Wednesday, February 10, 2010

RTI Application no MJC/APPL/0210-05 by Mission Justice

RTI Application to the Central Public Information Officer, Supreme Court of India, reference number MJC/APPL/0210-05 dated 03/02/2010, posted on 08/02/2010

Questions asked -

a. From your records please give me details of expenses incurred on air travel of all Supreme Court judges for the period; details of accommodation and expenses on these accommodations for the period; and other benefits taken/availed by various judges and family members. This information is required Judge-wise and year-wise.

b. From your records please give me details of how many people met the Chief Justice of India during this period in his chamber.

c. Do you maintain a system of any register for visitors OR any other system of permission and visits with regard to CJI. Please provide me the details of these log entries.

RTI Application no MJC/APPL/0210-04 by Mission Justice

RTI Application to the Central Public Information Officer, Supreme Court of India, reference number MJC/APPL/0210-04 dated 03/02/2010, posted on 08/02/2010

Questions asked -

a. From your records please give me details of Press Briefings made by Chief Justice of India.

b. From your records please give me details of Press Releases made by Chief Justice of India or his/her office.

c. From your records please give me details of correspondence between CBI (Central Bureau of Investigations) and Chief Justice of India with regards to investigation against Judges.

d. From your records please give me copies of complaints received against any Judge in last 3 years with details of action taken thereon and with all correspondence.

RTI Application no MJC/APPL/0210-03 by Mission Justice

RTI Application to the Central Public Information Officer, Supreme Court of India, reference number MJC/APPL/0210-03 dated 03/02/2010, posted on 08/02/2010

Questions asked -

a. From your records please provide me – Whether Chief Justice of India is aware of resolutions passed by Conference of Judges since 1990.

b. From your records please provide me – Are the copies of all these resolutions available? If yes, please provide copies of these resolutions, whichever are available.

c. From your records please provide me – Whether CJI and other judges are binded by these resolutions?

d. From your records please provide me – If these resolutions are not implemented, where to file complaint? Please provide full name, designation, postal address, email and phone numbers of the person and/or authority, authorized to file complaint.

e. From your records please provide me – What is the salary, allowances and other perks, including and not limited to encashment of various benefits, leaves, indirect benefits of Chief Justice of India for each financial year 31 March of 2007, 2008 and 2009.

RTI Application no MJC/APPL/0210-02 by Mission Justice

RTI Application to the Central Public Information Officer, Supreme Court of India, reference number MJC/APPL/0210-02 dated 03/02/2010, posted on 08/02/2010

Questions asked -

a. From your records please provide me – How many reviews are filed in since 01/01/2007 monthwise.

b. From your records please provide me – How many reviews have been disposed by Chief Justice of India.

c. From your records please provide me – What is the court fee for a review.

d. From your records please provide me – How a reviews is decided? Please give the detailed process to decide a review?

e. From your records please provide me – In how many reviews, hearing has been given?
In how many reviews, any review grounds are dealt with and whether reasoned orders were passed.

Please provide date-wise (a) number of total reviews decided, (b) number of reviews, where hearing was given; (c) number of reviews, where review grounds dealt-with and; (d) number of reviews, where reasoned orders passed.

Tuesday, February 9, 2010

RTI Application no MJC/APPL/0210-01 by Mission Justice

RTI Application to the Central Public Information Officer, Ministry of Law & Justice, Government of India, reference number MJC/APPL/0210-01 dated 03/02/2010, posted on 08/02/2010


Questions asked -

a. From your records please provide me as to how many conventions of judges have been held during the period with details of venue and details of attendance.

b. From your records please provide details of expenses incurred on each convention OF Judges of Supreme Court and High Courts, details of convention in India and abroad. The information should be convention-wise and for each convention judge-wise, if available.

c. From your records please provide minutes and schedule of program of each convention.

d. From your record please provide details and copies of resolutions passed in each convention.

e. From your record please provide details of implementation of the resolutions in details.
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Monday, February 8, 2010

WHY MISSION JUSTICE?

Vande Matram


President Jimmy Carter said in 1978 at the Law Day proclamation "The Law is not the private property of lawyers, not is justice the exclusive province of judges and juries. In the final analysis, true justice is not a matter of Courts and law books, but a commitment in each of us to liberty and to mutual respect".

Unfortunately, today, neither the lawyers nor the Government nor the Judiciary has the guts to commit liberty and Justice to all. The Judiciary and the Government is involved either in blame games or in conducting seminars, conferences and commissions to look into the aspects of Justice dilevery system but with no implementation of earlier resolutions, which has been made at conventions and seminars at the expences of tax payers monies. The Government has gone to the international community to sign treaties of upholding rights with intention of not to implement it and just show implementation of the same on paper. The expences on Judiciary, police and on various bodies eats up most rather almost all of the tax payments and the resources are not even 20% provided to common man. Important matters like MPID case and constitutional validity of assignment of debt are in cold storages and big brother fights like Reliance are heard with full patience. The common mans patience is running out and the example of the same is todays attack on Rathod by a youth and this is just a sign of things to come in the future. We must also remember that with time the judicial system has decade and parallelly naxalites and crimes have increased almost proportionately.  The only courage the Judicary and government has is to accept that Judiciary and Judicial system have failed the people. Infact there was some ray of hope through RTI but with the kind blessings of his Lordship the shenshah of Judiciary Mr. CJI, that ray of hope is dwindelling. The room to know truth about Madras Court Judge or Mr. Dinakaran or Nirmala Yadav seems to have faded.

A weak Judiciary is the strength of a powerful government. This is what this Government has done and by not being firm on corruption in judiciary issues hints are that there is a shakehand which is being offered by the Government to the Judiciary. Thankfully, we have Judges like A.P. SHAH, SHYLENDRA KUMAR AND BHATT, but have lost Justice Bilal Nazki( retired). Patience is running out and history has proved that when people loose hope in government and Justice, Civil wars are fought on each corner and lane of the country....

MISSION JUSTICE calls all the brave men and women, who can sacrifice their lives to fight for justice. By this we may be able to save the civil war knocking at our doors.... We may have a mountainous task on taking on the powerful government ( with weak opposition) and powerful corrupt people who will not like us to be there. We will put up a faceless fight... A fight where if you arrest one, 10 will be there to court arrest..... time has come that we do not let money be wasted on committees and commision, but first force and compel implementation of each and every good resolution passed earlier and who ever has violated the resolution, however powerful or big he may be must step down, or must face the masses who will protest and will not givein but all this with Ahimsa and satyagrah....

Revolt from heart, without arms and prove that truth must prevail and show the world that we are real soveriegns.....

Jai Hind

Siddharth Murarka