Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar who is now well accustomed not to speak the truth has made a very false claim that he had no hand in divesting Goa CBI Court Judge PV Sawaikar of his powers to hear corruption cases under the Prevention of Corruption Act. It is an open challenge to the Chief Minister to place in public domain the entire correspondence leading to the issuance of that controversial notification dated 7th October divesting Judge Sawaikar of his powers. The very vindictive Manohar Parrikar in association with his like minded Advocate General Atmaram Nadkarni are adopting high-handed tactics in attempting to intimidate and brow beat judges into submission. This cannot be allowed. The process to strip Judge Sawaikar of his powers to hear corruption cases was initiated on Sunday August 30th at the swearing in ceremony of Goa Governor Mridula Sinha at Raj Bhavan when Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar complained to the Bombay High Court Chief Justice Mohit Shah about Judge Sawaikar and sought his removal from hearing corruption related cases. In the last session of the Goa Legislative Assembly the Chief Minister had taken pot-shots at Judge Sawaikar. If the government is aggrieved by an order of a Judge it should exercise its right to legally challenge it, rather than resorting to such appalling uncalled for interference in the functioning of the Judiciary. The tendency of politicians to settle scores with Judges is deplorable. Judge Sawaikar has been kept languishing for over a year without an official car and residential accommodation This sordid state of affairs where even Judges are at the mercy of the politicians for their rightful amenities is a matter of concern. Questionable is the motive of not appointing another Judge to the Goa CBI Court if the Government wanted Judge Sawaikar out. By transferring the corruption cases to an already much over burdened Principal North Goa District Judge all the corruption cases will now move at a snail’s pace to the advantage of the corrupt. This move by the government is contrary to the directives of the Supreme Court to set up the Special CBI Courts to fast track corruption cases. All these mind boggling and very disturbing facts will be brought to the notice of the Supreme Court while seeking the independent functioning of the Judiciary free from political misadventures.
Posted on: Fri, 17 Oct 2014 09:37:08 +0000
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