Whether RTI should apply to seek information relating to appointment of judges or not is being debated in and out of courts presently.One of the the former chief justices of supreme court is reported to have opposed the idea.Mr justice Rajinderbabu has said that once he had sought opinion of one of his brother judges in supreme court about suitability of a person for appointment as a supreme court judge and he was told if he wanted opinion in writing he would support but orally he would oppose.Iam not surprised I only wonder whether we deserve such spineless judges .If a judge of supreme Court cant give an honest opinion about a candidate can any body have any doubts about the integrity of the judge concerned?

Pre- Islamic period of Arabia is known as (DAUR_JAHILIYAT) One of the reasons for that is that Arabs were killing female child on birth. We are killing our female children even before birth.All children have right to live and killing of a child for its sex is barbaric and people who indulge in such practice be a doctor or a parent has no right to live.There is a controversy about an advertisement issued by govt of India which suggested hero's like Kapil Dev could not have even taken birth if his mother had not been allowed to live. This advt generated some heat because with our hero's photographs a photograph of pak general was also published.I have my own reasons to demand an apology from govt and the reason is that we don't want to protect our daughter only because she may give birth in future a hero but we protect them because we claim to be human beings and because we have no right to deprive any body of her life. the line of thinking in advt is dangerous that daughters should not be killed because in future such daughter may give birth to a future hero such daughters can also give birth to villains like Hitler and BIN-LADIN.

Yet again a judge is in news.An old friend and colleague Mr justice R.C GANDHI retired on 21-01-10 and on the same day there was a demonstration against him ,All sorts of allegations were levelled against him.He was on bench on Rajasthan HIgh court for more then three years why all these allegations were not made earlier.Don't know whether allegations are true or false but am really surprised about the fact that allegations are made only after Gandhi retired

Army chief has become deaf.I as a layman don't think it should effect him professionally. if i remember correctly we had a serving general who had lost a leg in war. IN any case generals are not supposed to listen but i know of persons who are paid to listen but are completely deaf i mean judges many judges don't hear what is being argued before them.Unfortunately they are not put to fitness tests although some of them continue to discharge judicial functions up to the age of seventy

The vice president has appointed a committee to enquire into the allegations against Justice Dinakaran. Nobody can predict when will this committee complete its task. Earlier experience is not encouraging. Committee appointed to enquire charges against Justice Mukerjee has not done anything for two years now Meanwhile Dinakaran is enjoying the office of Chief Justice of an important High court It is very important that a judge should be honest;Itis equally important that people at large should also believe that a particular Judge is honest.If judge is honest but somehow people believe otherwise(which is a rare possibility) the man is unfortunate .However in both situations the Judge must quit.IN first case because he is dishonest and in second case because he has a bad reputation People who are interested in high standards in judiciary must appeal Dinakaran and many others who have earned bad reputation to quit and spare the institution.

JUGNU On my recent visit to Srinagar .Noticed it was impossible to walk as pave ments and foot paths have completely been taken over by pavement dwellers. these people sell every thing from a fur shoe to an electric bulb. No surprise every thing is MADE IN CHINA. What attracted me most was a magic lamp.It is an electric lamp and can be used as any other electric lamp .what makes it special is its quality to illuminate when electric supply is off .Cost of this magic lamp is RUPEES 150 only. This Chinese lamp has done to Kashmir what Indian State could not do for Sixty Three years . I My self invested in three lamps during my one week stay in Srinagar and enjoyed uninterrupted light CAnt govt of india even think of producing such lamps in india

Recently, when there was news that highway between Jammu and Srinagar was closed due to heavy snow fall, a friend in Delhi told me Thank god you have a rail connection now .The valley would not be cut off from the rest of the country.I was surprised to hear this and told him that there was no rail connection between Jammu and Srinagar yet but he was adamant that it had been inaugurated by the P.M. How ignorant people of this country are about J&K. The P.M inaugurated a stretch within the valley which at best can be described as a toy for a crying baby.

A judge of the Karnataka High court has become famous for his blog .His views are extensively published. I have never read a report in press about any of his judgments.Dear bother, concentrate on judgments.

Media is taking over the function of dispensation of justice. Certainly not a good omen for democracy and rule of law. Surprisingly, every body who is some body in India appears to be appreciating it . If judiciary's role is compromised, dictatorship would not be far away.I don't suggest that the judiciary does not need reform, but it can not be at the cost of judiciary itself.