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It refers to TOI report dated 30.09.2019 about Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gagoi asking Central Bureau of Investigation CBI to take action as per law against former Chief Justice of Madars High Court Vijaya Kamlesh Tahilramani into allegations against her including alleged irregularities in purchase of two flats at outskirt of Chennai from HDFC bank-loan of rupees 1.62 crores and rupees 1.56 crores from bank-accounts of family-members as per report of Intelligence Bureau submitted following her recent resignation from the post on 06.09.2019. TOI-report also suggests certain other alleged irregularities also against her. Rupees 1.56 crores now-a-days is not such a big amount compiled through bank-accounts of various family-members, even which can be scrutinized by Income Tax authorities i...

Election Commission has announced election-schedule for Haryana and Maharashtra state assemblies with single-day poll to be held on 21.10.2019, meaning thereby that idea of much-needed simultaneous elections to Lok Sabha and all state-assemblies as also strongly advocated by Prime Minister, may not be a dream-come-true. A smart beginning could be made by imposing short-term President-rule in Haryana, Maharashtra and Jharkhand till February 2020 (Jammu-Kashmir is already under President-rule) when elections to all these state-assemblies could be held along with Delhi state-assembly in February 2020. Even Bihar state-assembly could be dissolved a bit earlier so that elections in Bihar could also be held in February, 2020. There would not have been resistance to such step because all th...

Handcuffed parade of guilty policemen in Siddharthnagar (UP) rather than mere formality of suspension necessary with immediate non-bailable arrest and termination from service It is beyond understanding if we are living in a civilised nation where video of two policemen in Siddhartnagar (UP) mercilessly beating a young man with legs and blows in front of his crying five-year old niece just for alleged violation of recently imposed dictatorial traffic-rules, went viral. Fortunately some one made video-clipping of the police-torture in open public, and put it on social media to make authorities fulfilling formality of suspending two police-men. It is a bitter fact that after formal enquiries, such suspensions are usually revoked after public-memory fades down. Otherwise there may be numer...