Madiba on a stamp issued by the former USSR . . . the 10 kopek (1 rouble = 100 kopecks) stamp issued in 1988 reads Fighter for freedom of Africa - Nelson Mandela . . .

Image: Wikimedia Commons

Madiba is one of the greatest leaders to have walked upon the Earth. Everyone knows about his struggle against the despicable system of racial segregation and discrimination called apartheid and his role in building a democratic South Africa. He is not power hungry and left the stage after a single term as the President of South Africa. Even after retirement from politics, he has always fought for issues that are close to his heart - Truth and Reconciliation in South Africa, the fight againt HIV/AIDS and Human Rights. What makes him a great human being and a true patriot is that he acknowledged the Human Rights violations by his own party during the anti-apartheid struggle in order to assist the Truth and Reconciliation process in his beloved country. Even on his 90th birthday, he has spoken about the need to fight poverty and inequality and has criticised rich and powerful South Africans for not doing enough to help their less fortunate fellow citizens. Madiba is also a strong supporter of Ubuntu.

Madiba is a person who will fight injustice and disgusting systems and practices and till his very last breath! The Earth needs many more true world leaders and great human beings like Madiba! Belated birthday wishes, Madiba!!!

Goal 4 Africa Anthem (Many Rivers to Cross) . . .

Please spread the word.  The "Mahalla 49" are innocent civilians rounded up by the Egyptian police during a protest of April of this year.  For more click here:

1-Circulate information about the trial and expose the Mubarak’s dictatorship among your network of contacts, peers, and even family members…
2-Collect signatures on the following petition, especially from trade unions and rights groups
3-Mobilize protests in front of the Egyptian embassies and consulates in your country. When you do that, please just snap a photo of the protest, and email it to me: egyptian[dot]bolshevik[at]gmail[dot]come

British PM: 'Hostage video adds to families' anguish' - CNN.com

As far as I'm concerned, this story is so tragic, that it literally and completely makes a mockery of any aspect, and/or argument, that could ever be made in defense of the Iraqi war.

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Janice Langbehn and her partner Lisa Marie Pond, both aged 39, intended to enjoy a vacation cruise with three of their four children, marking the women's 18 years as a couple in February 2007, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel reported Thursday.

The trip abruptly ended when Pond had a massive stroke as the ship was preparing to leave port, the newspaper said.

She was taken to Miami's Jackson Memorial Hospital, where Langbehn said workers would not let her see her ailing partner.

A social worker allegedly said the couple was in an "anti-gay city and state."

Pond died about 18 hours after she arrived at Jackson's Ryder Trauma Center.

Langbehn said she was permitted to see Pond for no more than about five minutes.

The suit, lodged in U.S. District Court in Miami, seeks at least $75,000 and accuses physicians Alois Zauner and Carlos Alberto Cruz and social worker Garnett Frederick of negligence and "intentional infliction of emotional distress."

Source: http://www.politicalgateway.com/news/read/156028

A nota de prensa leva por título "Thailand: Stop Forced Returns of Karen Refugees to Burma. Civilians Forced Back Into Conflict Zone, More Returns Threatened". Copio un extracto do seu contido:

Thai security forces should immediately stop forcing Karen refugees and asylum seekers to return to Burma from refugee camps in Thailand, HRW said today.

The Karen, an ethnic group who have fled armed conflict and human rights violations in Burma, face persecution and violent reprisals by the Burmese military government if forced to return, HRW said.

“Forcing civilians back into an active war zone may be an easy answer for Thailand, but it’s brutal – a completely inhumane and unacceptable solution,” said Brad Adams, Asia director at HRW. “The Thai government should cooperate with international relief agencies and UNHCR to ensure that it upholds the rights of civilians under international law.”

On July 17, local Thai paramilitary forces, the tahaan prahn (literally “hunter-killer soldiers”) rounded up 52 Karen from two refugee camps in Thailand’s Mae Hong Son province along the Burma border, 39 – mostly women and children – from Mae Ra Ma Luang refugee camp and 13 from Mae La Oon camp. They permitted 17 students to stay on the Thai side, but sent 35 refugees across the border to the Ei Tu Hta relocation site in Burma. [...]

Although Thailand has not signed the 1951 Refugee Convention, it is bound by the principle of non-refoulement, a firm prohibition in customary international law on returning refugees to any country where they are likely to be persecuted or their lives are at risk. [...]

More than 50,000 civilians have fled or been displaced by the army offensive against civilians in Eastern Burma, which has been ongoing since 2006. They join more than half a million internally displaced civilians in Eastern Burma. The offensive in Eastern Burma is the largest operation by the Burmese military in several years. It has been denounced by international groups, including the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), in a June 2007 statement, and Amnesty International in a June 2008 report. [...]

(AFP)

LONDON - The British government should no longer accept US assurances that it does not use torture, a parliamentary oversight committee said on Sunday in a wide-ranging report looking at London's human rights policy.

Ministers have previously taken at face value statements from their US counterparts, including Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and President George W. Bush, that Washington does not resort to such practices.

But the cross-party foreign affairs committee said that stance should be abandoned given admissions from the US director of national intelligence, Michael McConnell, that "water-boarding" had been used on terror suspects.

Foreign Secretary David Miliband has told parliament on two occasions this year that the practice, which simulates drowning during interrogation, amounts to torture.

Miliband's position has "serious implications" for government policy, the committee said in its 214-page Human Rights Annual Report 2007-8.

"We conclude that, given the clear differences in definition, the UK can no longer rely on US assurances that it does not use torture, and we recommend that the government does not rely on such assurances in the future," it added.

Britain is a signatory to a United Nations convention that prevents the extradition of suspects to countries where torture is used. If adopted, a change in approach could affect such transfers.

The committee also called for Britain to carry out an "exhaustive analysis" of US government interrogation techniques and seek guarantees about whether US flights carrying terror suspects used British airspace or airports.

Earlier this year, the United States admitted that two "rendition" flights landed on Diego Garcia, a British overseas territory in the Indian Ocean where there is a US air base.

Britain, whose policy is not to allow such transfers where there is a risk of torture, had earlier accepted assurances that its territory had not been used for the extra-judicial transfer of suspected extremists.

Such flights should not use British territory or airspace, even if no detainees were on board, the committee said.

Elsewhere, the committee urged an investigation into claims that six British nationals were detained and tortured by Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency and interrogated by British security agents.

But it has gone beyond the need to provide fairly among the citizens of the country irrespective of race, religion and creed. Since becoming a member of the United Nations, Malaysia has to observe the Universal Declaration of Human Rights adopted by the United Nations in 1948.

Human rights cover a very broad range of subjects among the most basic of which are that human beings are born equal and they have certain god-given rights such as the right to education, basic amenities and the choice of who should be entrusted with the responsibility of running the country.  During the workshop several speakers were invited to speak on topics such as fundamental liberties, civil/syariah jurisdiction, access to justice, orang asli rights, refugees & migrant workers, abuse of police powers (Anwar's scenario?) etc.

Like many other countries, this country has had to balance between democracy and national security. While the government has not openly dispensed with democracy, in most instances when faced with a choice between observing the principle of human rights as enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and ensuring national security, it is the latter that consistently gains priority.

But ultimately to uphold human rights, there must be integrity in the management of the country, from the upper echelon of the society to the grass roots level. Stability in a society and progress can become a reality only when each person behaves correctly rather deviously. Then only can it be expected that a nation will always give priority to the interests of the people irrespective of race, creed or religion.

Sometimes I can't really blame the public's perception that the human rights NGOs, commissions and the Bar Council as pro-opposition because it is the enforcer/administrator who is likely to violate the principles of human rights.

P/S:  Congratulations to Francis and Chee Yan at the Subang division.  Both Chongs, a conicidence?

Their crime,being poor,and daring to walk the public streets & spaces

Security guards in Vancouver are discriminating against the city’s homeless by telling people sitting or sleeping on benches to move along, to stop binning in alleys, and by following and intimidating them.

In response to the tactics of the so called "Goodwill Ambassadors",an initiative of the Downtown Vancouver Business Improvement Association (DVBIA).

The good people of Pivot legal society & United Native Nations have filed a complaint with the BC human Rights Tribunal.

Laura Track, a lawyer with Pivot, said the Downtown Ambassadors program, which is run by Genesis Security and the DVBIA, under the guidance of commissioner Geoff Plant, singles out street people and impedes their legal access to public areas.

The downtown core and in particular the DTES & Granville street happens to be home to nearly all Vancouver's 6-7000 SOR's(single occupancy rooms).Therefore if one is unemployed,disabled,living on welfare,trying to survive on minimum wage etc the chances of one  ending up in the DTES are quite good.

Imagine leaving your room to walk the street or to just sit ,along comes some junior g-man in a dorky red outfit telling you to move on,like you're some kind of dog.Or worse...

the guards follow and stare at people they find "undesirable" and take photographs and notes for unknown purposes.

Not because you have done anything wrong but because you are poor .Also if you happen to be native you are even more likely to be harassed

To add insult to injury...

The monies being used to fund,what is in affect a  private business program aimed at forcing the poor from Vancouver's public spaces & streets,are public funds.

Non-Partisan Association councillors “ignored council process and staff recommendations” to force public funding for a private business program through Vancouver City Council, a Vision Vancouver media release has alleged.

Read more here , here, and here

Also be sure to check out 'Incivilty City' over at Creative Revolution.

“If to look at the text of the paper, one shall notice that it consists of two parts. The first one is criticizing the state of the democratic institutions in Armenia, and in the second – the US Department of State is reporting back to its taxpayers on the work, allegedly carried out for the development of democracy in Armenia”, - the deputy stated. Ashotyan stressed the fact that the report had been prepared on the basis of the research of the monitoring group, which was several times less in its membership than that of the European observers, which gave reasons for doubting the professionalism of that group. All the more so, as analogous European groups gave rather positive appreciations to the election processes in Armenia.
Not intending to doubt the leadership of the US in what concerns democracy, and moreover, to compare this state to Armenia, Ashotyan nevertheless reminded of “some peccadilloes” of the American authorities, taking as grounds the publications of the American press and the reports of the “Freedom House”. He mentioned the resisters of hostilities in Iraq and Afghanistan, the cases of mass murders and high rate of criminality, the frustrated and “non-democratic in its essence” (as noted by the “Freedom House”) election system, the priority of the acting Governors during the elections, the racial, religious and other kinds of discrimination in the USA.
On the same day the Prosecutor General of the country Agvan Ovsepyan was speaking before the Parliamentarians at the National Assembly. He blamed the opposition for using children “in their purposes”. A.Ovsepyan stressed that small children had been in the tents on the Square of Freedom on March 1. According to him, the matters went so far that “one of the girls, escaping with her father, did not have time to put on her shoes; and later some woman-instigator stated that the girl has been killed”. Ovsepyan preferred not to answer the question of the oppositional deputies on “from what or from whom had been so hurriedly escaping the girl and her father”. The Prosecutor General has also refused to demonstrate to the public before the end of the investigation all the videos they had at their disposal, showing the events of the morning and evening of the 1st of March without the montage. He stated that such videos existed, that they had been examined by the Office of the Public Prosecutor, and would serve as material evidence, showed only at the Court. “We do not wish to be busy with the moral propaganda activities and show them to the public”, - stressed he.
Responding to the question of the Parliamentary Deputy if a criminal case had been brought in action on the fact of murders on March 1, the Prosecutor General stated that he was not going to answer those kinds of questions, motivating it with a law, prohibiting holding hearings on criminal cases. The Deputy specified that he was not speaking of definite persons, but of the very fact of presence or absence of the accused for the murders on 1-2 March and inquired whether there were people, acknowledged to be legal successors of the victims. “This I will not tell you”, - stressed Ovsepyan. Nevertheless, when later responding to the question of another Deputy Ovsepyan noted that he did not assert that all the police officers had kept within the law. “Investigation is being held on these facts”, - he assured.
We shall see what will be heard from the camps of the authorities and the opposition, when the President S. Sarkisyan, after returning from Russia, gives his appreciation of the negotiations in St. Petersburg – with the President of the Russian Federation D. Medvedev and the President of Azerbaijan Ilkham Aliyev. To our viewpoint, since now the life of the Republic will be mostly determined by the real results, being achieved by the Armenian leader at the informal summit of the CIS countries.

The 49-year-old father-of-two, who joined the Norfolk force in 1993 after 12 years in the RAF, insists he loves his job but said: ‘Internal politics are making it difficult to do what we should be doing.’

He added: ‘We get more flak from inside the force than outside these days.

'The blatant support for homosexual rights in Norfolk Police makes being a Christian officer extremely difficult.

‘I am not undertaking this action lightly but I have to make a stand when things become so blatantly biased against me just because I hold a faith.’'

Another case of a Christian who cannot square his religious beliefs with his job. This is beginning to look like an organised witch hunt against gays and lesbians perpetrated by the Christian church.

'Brandon, 14, wasn't working on his paper, because he told Mrs. Boldrin he'd finished it. Instead, he opened a history book and started to read. Or at least he pretended to. "He kept looking over at Larry," says a student who was in the class that morning. "He'd look at the book and look at Larry, and look at the book and look at Larry." At 8:30 a.m., a half hour into class, Brandon quietly stood up. Then, without anyone's noticing, he removed a handgun that he had somehow sneaked to school, aimed it at Larry's head, and fired a single shot. Boldrin, who was across the room looking at another student's work, spun around. "Brandon, what the hell are you doing!" she screamed. Brandon fired at Larry a second time, tossed the gun on the ground and calmly walked through the classroom door. Police arrested him within seven minutes, a few blocks from school. Larry was rushed to the hospital, where he died two days later of brain injuries.'

But this article is a milestone in journalism which requires close attention for all of us. It coins the new term the shrinking closet:

'What you might call "the shrinking closet" is arguably a major factor in Larry's death. Even as homosexuality has become more accepted, the prospect of being openly gay in middle school raises a troubling set of issues. Kids may want to express who they are, but they are playing grown-up without fully knowing what that means. At the same time, teachers and parents are often uncomfortable dealing with sexual issues in children so young. Schools are caught in between. How do you protect legitimate, personal expression while preventing inappropriate, sometimes harmful, behavior?'

Mainly, by getting involved and normalising and integrating it, instead of ignoring it and hoping it will go away.

Abe Ghafari of Iranian Christians International, Inc. (ICI) was at least a little surprised to learn the news. "Before, it was like an option that an Islamic judge could decide to use or not to use -- but now it will become an automatic thing. And from the language of the legislation, it seems like something that cannot be appealed," Ghafari contends.

The death penalty would primarily apply to those who convert to the Christian faith. "There are large numbers of conversions from Islam, maybe even in the tens of thousands every year, and this is causing concern in the Islamic circles in Iran," Ghafari explains.

People who use the Internet to convert people away from the Muslim faith will also be subject to the death penalty. Ghafari was asked if this information shocked him. "Yes, it does a bit because we do know that under Islamic law of Iran, there was always this option of issuing death penalties for any conversions from Islam. So this was already available, but it looks like they just want to escalate persecution – making the death penalty almost automatic for anyone who converts from Islam," Ghafari adds.

While Christians are the primary target, anyone converting to the Bahá'í faith will also face the death penalty. Ghafari sees trouble ahead, and is hopeful Christians everywhere will pray for the underground church in Iran.

Information on legislation provided by ICI about Iranian apostasy and the death penalty is available here.

 

Accused: The move would mean hook-handed cleric Abu Hamza would not be extradited to the U.S.

Britain should stop extraditing prisoners to America following the CIA’s admission that it ‘tortured’ terror suspects, an influential group of MPs has demanded.

The move by the Commons Foreign Affairs Committee would prevent the extradition of hook-handed cleric Abu Hamza, who faces terror charges in the US, and Babar Ahmad, accused of fund-raising for the Taliban.

Ministers have previously been willing to take at face-value statements from President George Bush that the US does not resort to torture.

But the committee says this should no longer be the case after CIA admitted the ‘waterboarding’ of three detainees.

The technique involving simulated drowning has already been described as torture by Foreign Secretary David Miliband.

The MPs say this has implications for extradition to the U.S. as the UK is a signatory to a United Nations convention barring the return of individuals to states where they are at risk of  torture.

During waterboarding a detainee is bound to a board with feet raised and cellophane wrapped around his head.

Water is poured onto his face, making the suspect fear he will drown.

In February, the U.S. Director of National Intelligence, Michael McConnell, told a Senate committee waterboarding was ‘a legal technique used in a specific set
of circumstances’.

President Bush vetoed a bill which would have banned it, saying he did not want to deprive agents of valuable tools in the war on terror.

In April, Mr Miliband told the House of Commons: ‘I consider that waterboarding amounts to torture.

'The UK unreservedly condemns the use of torture.’

Today’s report by the Foreign Affairs Committee said there is a ‘striking inconsistency’ in Ministers’ continued acceptance of the Bush administration’s denial that it uses torture.

‘We recommend that the Government does not rely on such assurances in the future,’ said the committee.

The report also urged the Government to press the U.S. authorities for information on whether any American military flights landing in the UK were part of the ‘rendition circuit’, even if they did not have detainees on board.

The Government has repeatedly accepted U.S. assurances that UK territory has not been used for ‘rendition’ – the secret transfer of suspects between countries.

But in February, Mr Miliband said he had been informed by the U.S. that two rendition planes refuelled on the British territory of Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean.

Today’s report highlights claims from human rights groups including Amnesty International that U.S. planes landing at UK airports were either on their way to pick up detainees for rendition or returning from delivering them.

The MPs also urged the Foreign Office to investigate allegations that Britain ‘outsourced’ interrogation of terror suspects to Pakistan’s intelligence agency.

It has been claimed six British nationals were detained and tortured in Pakistan, where they were also interrogated by British intelligence officers.

Foreign minister Lord Malloch-Brown told the committee: ‘We absolutely deny the charge.’

What can we take from a statement like that? To me, the implication is that the women involved were less deserving of slaughter than the men. It seems that the men are viewed as somewhat legitimate targets, despite their status as civillians.

The lives of men are as precious as those of women. There is no justification for this sort of message, which tells men that violence against their sex is fundamentally more acceptable than violence aganist women. There is no justification for the almost super-human levels of bravery and self-reliance that men are expected to show when threatened. There is no justification for that the way that violence against men is tollerated, that individual men are presumed to be complicit in violent exchanges unless proved innocent, while violence against women is presumed to be unacceptable in almost any circumstances. There is certainly no justification for a lack of compassionate, heartfelt grief over every civillian, regardles of their sex, who has ever lost their lives to war.

As with almost every form of sexism, both men and women suffer a disservice. When men as a whole are seen as the more acceptable target for violence, the ability of women to present a legitimate threat is dismissed. This is patronising and insulting to women, as well as dangerous for anyone who really thinks that all women lack aggression or capabiliy when it comes to physical violence! However, this issue is not primarily about women's rights, but men's.

The issue of violence against men is one of the reasons why, no matter how much I support the struggle of the world's many wonderful, insightful feminists to end sexism against women, I will never be a feminist. Surely, any permanant focus on one sex's rights above that of others' is sexist in itself. Sexism affects all of us, male, female and transgender. Unfortunately, there is pleanty of it to go around! Every person deserves protection from the various forms of hatred and discrimination directed against their sex.

Spreading the light of humanity & freedom

Editor: Nagaraj.M.R....vol.4 . issue.29......19/07/2008

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Editorial :  PF SCAM SHAME  SHAME TO CORRUPT JUDGES & POLICE  IN INDIA

- WHO WILL BELL THE CORRUPT FEW  AMONG INDIAN JUDICIARY  & INDIAN POLICE ?

Just a few months back , a district & sessions judge in mysore was arrested for swindling the court money to the tune of approx 20 lakhs , now comes the provident fund scam involving judges . these are only tip of the ice berg , there lies lot more scams beneath. Add to it , the recent raids of Karnataka lokayuktha on high ranking police officials who have amassed crores worth illegal wealth. Police officer extracts bribe from criminals for destroying prosecution’s case , for manipulating evidences , to fix up innocents in cases while letting free the real criminals , to file B report , to close prosecution cases , to finish innocents in fake encounters , to apply 3^rd degree torture on innocents , etc . where as a judge takes money for giving favourable judicial orders to the real criminal.

All these goes to prove false , the public perception that persons behind bars are the only criminals & those outside are good ones. There are poor innocent people wrongly convicted & behind bars & much more number of criminals outside. More shocking is that there are ruthless , cunning criminals in public offices as police , as judges & doing more harm to the society , people & the nation at large . these corrupt public servants are greater threat to india’s national security & internal security than any terrorist outfits or Pakistan or china.

The honourable chief justice of India , union home minister & director general of police for Karnataka even failed to answer the open questionnaire in full with truthful answers , lest the truth comes out , lest the criminals in public offices are brought to book.

They even failed to accept my appeals as public interest litigations ( PIL ) or to accept my conditional offer of services in apprehending criminals , lest their cronies , criminals are caught red handed.

Is this the free India our freedom fighters , bapuji & others struggled for , sacrificed for ? there was a time when JUDGES , POLICE were considered as equivalent to GODS themselves , but now some corrupt JUDGES , POLICE themselves are proving that they are not human beings but worse than DEMONS. The criminal acts of corrupt majority is bringing disgrace to the honest few in judicial & police service & to the institution as a whole. We at e-voice of human rights watch salute , respect those honest few in judicial & police service and requests them to apprehend their corrupt colleagues at the earliest.

When the fence itself eats into the crop which it has to protect , when the doctor himself kills the patient whom he has to treat , when the mother supposed to protect her child kills it herself , when the king supposed to protect his subjects himself kills them ,  WHEN THE  POLICE & JUDGE  SUPPOSED TO GIVE JUSTICE , PROTECT HIS CITTIZENS , HIMSELF MEATS OUT INJUSTICE , where to appeal ? it is nothing but anarchy. These corrupt few are also bringing disgrace to the august institutions they occupy & are also making contempt of those very offices they hold & making contempt of citizens of India.

Who will dare to bell  the fat , corrupt cats & save democracy in India.

Your's sincerely,

Nagaraj.M.R.

INDIAN JUDICIARY UNDER RTI PURVIEW

The corrupt  among public servants always give a ruse ,  reason to escape from accountability. Recently government of Karnataka under  president's rule has enacted a rule limiting the number of informations sought in RTI application to 3 . already bureaucrats are successful in exempting official file notings from RTI purview. These file notings are the basis on which official decisions are taken by superiors , so if one wants to know the intention behind an official decision it is imperative to know all the notings.

Police apply 3^rd degree torture on accussed , ask questions for hours  in the name of extracting truth , the same police are afraid to answer questions lest the truth come out.

In the courts of law , numerous questions are asked , cross examination done to extract truth . if one remains silent it amounts to confession / agreeing to all charges leveled. In courts of law , during cross examination one must give straight forward answers , one cann't give vague answers nor state excuses for not answering a question. If one doesn't give straight forward answers that also is considered as agrreing to the charges levelled.  The courts go to any length to extract answers to it's questions , take for example rape cases in the backdrop of our Indian tradition. In the courts of law , the rape victim  - woman who has already suffered injustice , shame is made to depose before male judges , lawyers who are total strangers and made to repeatedly explain how the crime of rape was committed. So once again the victim is made to suffer more shame in the society. For the courts answers to questions , cross examination  , legal procedures is more important than  honour of woman.  The very same judges are afraid to answer questions , cross examination under one pretext or the other lest the truth come out.

Even our people's representatives – MPs , MLAs , etc are afraid to speak out truth , to honour RTI act citing legal privileges , etc. in India , during appointment of persons to government service back ground check & clearance by police is mandatory & during appointment  into sensitive defense , space , atomic energy establishments , etc  apart  from police verification , investigation by intelligence agencies is a must. No such thing for our MLAs , MPs . However now criminalization of politics is almost in India , some of the accussed  are drafting laws like IPC , Indian defense rules , police code , purviews of judiciary , etc. they are drafting laws to legalise their crimes. The election commission of India is not properly verifying the affidavits of candidates , also the vigilance authorities , lokayukthas are not properly verifying the affidavits of sitting MLAs , MPs , etc.

More than RTI ACT , to seek information is part of every Indian citizen's fundamental rights & human rights , RTI ACT is just fulfilling that right  partly & fixing a time frame. Nobody , no constitutional functionary is higher than Indian citizens , nobody's privileges  or any laws prevailing over the fundamental rights & duties of Indian citizens is constitutional , just or legal . The shame is that even after 60 years of independence , FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS & DUTIES OF INDIAN CITIZENS is observed more in breach than implementation , by our public servants including the judiciary .

Hereby , we urge all the public servants – judges , police , people's representatives to honour RTI ACT , to honour Indian citizen's fundamental & human rights and to facilitate them to perform their fundamental duties. The silence of public servants to the questions asked or vague answers , ruses by public servants amounts to confessions , agreeing  to the questions , charges leveled & crimes committed .

Let the TRUTH prevail. Jai hind. Vande mataram.

Your's sincerely,

Nagaraj.M.R.

Judiciary under RTI Act, says parliamentary panel

New Delhi, April 29
A parliamentary committee today held that judiciary comes under the purview of the Right to Information law with regard to all activities of administration except "judicial decision making." "Except the judicial decision making, all other activities of administration and the persons included in it (judiciary) are subject to RTI Act," said the report of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Personnel, Law and Justice.

The opinion of the committee headed by E.M. Sudarsana Natchiappanan comes against the backdrop of a raging controversy over whether the judiciary comes under the RTI purview. Chief Justice of India K.G. Balakrishnan had recently said the CJI is a constitutional authority and does not come within the purview of the RTI Act.

The committee, which went into the demands of grants for the personnel ministry and discussed the interpretation of Section 2 (h) of the RTI Act, that is, definition of public authority, said the provision is very clear that all constitutional authorities come under the definition of public authority. The committee had examined in detail every clause of the RTI Act, 2004 and was conscious of the fact that all wings of the state, executive, legislature and judiciary, are fully covered under this Act since all organs of the state are accountable to the citizens of India in a democratic state. "It is more so since the judiciary is having a dual role as (i) administrative function and (ii) judicial decision making.

AN APPEAL TO HONOURABLE CENTRAL INFORMATION COMMISSIONER , NEW DELHI & STATE INFOR MATION COMMISSIONER , BANGALORE.

We at e-voice of human rights watch has requested for following information ( ANSWERS TO THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS ) from honourable CHIEF JUSTICE OF INDIA , SUPREME COURT OF INDIA , NEW DELHI ,  UNION HOME SECRETARY , GOI  , NEW DELHI , DG&IG OF POLICE , GOK , BANGALORE , COMMISSIONER , BANGALORE DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY , BANGALORE & COMMISSIONER , MYSORE URBAN DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY , MYSORE , as per RTI Act . All of them  have  failed to provide complete truthful information to us.

Full Case details are given at following web page,

RTI APPEAL TO HONOURABLE CHIEF JUSTICE OF INDIA , SUPREME COURT OF INDIA

http://crosscji.blogspot.com/ , http://crossexamofchiefjustice.blogspot.com/ ,

http://crimesofsupremecourt.wordpress.com/ , http://crosscji.wordpress.com/ ,

http://crossexamofchiefjustice.wordpress.com/ ,

RTI APPEAL TO UNION HOME SECRETARY , GOI , NEW DELHI

http://crosscji.blogspot.com/ , http://crossexamofchiefjustice.blogspot.com/ ,

http://crimesofsupremecourt.wordpress.com/ , http://crosscji.wordpress.com/ ,

http://crossexamofchiefjustice.wordpress.com/ ,

RTI APPEAL TO DG&IG OF POLICE , GOK , BANGALORE

http://crosscji.blogspot.com/ , http://crossexamofchiefjustice.blogspot.com/ ,

http://crimesofsupremecourt.wordpress.com/ , http://crosscji.wordpress.com/ ,

http://crossexamofchiefjustice.wordpress.com/ ,

RTI APPEAL BDA COMMISSIONER , MUDA , MYSORE

http://crimesofmuda.blogspot.com/ , http://manivannanmuda.blogspot.com/ ,

http://crimesatmudamysore.wordpress.com/ ,

RTI APPEAL TO BDA COMMISSIONER , BDA , BANGALORE

http://crimesofbda.blogspot.com/ , http://bdacrimes.wordpress.com/ ,

Hereby , we do once again request you to order the said public servants  -  to comply with RTI Act & to provide the full information to us at the earliest. JAI HIND. VANDE MATARAM.

Your's sincerely,

Nagaraj.M.R.

JUDGES IN PROVIDENT FUND SCAM ?

NEW DELHI: Faced with accusations having the potential to unhinge the traditional public perception of the judiciary's clean image, the SC on Monday decided to examine the possible mode of probe into the Rs 23 crore illegal PF withdrawal scam allegedly involving 23 judges, including some from the HCs and one from the apex court.

The difficult question on the mode of probe was posed by a petitioner, who is the chairman of Advocates Welfare Trust and Bar Association of Ghaziabad — the place where the scam took place — even as CJI K G Balakrishnan had shown faith in the integrity of the judges by asking the UP police, which is probing the scam, to send questionnaires to the judges, whose names allegedly figured in the scam.

Unwilling to have the judges interrogated by the police at first go, SC had written to the UP police that if the response of those judges to the questionnaire did not satisfy the probe team, then it could send request for personal interrogation.

The request for interrogation in person would be considered on merit, the SC had told the police in a communication. Appearing for the Bar, senior advocate Fali S Nariman flanked by senior advocates Anil Divan and M N Krishnamani expressed concern over the scandal and also pointed out the possible dent in the image of the judiciay if an SHO was seen interrogating a judge.

Bench comprising CJI Balakrishnan and Justices P Sathasivam and J M Panchal appeared undecided about the constitution of a committee as suggested by Nariman, it decided to seek the assistance of solicitor general G E Vahanvati to chart out a possible course to deal with the situation.

To keep the proceedings off the media glare, the bench decided to take up the matter in chamber on July 14, when Vahanvati and other senior advocates would make good their assistance to look for a way out of the problematic situation.

The petition said one Ashutosh Asthana, the Central Nazir in the judgeship of Ghaziabad, had allegedly confessed before a magistrate about his role in the PF scam and had allegedly mentioned the names of 23 judges who were beneficiaries of the ill-gotten money.

CROSS-EXAMINATION OF HONOURABLE CHIEF JUSTICE OF INDIA , UNION HOME MINISTER & DGP OF KARNATAKA

Q1. Why not death sentence to corrupt police who murder people in in lock-up / fake encounters ?

Q2. Why not death sentence to corrupt police who apply 3^rd degree torture on prisoners ?

Q3. Why not death sentence to corrupt police , who connive with criminals & backstabs  our motherland , it's national security ?

Q4. Don't the police have suo-motto powers to take action in the interest of public welfare , law & order ?

Q5. Daily we see numerous reports of misdeeds by police , public servants , industrialists , etc in the media . Then why not police taking any action with respect to them ?

Q6. nowadays we see numerous reports of scams , scandals by constitutional functionaries , public servants in the media. Instead of wasting money , killing time by prolonging formation of parliamentary committees , judicial commissions , why not subject those accussed public servants to narco analysis , lie deector test , etc to ascertain truth & provide timely justice ? ( new addition )

Q7.  If a commonman files a complaint , police / courts wants evidences , witnesses to take action against the rich & mighty crooks. Where as if a rich person just gives a complaint against a poor chap , he is arrested , tortured eventhough there are no evidences , witnesses. Why this double standard ?

Q8. If a poor chap tries to collect evidences as per his fundamental rights or as per RTI ACT , the public servants don't give full , truthfull information. Still , police / courts don't take action against those public servants hiding crimes. Why ?

Q9.why I was not permitted to appear as an "amicus curie" before jain commission of enquiry or supreme court of india probing late prime minister rajiv Gandhi assassination case ?

Q10. The criminal nexus tried to silence me , by closing my news paper , by snatching away my job oppurtunities in government service, by physically assaulting me , by threatening me of false fix-ups in cases & by attempts to murder me. But no action against culprits , why ?

Q11. Whereas , I was enquired number of times by police & intelligence personnel about this case , but the culprits were not enquired even once , why ?

Q12.who compensates the losses I have suffered due to these injustices ? are not police responsible for it ?

Q13. Is it not the duty of police to protect the lives , livelihood of witnesses & all parties involved , both during case & afterwards ?

Q14. How do you monitor & check corrupt police personnel & increase in their family's wealth year after year ?

Q15. While getting appointed into government service from the rank of peon to IAS officer , police verification is mandatory. While appointing to sensitive defense establishments , research institutes in addition to police verification , central intelligence agencies cross-check candidate's background. However is there no background checks of constitutional functionaries , MPs , MLAs , , who are privy to national secrets ? why ?

Q16. Recently , the opposition parties have made allegations during presidential allegations that close relative of one of the front running candidates have swindled public money by their bank  , misused public money through one of their NGO. Is it true ?

Q17.has GOI funded any terrorist outfits in india or abroad ?

Q18.india preaches non-violence , panchasheel principles to the world. In india , more than half the population are poor , people are starving to death. Inspite these background , GOI  funded & aided terrorist outfits in former east Pakistan ensuring the creation of Bangladesh , GOI  has funded & aided terrorist outfits like LTTE , TULF , ETC in srilanka , MQM in Pakistan. In turn these terrorist outfits have murdered thousands of innocents in those countries. Are these acts of GOI just & legal ? Is not GOI responsible for all those murders of innocents ? has GOI paid any compensation to those victims or their family mebers ? why not ?

Q19.within india , to reduce the influence of certain terrorist groups , GOI has funded & aided couter terrorist groups , is it right & legal ?

Q20. In Jharkhand , chattisgarh , etc , the government has armed , trained & funded "salwa judum" to counter naxalites. Salwa judum cadres are terrorizing innocents just like naxalites. Is this action of government just & legal ?

Q21.in india, TADA , POTA is being  rampantly misused by police. Even where there are no problems of terrorism , TADA / POTA is being slapped against innocents , even children. In M.M.Hills of Karnataka state , STF personnel charged tribal people  with TADA on frivolous charges of taking lunch to veerappan , stiching dress for the forest brigand, etc. where as the prominent political, film , sports personalities who have links with underworld , anti national elements & attended parties hosted by dawood Ibrahim , other dons in gulf countries , else where. But these hi-fi people are not charged with TADA / POTA ? why ?

Q22. Film actor sanjay dutt had contacts with underworld & fully knowing well the criminal objectives of criminals , hid the dangerous arms & ammunition in his home , which were intended for terrorizing public. However mr.dutt is not charged with TADA / POTA instead he is charged with illegal possession of arms act ( which is normally applied to farmers who use illegal home made guns to scare away animals , birds in their farms ). Why this favourable treatment of mr.dutt by police ? prosecution ? is this because dutt is politically mighty & rich ?

Q23. Law is one & same for all , the public servants, police interpretes , enforces it differentially between rich & poor ? why this differentiation ?

Q24.recently in Bangalore police nabbed criminals belonging to international criminal syndicate  selling duplicate nokia mobiles. Every nokia mobile comes with 15 digit IMEI number , this number is also used by police for tracking criminals. In consumer dispute at consumer disputes redressal forum Mysore CD 49/05 , nokia company stated that all it's products come with IMEI number only & stated that the product in  dispute sold by tata indicom dealer M/S INTOTO COMMUNICATIONS , Mysore are not their's as it doesn't have IMEI numbers. Further nokia stated they don't have any business relationship with either tata indicom or it's dealer. However the tata indicom dealer stated that indeed his products are genuine , first hand products , but doesn't have IMEI numbers . this proves the dealer in collusion with tata company is selling illegal nokia mobile hand sets & cheating the public. These mobiles are evading taxes , as well as these are without IMEI numbers best buy for criminal elements who want to evade police tracking. What police are doing ?

Q25. Who , of which rank among police personnel takes the decision to close a case ie to file "B" report , when after certain time limit no leads are found in investigation ?

Q26. How do you monitor corrupt police personnel , who purposefully fail to investigate case properly , so that either the case can be closed with "B" report or the prosecution fails to prove the case in court ?

Q27. Who among police takes the decision to appeal against the verdict of a lower court , when the prosecution fails ?

Q28. Who took the decision , not to appeal against the argentina court order acquitting mr.quatrochi accussed in bofors scandal ?

Q29. Do you treat all the prison convicts same in the prison or does the notorious big time rich criminals get spacious barracks with tv, news paper , adequate food , medical care , etc while small time criminals , poor are crammed into pig sty like rooms with 60-70 inmates without any basic requirements ?

Q30. What is the status of my complaint made to the DG & IG of police , government of Karnataka on 10/12/2004 ? the copies of complaint was released at press meet at patrakartara bhavan Mysore on same day, even copies were given to police & intelligence personnel ?

Q31. Why no action , reply regarding the complaint till date ?

Q32. Our constitutional frame workers gave legal immunity privileges to certain constitutional functionaries , so that they are not burdened with frivolous court cases & can concentrate on their constitutional duties. But these privileges doesn't cover the individual actions of those public servants like rape , murder , dowry harassment , tax evasion , misuse of office , etc. but still law enforcement / police department is bound to send request to home ministry seeking permission & home ministry sits over files for months. This gives the accussed ample time to destroy evidences. Is it right & legal ?

Q33. Does legal immunity privileges cover their official actions alone ? if not what does it cover ?

Q34. What is the time limit for home ministry to give sanction for the prosecution of  tainted constitutional functionaries ?

Q35. How many present MPs , MLAs , MUNICIAPAL CORPORATORS , other people's representatives are facing criminal charges ?

Q36. In the past , how many MPs , MLAs , corporators were facing criminal charges , yearwise since 1987 ? how many of them were eventually convicted ?

Q37. How many MPs , MLAs , prominent film , sports personalities have have contacts with underworld , foreign intelligence agencies ?

Q38. How many of them have attended frequent parties hosted by underworld dons in gulf countries , else where ?

Q39. How many MP , MLA ,       other people's representatives are wanted by police in various cases . but shown in the police records as absconding but in reality are attending the proceedings of the house as usual ?

Q40. When did smt. Sonia Gandhi became a citizen of india ? did she occupy any public office before naturalization ?

Q41. In india , how many MPs , MLAs  , MLCs are of foreign origin or have a spouse of foreign origin ?

Q42.  Does smt. Sonia Gandhi have citizenship of any other country ?

Q43. Did she occupy any public office while enjoying dual citizenship ?

Q44. How do you monitor public servants who have spouses of foreign origin & while they are on foreign tour , from national security perspective ?

Q45. Is mr. M.S SUBBA member of parliament a citizen of india ?

Q46. What is the status of complaint made by former union minister mr.subramanya swamy alleging that late P.Mrajiv gandhi's family received money from foreign intelligence agencies ?

Q47. In many cases like mass riots involving certain political parties , when that culprit party comes to power all the cases involving it's partymen are withdrawn by the government orelse prosecution fails to prove it's case & prefers not to appeal. Just remember Bombay riot case involving shiv sainiks & others , when shiv sena – BJP came to power in Maharashtra , all the cases against it's partymen were withdrawn. Are these type of decisions by government just & legal ?

Q48.what damages has been done to india's national security due to mole in the PMO, as alleged by former union minister mr.natwar singh ?

Q49. What action by the government ?

Q50. How many Indians are in the custody of police / military in various foreign countries ?

Q51. How many foreigners are there in Indian prisons ?

Q52. How GOI is protecting the human rights of these prisoners ?

Q53. Is the government paying any compensation to victims of police failures , fix-ups , , who suffer in jail for years & acquitted by courts upon finding them as not guilty ?

Q54. Do you register murder charges / attempt to murder charges against guilty police officers who are responsible for lock-up deaths , fake encounters & 3^rd degree torture ?

Q55. How many cases has been filed since 1987 till date ?

Q56. What action has been taken against guilty police officers , STF personnel who were responsible for gross human rights violations , 3^rd degree torture , lock-up deaths of innocents in forest brigand veerappan's territory , based on justice A.J.Sadashiva commission findings ? if not why ?

Q57. I , as a citizen of india as my "fundamental duty" hereby do offer my conditional services to GOI & GOK to apprehend corrupt public servants. Are you ready to utilize my services ?

Q58. Police personnel are always in the forefront of containing crimes , mass fury , riots , etc. they suffer more & even their family members suffer threats from the criminal elements. Do the government provide insurance coverage to police & their family members on the lines of defense forces ?

Q59. What is the amount of coverage to a police constable & his family ?

Q60. Who makes the premium contributions ?

Q61. Do the government provide overtime allowance , food allowance to police who daily work beyond 8 hours of duty ?

Q62. Is the government giving any training to police personnel in public interaction , human rights ?

Q63. Is it right to post professionally trained police to sentry , orderly duties of ministers ?

Q64. What is the ratio of police personnel to total population in india since 1987 ?

Q65. IS THE GOVERNMENT GIVING ADEQUATE FOOD, MEDICAL CARE , CLOTHING , LIVING SPACE TO PRISON INMATES , AS REQUIRED BY A NORMAL HUMAN EING ACCORDING TO W.H.O NORMS ?

Q66. Is the forensic science department which conducts narcfo-analysis , lie-detector test , etc under the control of police department ?

Q67. Is it not right to put it under impartial control of NHRC or like bodies ?

Q68. Is the action of some police officers arranging compromise meetings & subtly insisting the poor to tow the line of rich or else face the consequences , is it right & legal ? this happens mostly in real estate matters.

Q69. Did government make any ransom payments to forest brigand veerappan during his various kidnappings ?

Q70. What action has been taken based on revealations by karim telgi during narco analysis about public servants involvement ?

Q71. How many cases of  allegations against judges were made in the media about misuse of office , criminal acts  by judges from munsiff court to supreme court of India ? since 1947 till date

Q72. are the enquiry report findings, action taken reports of such cases accessible to public ? if not why ?

Q73. what action has been taken against guilty judges ?

Q74. are the guilty judges legally prosecuted  in all such cases ? or has it just ended with their resignation from services or his superior judge not allotting him any judicial work ?

Q75. why some high ranking judges are not legally prosecuted for their wrong doings ?

Q76. are judges above law ? are not everybody equal before law ?

Q77. do the judiciary subject , all the cases handled by accussed / tainted , guilty judges to review , to undo past unjust judgements ?

Q78. how ? if not why ?

Q79. how do the judiciary monitor the  net wealth growth  of some judges including the wealth in the name of judge's family members ?

Q80. do all the judges file their annual income , wealth statements on sworn affidavits to the higher judiciary ? defaulters how many ?

Q81. how does the judiciary verifies those statements ?

Q82. is such statements made public , on web ?

Q83. when the judgement of a lower court is turned down by the higher court , what action is initiated against lower court judge for making unjust judgement & meating out injustice ?

Q84. when allegations of corruption , misuse of office , etc against judges are made , why the accussed – judges  are not subjected to tests like "poly graph , lie detector , brain mapping , etc" , in the interest of justice & truth ?

Q85. judges are not employees of government , so they are ineligible to be the members of "Karnataka state government judicial department house building co-operative society". Then how come , many judges including supreme court judges are admitted as members of this society & allotted  prime residential site worth crores of rupees for a few thousands by the said society at said society's – judicial layout , yelahanka , Bangalore ? while the ordinary members like peons , clerks in judicial department are waiting for a site since years , is not the whole thing grossly illegal ?

Q86. in more than 70% of cases before all courts in India , central government or state government or government agency is one of the parties. How many judges or their family members , have received out of turn , favourable allotments of sites , gas agency , petrol pumps , etc by the government ? is not such allotments illegal ? what action ?

Q87. when a person under police custody or judicial custody suffer 3^rd degree torture by police , is not the judge of the respective court which is handling that tortured person's case responsible for it ?

Q88. has the higher judiciary legally prosecuted respective judges & the police officers for committing 3^rd degree torture , on charges of attempt to murder & murder ? if not why ?

Q89. registrar , Mysore district & sessions court , has called for the candidatures to various vacancies in that court from the public vide notification no : ADMN/A/10825/2003 dated 19/11/2003 & collected application fees from the candidates. Till may 2007 , they have not even conducted the interview ? is it not public cheating by judiciary ? what action to undo the injustices to unemployed ?

Q90. registrar , Bangalore city civil court , has called for the candidatures to various vacancies in that court from the public vide notification no : ADM-I(A)422/03 dated 19/05/2003 & collected application fees from the candidates. Till date , they have not even conducted the interview ? is it not public cheating by the judiciary ? what action to undo injustices to unemployed ?

Q91. when a person doesn't get adequate food , medical care  while under police custody or judicial custody , is not the respective judge dealing that person's case responsible for it ? what action ?

Q92. how judiciary is monitoring food & medical care to prisoners ?

Q93. numerous accussed persons are suffering in jail under judicial custody , for periods far exceeding the legally stipulated sentence periods. For example : a pick-pocketer is in jail for one year , the judge finds him guilty of offence & gives him 3 months sentence. What about the excess punishment of 9 months. Is not the judge responsible for the illegal , excess punishment of the convict ? what action against the judge in such cases ?

Q94. numerous innocents suffer in jail for years & finally the judge finds them as innocents & acquits them of the charges. What about the prison sentence , the innocent has already served ? is not the judge responsible for this illegal , unjust punishment to an innocent ? remedy ? what action against the judge ?

Q95. does the privileges of judges cover both their official actions & the actions arising out of misuse of office ?

Q96. does the privileges of judges cover both their official actions as judges & their personal actions as individuals ?

Q97. are the fundamental rights of citizens supreme or the privileges of judges , constitutional functionaries supreme ?

Q98. what is the criteria adopted for promotion of judges ?

Q99. what is the criteria adopted for appointment of advocates from bar , as the judges ?

Q100. what is the criteria adopted for appointment of retired judges , as governors of states , members or as chairman of  commissions , etc ?

Q101. how many judges belonging to oppressed classes – scheduled caste , scheduled tribe , other backward classes , minorities & women  are their in supreme court , state high courts & subordinate courts ? kindly provide specific figures .

Q102. what are the legal measures enforced by judiciary , to enforce the accountability of judges & to check corruption in judiciary ?

Q103. are not these measures a failure , looking at present state of affairs of judiciary ?

Q104. does the judges arrange for distribution of alchoholic drinks at the official meetings , parties , at the tax payer's expense ?

Q105. does any judges have included their consumption of alchoholic drinks , in their hotel bill & claimed traveling allowance ?

Q106. what action has been taken against – selectors ie Karnataka high court judges & newly selected women judges involved in roost resort scandal in Mysore , Karnataka ?

Q107. when common people / tax payers & even government employees are not getting proper health care from government at government hospitals. Is it  right & just to provide premium health care to judges , constitutional functionaries at  5-star private hospitals in India , abroad , all  at tax payer's expense ?

Q108. are the judges subjected to periodical health check-ups to ascertain their health , mental faculties & mental balance in the midst of all work pressures , emotional tensions ?

Q109. what is the criteria adopted by judiciary for accepting applications seeking public interest litigations ?

Q110. why numerous appeals for PIL by me , were not considered ?

Q111. what is the criteria adopted by judiciary , for appointing "amicus curie" in a case ?

Q112. why my appeal to honourable supreme court , to make me as an "amicus curie" in late P.M Rajiv Gandhi's assassination case , was not considered by the court ?

Q113. what is the criteria adopted by judiciary , for initiating suo-motto action ?

Q114. numerous cases of injustices are reported in the media daily , with supporting evidences . why not the judiciary take suo-motto action in all such cases ?

Q115. legal aid boards pre-judge the cases in the name of taking legal opinion , before providing legal aid to the  needy ? is it not needy person's rights violation ?

Q116. is not the safety of witnesses , parties in cases responsibility of the court , both during hearing of the case & afterwards ?

Q117. is the use of 3^rd degree torture by police  on prisoners , during the police custody / judicial custody / prison sentence  right ? what action ?

Q118. when the corrupt police officer & government prosecution advocate together cover-up evidences , conducts improper investigation intentionally to fail the case – to cover-up rich crooks , high & mighty people , what action judge takes in such cases ?

Q119. how does the judiciary monitor the wealth growth of police , government advoctes , tax officials , officials of licensing authorities , to ensure proper & fair prosecution of cases against rich & mighty ?

Q120. what are the status of appeals made by human rights activist NAGARAJ.M.R. to the honourable supreme court of India ?

Q121. corruption is rampant for selection of officers to quasi-judicial positions like district / taluk magistrates , tax officers , revenue officers , land acquisition officers , etc. how the judiciary monitors over their quasi-judicial actions ?

Q122. subject to conditions , I , NAGARAJ.M.R. , editor , e-voice of human rights watch , do offer my free services to honourable supreme court of India , to apprehend corrupt judges , are you – the honourable court ready to utilize it ?

Q123. what are the status of  my appeals , sent to the honourable supreme court of India , through government of india's on-line grievance system ( DPG & DARPG ) :

DPG/M/2006/80008 , DARPG/E/2006/00057, DARPG/E/2006/00225 , DPG/M/2006/80021 , DARPG/E/2006/00253 , DPG/M/2006/80032 , DARPG/E/2006/01149 , DPG/M/2006/80047 , DARPG/E/2006/01164 , DPG/M/2006/80043 , DPG/M/2006/80085 , DARPG/E/2006/06704 , DARPG/E/2006/07017 , DARPG/E/2006/07018 , DPG/M/2006/80159 , DPG/M/2006/80162 , DARPG/E/2006/07864 , DPG/M/2006/80165 , DARPG/E/2006/07877 , DPG/M/2006/80167 , DARPG/E/2006/08028 , DARPG/E/2006/08029 , DARPG/E/2006/08032 , DARPG/E/2006/08043 , DARPG/E/2006/08044 , DPG/M/2006/80174 , DPG/M/2006/80193 , DARPG/E/2007/00044 , DPG/M/2007/80003 , DPG/M/2007/80010 , DARPG/E/2007/00164 , DARPG/E/2007/00165 , DPG/M/2007/80014 , DPG/M/2007/80025 , DPG/M/2007/80049 , DPG/M/2007/80055 , DPG/M/2007/80056 , DPG/M/2007/80078 , DPG/M/2007/80082 , DARPG/E/2007/02618

Q124. the appeals made to the honourable supreme court of India  , copies of which are available at following web pages :

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/naghrw/message/182 ,

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/naghrw/message/206 ,

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/naghrw/message/208 ,

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/naghrw/message/212 ,

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/naghrw/message/209 ,

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/naghrw

what are the status of those appeals ?

Q125. in the media , we have seen reports about judges committing crimes – rape , attempt to murder , swindling government money , untouchability practice , the disrespect to national flag , sale of judicial orders , bail , etc. by this way , judges themselves are making contempt of court , constitution of India  & citizens of India. How you are protecting the  honour of the judiciary , constitution of India & citizens of India ? please answer.

Q126. Is the government giving any facilities / affirmative actions to policemen's family as being given to defense personnel , ex-servicemen & their families , like preferential site allotment , lpg agency , ration depot , reservation in college admission , soft bank loans , etc ?

Q126. if not , why ? after all , the contribution of police to national security is on par with defense forces.

Q127. is not some high police officials addressing their subordinates in singular term , abusing them with vulgar words wrong ?

Q128. is not some police personnel calling public with singular term, abusing public with vulgar words wrong ?

Q129. is it not the duty of prison authorities to protect the health, lives of prison in-mates ?

Q130.what action is taken against police personnel who wrongly charged an innocent person of criminal acts , resulting in his confinement in jail , finally acquitted by court as found to be innocent ?

Q131. is it not right to with hold salary , gratuity , pension to such guilty police personnel & pay it as compensation to victims of police failures & atrocities ?

Q132. does our Indian constitution legally permit a citizen of foreign origin naturalized by marriage to an Indian or naturalized by option ,  to occupy any constitutional office ? ( new addition )

Q133. during british rule in india & various other british colonies , criminal cases were foisted against our freedom fighters in India & other british colonies. After india's independence what happened to those cases ? did our Indian government close all such cases or did it continue with the prosecution ? ( new addition )

Q134. in how many cases GOI & other state government continued with the  prosecution AGAINST OUR FREEDOM FIGHTERS ? why ? ( new addition )

Q135. what about cases against shri.netaji subash Chandra bose ? ( new addition )

Q136. has  GOI deported any freedom fighters to Britain or it's colonies , to face prosecution after India gained independence ? HAS GOI RECEIVED ANY REQUEST FROM BRITAIN TO THAT EFFECT ?  if yes , why , whom ? ( new addition )

Q137. some of the police officers drink alchoholic drinks while on duty , how do you ensure the rightness of their actions when they are drunk ? ( NEW ADDITION )

Q138. some of the arrested persons are produced by police at odd hours , in the residences of judicial magistrates . if the magistrate  has taken alchoholic  drinks after office hours , how the rightness of his decision can be ensured ? ( NEW ADDITION )

Failure of RTI Act in India

-        In the clutches of corrupt public servants mafia

In the courts of law , every statement to be valid must be supported by evidences. That too, the statements of public servants / government officials & their reports in government records are considered as sacrosanct , the ultimate gospel truth by courts of law.

The corruption has spread it's  tentacles  far & wide in the public service. The bribe booty is shared by lower to higher officials. If an official is complained against , his higher official conducts a formal investigation & reports in the record that lower official is not guilty.

The vigilance authorities / Karnataka lokayukta has recently raided on police , tax officials & seized illegal wealth amounting to crores of rupees. Take the recent case where in senior IPS officer , superintendent of police chamarajanagar , mr.srikantappa was arrested by Karnataka lokayukta. The victims spoke to media that he used to threaten them with false cases. In this way , how many victims / innocents were arrested & tortured by his arrest warrants ? how many innocents suffered in false cases ? how many rich criminals got scot free , by srikantappa's filing of B reports leading to closure of cases ?

In the past how many suffered by srikantappa's actions ? has the court subjected to review all the previous actions of srikantappa throught his corrupt career ? if not , why ?

The courts of law has taken the official reports , records of mr.srikantappa as gospel truth & indirectly aided rich criminals & harmed innocents. It is the same case with respect to reports of all government officials – police , labour , tax , etc.  the rich criminals buy out  government officials & make them write favourable report about themselves. Whereas the poor , innocents suffer from adverse reports & injustices. The courts of law takes the government records at it's face value & meat out injustices to the poor , innocents while aiding the rich criminals.

When a commoner requests for information as per RTI Act , the government officials either give incomplete information , false information or decline to give information under one pretext or the other. The officials are damn sure that the truthful information  will be detrimental to themselves  & will be  taken as evidence against themselves in the courts of law. So information , truth is not given. Even information commissions are failing here. Thereby, the public are denied to seek justice in the courts of law , by lack of evidences.

The courts of law before accepting the records of government officials , must subject it to a "test of truth". When a government report is contested against , a fact finding team comprising members of public , complainant , respondent & the court , must check it out at the ground level. Orelse when a complainant says that the report of a government official – police , labour , tax , etc as false that government official must be subjected to lie detector test , narco-analysis, ertc by court of law. The questionnaire ie the questions to be asked during the scientific test are to be prepared with feedback from both complainant & respondent's side. In that way , impartially truth can be found out. After all , the objective of courts of law is "Quest for Truth", not just giving out judgements based on reports of corrupt officials.

Nowadays , we are even seeing reports of corruption among the judiciary itself. If a complaint against a judge is made out that a level ground is not provided to put up one's case in the court or cross examination of one party is not allowed or lie detector test / narco analysis of one party is not allowed ( in turn taking the lies of that party as truth ), the judge making a varied interpretation of law, the judge not safe guarding the health & life of the complainant in the custody of police leading to 3^rd degree torture of complainant by police , etc, in all such cases the supreme court of India must change the presiding judge of such cases , the cases must be thoroughly reviewed & the guilty judge must be subjected to narco-analysis , lie detector test , etc & legally prosecuted. In this back drop , accountability of police & judges to the public ie citizens of India – kings of democracy , is a must. After all , the kings of democracy / citizens of India / taxpayers  are the paymasters of all public servants.

We at e – voice of human rights of watch have utmost respect for the judiciary & all government institutions. It is the corrupt few in those institutions who are themselves bringing disgrace to the august institutions they occupy , by their corrupt deeds. The saving grace is that still honest few are left in public service & it is an appeal to them , to legally prosecute their corrupt colleagues.

In India , the private enterprises are the wealth creators of our economy. However , some private enterprises are violating labour laws , tax laws , human rights & fundamental rights of people. In turn harming the public , looting the tax dues. This is creating black money causing various social evils in the society. These huge private enterprises take loans from public sector banks ie take public's money as loans , collect money from public in the form of shares , debentures , sell their product to the public. Still , they are not covered by RTI Act, they don't give truthful information to the public nor allow public inspection of their sites , why ? they buy out concerned government officials & gets them to write favourable report about themselves. There are wide differences between the ground reality & these government reports. If the aggrieved person , victim of injustices meated out by these private enterprises , tries to legally seek justice, these criminal private enterprises buy out police , concerned officials & fixes up the victim in false cases. The police in total disregard to law violates the human rights & fundamental rights of the victim in custody , subjects the victim to 3^rd degree torture in custody. The presiding judge of the case doesn't safe guard the rights , health , life of victims in custody. The judge doesn't check out the truthfulness of government reports & passes on judgement making varied interpretation of just remember the case of "local citizens vs coca cola company" in plachimada , kerala.

Is it not right & just in such cases , to subject the presiding judge , police , concerned government officialds & most importantly key officials of that criminal private enterprise to lie detector , narco- analysis tests , to know the truth ? is it not right to conduct the inspection of alleged site , review of all company's records , by a team comprising of members from public , court , complainant & respondent ?

Some of these criminal enterprises threaten to finish off the poor victims . as these company's have money power they can buy out rowdies , police & capable of doing anything. In such cases , if anything untoward happens to the victim or his family , are not the officials of such criminal enterprise liable to pay compensation to the victims's family or survivors ?

In India , do we truly have democracy & freedom ? is this corrupt India – what our freedom fighters dreamt of & fought for ?

FOREIGN TOURS OF INDIAN JUDGES  AT TAXPAYER'S EXPENSE

New Delhi: CNN-IBN's exclusive report on some judges using official trips to holiday, has sparked off the debate - should judges be above the purview of the Right to Information (RTI) Act?

RTI activists say there is every reason why the RTI Act should apply to the higher judiciary as well.

Questions are now being asked in South Block, too, following the expose on Supreme Court judges.