:: Letters to Editor

Judiciary must act swiftly

Oct 27 : Sir, This is with regard to the embarrassment that the judiciary has been facing, whether it may be in the case of Judges (Declaration of Assets and Liabilities) Bill, Right to Information Act, National Judicial Council or judges’ role in misappropriation of fund, corruption, and disproportionate of assets. The judiciary has been overwhelmingly highlighted by the media and brought to confrontation to react for its interest. The judiciary needs to clear its in-house pollution as this is will lead to erosion of people’s faith in the judiciary. However, the government extends little help and shares the modest pain of overburdened cases which are multiplying in judiciary. The need of the hour is to resolve the dispute of the judicial litigants — those who have been waiting for justice. Also our judiciary needs to concentrate more on reducing the number of pending cases. The government should facilitate judiciary with the required resources for swift delivery of justice.

Syed Khaja

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BJP: welcome young leaders

Sir, The way the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has been steadily declining and becoming irrelevant is a matter of great concern. The present victories of the United Progressive Alliance have been more due to the failure of the BJP than its own performance. In any democratic system, the Opposition is as important as the ruling party which must be kept in check. After Atal Behari Vajpayee, the bjp has not been able to hold on to the goodwill. Its poor performance in the 2009 Lok Sabha elections and the recently-concluded Assembly elections have badly dented its image. The present leadership is weak, unimaginative and uncharismatic. The BJP must introspect and give reins of the party to the second generation of leadership like Narendra Modi, Sushma Swaraj, Arun Jaitley and bring back its expelled leaders especially Uma Bharti and Jaswant Singh who may be its best bet and can help resurrect the party.

Raghubir Singh

Prabhat Society, Pune

Cricket fans will miss rajan bala

Sir, It was saddening to read about passing away of the sportswriter Rajan Bala. His columns were very interesting and I used to await his weekly columns. He was one of the sharpest cricketing brains. He was one of the finest "wordsmiths" that sports journalism ever produced. His death is a huge loss, mainly for cricket enthusiasts throughout the country and other cricket playing nations as well. His enthusiasm for the game itself was very remarkable. On his sad demise, please convey my heartfelt sympathy to his family members.

M.S. Murud

Surat, Gujarat

Expect less from china

Sir, The editorial On China, lower our expectations (October 26) has aptly pointed out that the outcome of the meeting of the Prime Ministers of India and China on the sidelines of the Asean Summit in Thailand is not up to our expectations. It is really an attempt to "build political trust and understanding". But the unhappiness on Arunachal Pradesh and the Dalai Lama’s visit still lingers. The agreement should be used by official mechanisms for not amplifying differences and quickening the pace of settling the boundary dispute.

K.S. Thampi

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