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[h=1]Demonetisation Riots? We Should All Worry When SC Talks Like A Kejriwal[/h][h=5]SNAPSHOT[/h]On demonetisation, there may be huge public inconvenience due to the government’s perceived failure to ensure quick replacement of old notes, but why was it necessary to suggest that riots could happen?
Isn’t this the kind of irresponsible statement one would expect from an Arvind Kejriwal rather than the Chief Justice of India?
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Question: did the Supreme Court itself not cause huge inconvenience when it ordered that all buses must run on gas? Does it even today not cause untold hardship to citizens who have to wait years on end for court verdicts? Even assuming there is a shortage of judges, can the Supreme Court claim everything was hunky-dory before the current conflict between the judiciary and the executive over the memorandum of procedure slowed down the appointment of judges even further?
On demonetisation, there may be huge public inconvenience due to the government’s perceived failure to ensure quick replacement of old notes, but why was it necessary to suggest that riots could happen? Isn’t this the kind of irresponsible statement one would expect from an Arvind Kejriwal rather than the Chief Justice of India? When the top-most court talks of the possibility of riots, isn’t this almost like telling people that if riots happen, we may have to intervene?
Let’s assume that the government goofed badly (it certainly was not fully prepared for the crowds milling outside banks) in meeting the post-demonetisation challenge, and let us also presume that some people may be ready to riot, but isn’t that why the police are there? Even assuming there is rising public anger over the government’s handling of the issue, surely the public can punish the party in power at the next opportunity. How is it the Supreme Court’s job to judge whether the government has done right or wrong?
Read more at: http://swarajyamag.com/ideas/demonetisation-riots-we-should-all-worry-when-sc-talks-like-a-kejriwal
Isn’t this the kind of irresponsible statement one would expect from an Arvind Kejriwal rather than the Chief Justice of India?
Excerpts:
Question: did the Supreme Court itself not cause huge inconvenience when it ordered that all buses must run on gas? Does it even today not cause untold hardship to citizens who have to wait years on end for court verdicts? Even assuming there is a shortage of judges, can the Supreme Court claim everything was hunky-dory before the current conflict between the judiciary and the executive over the memorandum of procedure slowed down the appointment of judges even further?
On demonetisation, there may be huge public inconvenience due to the government’s perceived failure to ensure quick replacement of old notes, but why was it necessary to suggest that riots could happen? Isn’t this the kind of irresponsible statement one would expect from an Arvind Kejriwal rather than the Chief Justice of India? When the top-most court talks of the possibility of riots, isn’t this almost like telling people that if riots happen, we may have to intervene?
Let’s assume that the government goofed badly (it certainly was not fully prepared for the crowds milling outside banks) in meeting the post-demonetisation challenge, and let us also presume that some people may be ready to riot, but isn’t that why the police are there? Even assuming there is rising public anger over the government’s handling of the issue, surely the public can punish the party in power at the next opportunity. How is it the Supreme Court’s job to judge whether the government has done right or wrong?
Read more at: http://swarajyamag.com/ideas/demonetisation-riots-we-should-all-worry-when-sc-talks-like-a-kejriwal
