walkways, where there are staircases,
10:33 where only police officers can walk, others cannot.
10:36 When is this going to end?
10:39 And you know what, all these people are paid by us.
10:43 All these people are paid by us.
10:45 You see, they are not going to get a shot.
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11:56 I took a very interesting interview of a senior journalist from Kerala called M. Shri
12:01 Kumar.
12:02 Shri Kumar has been on the field for last three decades.
12:06 He has been covering Kerala and he understands Kerala, the social fabric of Kerala better
12:13 than most of the people I know.
12:15 I spoke to him.
12:16 I wanted to find out from him as to what happened in Kasargod on Tuesday when those Muslim League
12:23 youth, youth Muslim League members, they were chanting anti-Hindu slogan and they were,
12:28 they were threatening Hindus.
12:29 Why did that happen?
12:31 I wanted to know what is Love Jihad?
12:33 Is Love Jihad actually happening in Kerala?
12:36 I wanted to know whether is the secular fabric of Kerala getting destroyed?
12:43 And I have got some fabulous answer from him, fabulous answer from him, candid, real and
12:48 fabulous answers from him.
12:50 I would request you please watch that episode.
12:54 It is aired today.
12:55 It is aired at 8 o'clock I guess today, so earlier to this program.
12:59 So do watch that interview.
13:02 Till I see you next time, that is tomorrow at 10 o'clock.
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