It was thought
that it is only Politicians who NEVER RETIRE - (they also never Tire of
making Money). A few days ago we realised that Bureaucrats also NEVER
RETIRE. They are appointed' by fellow bureaucrats and 'friendly'
politicians to various jobs specially 'created' for them, so that the 'aam
admi' benefits from their "expertise".
Now it is seen that the
judiciary also falls in the same category. It has not only already given a
number of high level decisions, to indicate that it is committed to some known
powers and material incentives in India, but also, it is day after day giving
an impression of being overly compromised to known temptations. Under these
circumstances can the Indians ever hope to get proper justice from the highly
corruptionised Indian judicial system including from the Apex court in India.
The recent revelations at various levels pose a very grim and discouraging
picture. God bless we Indians. Comments by the Host
The list of those retired and
re-employed is not short and it follows: Thanks to Indian Express’s Maneesh
Chhibber for the kind courtesy
Bureaucrats aren’t the only
ones to continue in government post-retirement. Of the 21 judges to have
retired from the Supreme Court since January 2008, 18 got jobs in different
government commissions and tribunals. A majority still continue in these positions.
In many cases, judges accepted
post-retirement appointments much before they formally demitted office — at
least three of them when they still had many months of service left — shows
data collected by The Indian Express. In many cases, the names were recommended
by the Chief Justice himself. Judges of the Supreme Court retire when they
reach the age of 65 years.
Consider this: Justice Dalveer
Bhandari was elected a judge of the International Court of Justice (ICJ), a
posting based in The Hague, about five months before he was to demit office on
September 30, 2012. In order to take up his new assignment, he quit a few
months before his actual retirement date.
Justice Mukundakam Sharma
retired on September 18, 2011. At least four months prior to that, he got
clearance for his next job, chairperson of the Central government-appointed
Vansadhara Water Dispute Tribunal. The post had fallen vacant suddenly after Justice
B N Agrawal resigned.
Justice Ashok Bhan, who retired
on October 2, 2008, was immediately appointed chairperson of the National
Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission for a five-year term, a job for which he
had been selected before his retirement.
Justice Asok Kumar Ganguly, who
retired on February 3 this year, is the chairperson of the West Bengal Human
Rights Commission since March. while Justice Markandey Katju, who retired on
September 20, 2011, was appointed chairperson of the Press Council of India on
October 5, 2011.
Justice V S Sirpurkar, who
retired on August 21, 2011, is now chairman of the Competition Appellate
Tribunal of India while Justice J M Panchal, who retired on October 5, 2011, is
head of the tribunal set up to resolve the Mahadayi river water dispute between
Karnataka, Goa and Maharashtra.
Justice Lokeshwar Singh Panta
retired on April 23, 2009, but was appointed chairperson of the
newly-established National Green Tribunal. Even before he could complete his
tenure, he resigned in February this year to take over as Lokayukta of Himachal
Pradesh, his home state.
Justice Tarun Chatterjee, whose
name cropped up during investigation into the Ghaziabad provident fund scam,
retired on January 14, 2010. Less than a week later, a Supreme Court bench
appointed him commissioner for settling the boundary dispute between Arunachal
Pradesh and Assam.
Former Supreme Court judge S B
Sinha retired on August 8, 2009, and by November 3 the same year, had been
appointed chairperson of the Telecom Disputes Settlement and Appellate Tribunal
(TDSAT).
Another of his colleagues in
the Supreme Court, Justice Arijit Pasayat, completed his three-year term as
chairperson of the Competition Appellate Tribunal, on May 9, 2012, a post he
had taken up within days of retiring from the Supreme Court.
Justice H S Bedi, who retired
on September 5, 2011, was appointed by an SC Bench in March this year to head
the monitoring authority to investigate the police encounters in Gujarat
between 2003 and 2006. He also heads the one-man judicial commission that is
probing the suspicious death of National Conference worker Syed Mohammad Yusuf
Shah after a visit to the residence of J&K Chief Minister Omar
Abdulllah.
Justice R V Raveendran, who
retired on October 15, 2011, had given his consent for the job of chairperson
of the National Green Tribunal to the Chief Justice of India the same month.
But, miffed with the failure of the government to issue his appointment order,
he has now withdrawn his consent.
Justice A K Mathur, who retired
on August 7, 2008, was appointed first chairperson of the Armed Forces Tribunal
for a period of four years within days of his retirement, while Justice H K
Sema, who retired on June 1, 2008, was within a matter of days appointed
chairperson of the Uttar Pradesh Human Rights Commission.
Justice P P Naolekar retired
from the Supreme Court on June 29, 2008. A year later, he took over as
Lokayukta, Madhya Pradesh.
Justice G P Mathur, who retired
on January 19, 2008, was appointed a member of the National Human Rights
Commission on April 15, 2008.
"Birds of
the same FEATHER flock together".
Please do note
that TATAs is one of the oldest, successful companies - not only in India,
but the world over. They have a policy - which by the way, is strictly
adhered to - that everyone retires at the age of 75 years. Shri Ratan Tata
will be reaching that age shortly, and he has already nominated/selected
the successor who will take over from him on the due date.
I feel
that if we "want" a resurgent, vibrant "young" India we
should follow such good models. Everyone in the public "service"
- politicians, bureaucrats, diplomats, judges et all - including
Presidents, Vice Presidents, Chairmen, Vice Chairmen, Ministers, Ministers
of State, Deputy Ministers - the whole lot should retire at a MANDATED
AGE. No extensions whatsoever - should ever be granted. At the moment -
judges retire last - at age 65 years. That is a good enough age - let
everyone retire at that age, and allow 'younger' blood to take charge.
Above comments
by Col AK Puri
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