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Make in India - Hire a judge the Californian way!


Make in India

In 1996 there was a song by Alisha Chinai, 'Made in India', if anyone is interested they can listen to it on youtube. With due respects to the learned author, of course there are frivolous appeals by the Department where the Courts can award costs to the winner to free the manpower from unnecessary litigation both in the Government and the Judiciary as well, as suggested by the author. High Courts can not be specialized, see L.Chandrakumar's case to learn about High Courts which are very highly placed institutions in this Country. As to the appointment of extra judges in Supreme Court to deal with tax matters, 60% of their time, that too looks not feasible, as the Courts are more concerned about upholding of the fundamental rights of the citizens enshrined in the Constitution of India, and other important civil matters. Once an interim order is issued by the Court in a tax matter, the issue has to come up in its own turn, as people are heavily taxed one way or the other by myriad departments of both the Central and State Governments, both on and off the records. As to the author's suggestion of improvement of infrastructure like good roads and continuous supply of power, it is utopia which people all the time expect but do not see. On the whole it's a good article. And there can be a 'like' button at the end of each article, as provided in the facebook page.

Napolean B 11/09/2015

 

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