2024-09-05 18:36:23
At times, such situations arise at the level of governance and administration in the country that even the Supreme Court is forced to make harsh comments. Recently, the Uttarakhand government has been the victim of the wrath of the Supreme Court. Be it the government or the bureaucracy, such irregularities take place at everyone’s level that the Supreme Court has to play the role of a strict teacher. Many times, even the orders of the Supreme Court are violated. This is the reason why the court also warns of filing a defamation case. Here we are going to mention the harsh comments made by the country’s top court. You will remember that in the year 2013, the Supreme Court had even called the CBI a caged parrot. This was indeed a very harsh and big comment. Let’s take a look at such comments made by the top court in many cases ranging from corruption to evasion…
This is not a feudal era where people act as per the king’s instructions
The Supreme Court reprimanded Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami over the appointment of the director of Rajaji Tiger Reserve. The apex court said that the head of the government should not act like the kings of old times as we no longer live in the feudal era. This comment of the Supreme Court came on the appointment of Indian Forest Service (IFS) officer Rahul as the director of Rajaji Tiger Reserve. In fact, the state forest minister and other officials had objected to Rahul’s appointment. However, the government told the bench headed by Justice BR Gavai that Rahul’s appointment was canceled on September 3. In fact, IFS officer Rahul was removed from Jim Corbett for illegal felling of trees in Corbett Tiger Reserve and Rajaji National Park. The Uttarakhand High Court took cognizance of this matter about two years ago.
Loan recovery agents seem to be gangs of goons
Debashish B Raichaudhuri of Kolkata took a loan of Rs 15 lakh from Bank of India in 2014 to buy a bus. The EMI was fixed at Rs 26,502 per month for seven years. The EMI started in December 2014 and the payment continued for a few months. When Raichaudhuri’s financial condition worsened, he was unable to pay the EMI. Then the bank sent a recovery agent and harassed him a lot. Raichaudhuri appealed to the Supreme Court against this. The Supreme Court said that for banks, loan recovery agencies seem like gangs of goons. These institutions harass loan takers. If a complaint is received against such institutions, the police should take strict action. The bench of Justice Suryakant and Justice Ujjwal Bhuiyan also ordered the police to file a charge sheet against the loan recovery agency and get compensation for the victim from it.
Coaching centers have become death chambers
The Supreme Court made a very harsh comment on the case of death of two girl students and one boy student due to water logging in the basement of a coaching centre in Delhi. The Supreme Court bench headed by Justice Suryakant said that most coaching centres do not have safety measures for students. Coaching centres have become death chambers. The court also imposed a fine on the Coaching Centre Association. The court said that if coaching centres cannot ensure the safety of students, then they should conduct online classes.
Corruption drips from your eyes, nose and ears
The Supreme Court made very strong comments in the case of real estate developer Supertech’s twin towers Apex and Cyan of Emerald Court. In 2012, the Resident Welfare Association (RWA) of Emerald Court filed a petition in the Allahabad High Court against Supertech Builder and Noida Authority. It had alleged that illegal construction was being done without maps. In 2014, the Allahabad High Court ordered the demolition of Apex and Cyan towers, terming them wrong. Supertech Builder and Noida Authority filed a petition in the Supreme Court against this decision. During the hearing, Justice DY Chandrachud said that Noida Authority is a corrupt body. Corruption drips from its eyes, nose, ears and even face.
This is murder of democracy
The Supreme Court got furious after the CCTV footage of the Returning Officer in the Chandigarh Mayor election came out. Chief Justice DY Chandrachud reprimanded the Returning Officer during the hearing of the case. The court said that it is clearly visible that tampering was done with the ballot papers. He must be prosecuted. Why is he constantly looking at the camera? This is a mockery of democracy, murder and we are shocked. Can such an attitude of a Returning Officer be tolerated? BJP had won all three seats in the Chandigarh Mayor election. Congress and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) had knocked the door of the Supreme Court alleging tampering with the ballot papers.
Medical education becoming a business is a tragedy for the country
The Supreme Court had made this remark on the last minute change in the syllabus of NEET Super Specialty (NEET SS) 2021. The Supreme Court had said that the medical profession and its study has become a business and now the same is happening with medical education which is a tragedy for the country. The syllabus was changed after the notification of the exam was issued in July. When the matter reached the Supreme Court, the arguments of the National Board of Examinations (NBE) and the National Medical Commission (NMC) were given which did not satisfy the court. Then the bench of Justice DY Chandrachud, Justice Vikram Nath and Justice BV Nagarathna had made very harsh remarks.
No matter how long a tenant stays, he does not become the landlord
The Supreme Court reprimanded a tenant who was reluctant to vacate the house. He said that those who live in glass houses do not throw stones at others. The three-member bench headed by Justice Rohington F. Nariman refused to give any relief to the tenant and ordered him to vacate the house immediately. The court also ordered him to pay the outstanding rent. The court told the tenant that after the way you have harassed the landlord, the court cannot give any relief. You will have to vacate the premises and also pay the rent immediately.
Police is incapable of investigation, law machinery in the state is completely destroyed
The period of ethnic violence started in Manipur from May 3, 2023. Violent conflict broke out between the Kuki and Meitei communities there. A series of murders started. Then the Supreme Court strongly reprimanded the state police system. Chief Justice DY Chandrachud said in the hearing of the case that the state police is not capable of investigating the matter. During the hearing held three months after the incident, the court raised the question that despite six thousand FIRs being registered, only seven arrests have been made so far. A bench of Justice Chandrachud, Justice JB Pardiwala and Justice Manoj Mishra said, due to the deteriorating situation in the northeastern state (Manipur), public confidence in the legal institution has decreased. The state police is unable to investigate. They have lost control. There is no law and order there. If the law and order system cannot protect the people, then what will happen to the citizens?
The central government is like Kumbhakarna
The case is a decade old. The Supreme Court had asked the Central Government’s Environment Ministry to submit a report on the biodiversity impact of 24 hydro-electric projects being carried out on the Alaknanda and Bhagirathi rivers in Uttarakhand within two months. The court had put a stay on all these projects until the report was received. Despite the order, the Central Government did not submit the report, on which the Supreme Court made a very harsh comment. The court has compared the Central Government to Kumbhakarna and the famous 19th century slacker character ‘Rip Van Winkle’. The court has reprimanded and said that the Central Government is behaving like these two characters. Along with this, the bench of Justice Deepak Mishra and Justice RF Nariman also expressed strong objection to the way the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests works. The judges were angry that the ministry did not submit the report on time. Due to this, they also reprimanded the Center. The bench said, ‘The report should have been received. You (Central Government) are behaving like Kumbhakarna. We are unable to understand why the Central Government did not present the report to us. What is your (Central) intention? You have been given enough time. You are just like ‘Rip Van Winkle’. Remember that Rip Van Winkle is a character from a 19th century story who was famous for his laziness. According to the story, he slept for about 20 years.
CBI is a caged parrot that speaks the language of its owner
It was the year 2013. The Supreme Court was debating the progress report of the CBI investigation in the coal block allocation scam case. The court was infuriated after seeing the status report presented by the CBI. The changes made by the government in the status report had changed its meaning. It was the second term of the UPA and Ashwini Kumar was the law minister. The changes in the status report were made on his orders. The court was so angry that it had to call the CBI a caged parrot. Then the CBI had submitted an affidavit in the court. In this, the central investigating agency had said that the screening committee investigating the coal scam had made some charts. Ashwini Kumar had got them removed.
Some sentences related to Ashwini Kumar investigation were also changed. After reading the CBI affidavit submitted on the investigation in the Coalgate scam, the Supreme Court was very angry. It said that the CBI changed the gist of the scam report on the suggestion of the government. The Supreme Court said that the CBI is like a parrot which is imprisoned in a cage and speaks the words of its master. It said that the CBI should be free and it should maintain its independence. It should be free from external interference and protect the CBI by making laws. The court strongly criticized the senior officials of the CBI, Prime Minister’s Office and the Coal Ministry for making changes in the report.