Reservation has been, is, and will be the magic key that will open the door to power, pelf and prosperity for our politicians and their factotums. And a good indication of what lies ahead, comes from AHINDA, the hastily stirred up formulation of minorities, backward classes and dalits that former deputy chief minister Siddaramaiah used as a launchpad to gain entry into the Congress.
AHINDA has urged the Centre to formulate a quota policy so that castes that had remained backward socially and economically get their due place in the judiciary. The recruitment should be made on the basis of the population of such castes. People belonging to such exploited sections, it claims, had been deprived of social justice because they didn’t have proper representation in the judiciary.
Questions: Should we have reservation in the judiciary? Has justice really not been meted out to the exploited sections by exploitative upper caste judges? Will a caste-based justice system have any credibility in the eyes of litigant/s not belonging to the caste of the judge? Or, do we actually have a silent reservation system in the judiciary already? (Exhibit C: look at how the JSS Mutt invites, honours and cultivates only Lingayat judges.)
‘Committed judges’.. we’ve heard that one before.
Thank you messrs Bhagwati, Krishna Iyer, Chandrachud, Beg and Ray for showing us precisely why ‘committed judges’ are a threat to democracy.
Perhaps there should be a modification in writ petition formats to the Supreme Courts which outline what caste, region, age, sex, etc. of litigants are clearly outlined so that the ‘appropriate’ judge be appointed to hear the case.
Ever since headcounts of Muslims in the army was initiated by the UPA govt the door is wide open for all sorts of distortions settting in. True, the economically poor and Dalits have been neglected and the route to improve their lot is not by reservation, though this AHINDA mindset is sweeping across including the judiciary. if the UPA govt in its vote bank policy that invests every of its policies is of any guide with every election one can expect quota in bizzare form making mockery of democracy
Sir,
I fail to understand your mind on one hand you are talking about Muslims being minorities in UP and wants all privileges to be given to them, on the other had want to denounce reservation on cast basis in judiciary. Please take a stand and stick to it.
Do you want cast based reservation or not. If yes then accept reservation in all walks of life be it education or paper publishing. If NO say it loudly and live by it. You can’t be selective and which suites your way of life and thinking
I had always understood that reservation was a tool that existed to help the underprivileged sections of our country – Now it is being used just like reserving your seat on bus/train/plane.
We should be ashamed of ourselves when we fill the application form where we have to mention our CAste name. The Govt is doing the same as the Britishers did atleast they were better than the present money mongers !
I personally dont support reservation, given the competition thats around. One day China would move forward in every sector taking this as an advantage.
I agree opportunity must be provided for people belonging to all sectors of life. But Its should be curtailed at HSC stage.
Let a person get a seat in higher education or a job based on his marks and his credibility. We are Indians first !!!