00:00Certain constitutional authorities are not permitted to hold assignment after their office.
00:11Preamble of our constitution was changed during a time when hundreds and thousands of people were behind the bars,
00:18the darkest period of our democracy, the emergency era.
00:23Ideas of march is associated with misfortune and doom.
00:30Our judiciary had ideas of march officially put up by the Supreme Court
00:35that the official residence of a judge of the Supreme Court, judge of the High Court, cash in large amount was found.
00:50Certain constitutional authorities are not permitted to hold assignment after their office.
01:01Like a public service commission member cannot take any assignment under the government.
01:11CAG can't take that assignment.
01:14Chief election commissioner and election commissioners can't take that assignment.
01:18Because they must be free not to be subjected to allurements and temptations.
01:26This was not for judges.
01:32Why?
01:35Because judges were expected to be totally away from it.
01:39And now we are post-retirement, post-for judges.
01:43Am I right?
01:43And not all can be accommodated, only some can be accommodated.
01:50So when you can't accommodate all, you accommodate some.
01:54There is pick and choose.
01:56When there is pick and choose, there is patronage.
01:59It is seriously impairing our judiciary.
02:05We had turbulent times in judiciary recently.
02:09But good thing is, soothing, a big change has taken place.
02:16We are seeing good times now for judiciary.
02:21The present chief justice and his predecessor, immediate predecessor.
02:24Gave us new area of accountability, transparency.
02:36They are getting things back on the rails.
02:39But earlier two years were very disturbing.
02:43Were very challenging.
02:47The normal system was not normal.
02:49Thoughtlessly several steps were taken.
02:56It will take a while to undo them.
03:00Because it is very fundamental that institutions function with optimal performance.
03:08If Rajya Shabha engages in disruption and disturbance and does not function,
03:13well, that's a cause of worry.
03:15It will be alarmingly worrisome.
03:19There has been a lot of issue about preamble to the constitution.
03:25Well, first, let me tell you.
03:27Preamble of Indian constitution is something like parenthood to children.
03:33Howsoever you may try, you can't change your parenthood.
03:38Am I right?
03:39That's not possible.
03:40That is preamble.
03:41Secondly, historically, no country's preamble has ever been changed.
03:49Thirdly, preamble of our constitution was changed during a time when hundreds and thousands of people were behind the bars.
03:58The darkest period of our democracy.
04:01The emergency era.
04:02Then it was changed where the life of the Lok Sabha was also increased beyond five years.
04:17It was changed at a time when people had no access to the justice system.
04:23Fundamental rights were totally suspended.
04:25You need to examine it.
04:26We may do anything.
04:30We surely can't change our parents.
04:33My young friends, if you have heard of Idis of March,
04:38those of you who have read Julius Caesar,
04:42where the soothsayer caution Caesar,
04:46beware of Idis of March.
04:48And when the Caesar was going from the palace to the courtroom,
04:55he spotted the soothsayer.
04:59And he said,
05:00Idis of March has come.
05:04And Caesar said,
05:06the soothsayer said,
05:08yes,
05:09but not gone.
05:10And before the day was over,
05:15Caesar was assassinated.
05:18Idis of March is associated
05:19with misfortune and doom.
05:24Our judiciary had Idis of March
05:27on the night intervening 14th and 15th.
05:32March,
05:34a terrible time.
05:36there was cash over all
05:40at the residence of a judge
05:42in large quantum.
05:47I say so because
05:48it is now in public domain
05:51officially put up by the Supreme Court.
05:57That the,
05:58that are the residence,
05:59official residence
06:00of
06:02a judge of the Supreme Court,
06:05judge of the High Court,
06:08cash in large amount was found.
06:11Now the point is,
06:14if that cash was found,
06:17system should have moved immediately.
06:21And the first process would have been
06:23to deal with it
06:27as a criminal act.
06:30Find out those who are culpable.
06:32bring them to justice.
06:38But so far,
06:39there has been no FIR.
06:43The government
06:44at the central level
06:45is handicapped
06:46because an FIR
06:51cannot be registered
06:52in view of a judgment
06:55of the Supreme Court
06:56rendered in early 90s.
06:57You must read that judgment.
06:58I am all for independence
07:02of judiciary.
07:04I am a strong votary
07:06of protecting judges.
07:09Judges deal with
07:10very difficult situations.
07:13They decide cases
07:14against
07:16the executive.
07:20They deal in certain areas
07:22with legislature matters.
07:23We must protect our judges
07:26from frivolous litigation.
07:30So I am not
07:30against the mechanism
07:32evolved.
07:34But when something
07:36like this happens,
07:38some things are worrisome.
07:41the incident took place,
07:45boys and girls,
07:47on
07:47night
07:51and termining
07:5114th and 15th
07:53March,
07:55we did not come
07:57to know about it.
08:00It was only
08:01on 21st March
08:02this year,
08:05after about
08:06seven days,
08:07we came
08:10to know
08:10about this
08:10ghastly crime.
08:14Now
08:15question arises,
08:17did anyone
08:18know about it
08:19earlier?
08:20Yes,
08:22it was
08:23a
08:24fire incident.
08:28The
08:28fire
08:28fighting
08:29mechanism
08:29was there.
08:33Those
08:34involved
08:34with the
08:34system
08:35knew about
08:35it.
08:37why
08:38it was
08:39not
08:39shared?
08:41I am
08:42a concerned
08:42man.
08:45Whether
08:46this is
08:46an incident
08:47in isolation
08:48or
08:50there
08:50are
08:50other
08:50similar
08:51incidents,
08:53that is
08:55something
08:55which we
08:55have to
08:55deal
08:56with.
08:58I
08:58therefore
08:58strongly
08:59feel
08:59and I
08:59have
09:00said
09:00it
09:00on
09:00multiple
09:00occasions.
09:04Proceeding
09:04with the
09:04constitutional
09:05mechanism
09:06of dealing
09:06with the
09:07church
09:07in terms
09:09of
09:10constitutional
09:10provision
09:11is one
09:11way out.
09:13But that
09:14is not
09:15a solution
09:15because we
09:17claim to
09:18be a
09:18democracy
09:19which we
09:19are.
09:21The world
09:22looks at
09:22looks as
09:23a mature
09:25democracy
09:26where there
09:27has to be
09:28rule of
09:28law,
09:29equality
09:30before law,
09:31which means
09:34every crime
09:35must be
09:35investigated.
09:37If the
09:38money is
09:39so huge
09:39in volume,
09:42we have
09:43to find
09:43out,
09:44is it
09:45tented
09:45money?
09:48What is
09:48the source
09:49of this
09:49money?
09:51How was
09:52it
09:52stacked in
09:53the
09:53residence,
09:54official
09:54residence of
09:55a judge?
09:55it
09:57belong to
09:57whom?
10:00Several
10:01penal
10:01provisions
10:01are
10:02violated
10:02in the
10:03process.
10:04I do
10:05hope
10:05NFIR
10:08will be
10:08registered.
10:10We
10:10must go
10:11to the
10:12root of
10:12the matter
10:12because
10:13for the
10:15democracy
10:15it matters
10:16that our
10:18judiciary
10:18in whom
10:19the
10:19faith
10:20is
10:21unshakable.
10:23Its
10:23very
10:23foundations
10:24have been
10:25shaken.
10:27The
10:27citadel
10:27is
10:27torturing
10:28because
10:30of this
10:30incident.
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