Shock, anger at sabharwal's mall-aa-mall

If all the revelations are true,
then the judiciary has
slumped to sea-deep level and
there seems to be no hope of
arresting the dwindling faith
of citizenry in the judicial
institution which is the last
hope of the citizen.
K K Sud
Former Additional Solicitor
General
It is very unfortunate. It is
height of indiscretion.
Ashok Arora
Former secretary, Supreme Court
Bar Association
If its true, he should be
brought to book and must be
prosecuted. This man demolished
the whole of Delhi.
R K Anand
Former MP and senior lawyer
There must be a probe into
this matter so that the belief
of the people in the judicial
system remains. No one is
above the law. The government
should take suo motto
cognizance of the matter. At
least MiD-DAY has dared to
bring out some basic facts.
Praveen Khandelwal
President, CAIT
This matter needs further
investigation. One needs to
find out whether Sabharwal
or his sons have a share in the
particular shopping malls.
There is a strong suspicion
that there might be a share of
the family in these businesses
if there is a close connection
with the leading mall developers
in the capital.
Secondly, in the sealing case,
Sabharwal would not have
presided over it. He should
have transferred the case to
another bench.
Prashant Bhusan
Senior lawyer
NO TO SEALING: Locals clash with cops during anti-sealing agitation in Seelampur FILE PHOTO
What steps do you propose
to take to remove
corruption in the judiciary?
There is a general perception
that the judiciary is very
lenient about this. Whether it
is corruption within the judiciary
or outside the judiciary,
one has to take all necessary
measures to remove corruption.
Wherever little
corruption is there, as far as
the subordinate judiciary is
concerned, we see every day
the compulsory retirement of
judicial officers. As far as the
higher judiciary is concerned,
it is very, very
minimal.
October 21, 2005.
Investigate if sons have more stakes, say Delhiites
There is an outcry against former chief justice of
India Y K Sabharwal, the man behind the sealing
drive in Delhi, following MiD
DAY's expose that his two sons
have close links with leading
mall developers. A day after the
MiD DAY report, people cutting
across all sections
demanded a thorough
inquiry into the
matter to restore the
faith of the citizens in the judiciary
and to prove that all are equal.

Golden words
Whoever is part of the builder
lobby, be it judges, their relatives
or any other government
officials, action should be
taken against them. We were
saying from the beginning
that the decision to seal shops
was a big conspiracy. The MiD
DAY news report is factual
and has strength.
The decision to seal shops in
Delhi was taken to benefit
some people.
The Congress had been
saying this right from the
beginning
Ram Babu Sharma
President, DPCC
An average Delhiites is feeling
cheated in the name of
law. The law should now
take its own course. It does
not matter how big a person
is, he is not above the
law.
Dr Harshvardhan
Delhi BJP President
These are serious allegations
of unprecedented
nature which strikes at the
root of the independence
and integrity of the rights
of judicial affairs in
India.
A senior Advocate