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Silencing The Voices Seeking Justice
In India, it is nothing new to silence voices seeking justice. Only on
paper , in the book called “Constitution of India” , every citizen is
treated as equal . In practice , public servants behave as public
masters & treat commoners worse . In Their crimes & actions our public
servants even outsmart British occupiers. The criminal nexus of
politician – police – public servant goes to any length to silence the
voices seeking justice , to threaten them , to cut-off their sources
of livelihood , to falsely implicate them fix them in criminal
cases , to assault them & finally to finish them. Indian juiciary has
failed to uphol the “The Constitution of India” in letter & spirit.
NOW, ONE MORE VOICE SEEKING JUSTICE IS ON THE FIRING LINES OF CRIMINAL
NEXUS - the voice of Mr. Nagaraj . M . R . editor , S.O.S-e – Voice
For Justice. Nagaraj will sooner or later will be added along with
satyendra dubey & shanmugham Manjunath , by the criminal nexus.
Will you lend your support for this democratic , non-violent struggle
for peace , justice , along with Mr.Nagaraj.M.R. All humane persons
are welcome.
The Death of Honesty
Published November 22nd, 2005 in Crime, India and Society.
Manjunath Shanmugham (27) , an IIM-L alumni and IOL employee, was
killed by the owners of a petrol pump he had recommended be shut down
for adulterating oil.
At the time of writing, only one mainstream newspaper has carried the
story.
Some bloggers have pointed out the callousness and total loss of focus
on part of the mainstream media for not carrying the story of a man
who died for his honesty. I am not going to do that.
On the other hand, I would like to thank the mainstream media from
shielding us from this piece of disturbing news.
Because I want to be entertained. Because I want to tell my next
generation:” Always speak the truth. Always be honest. Remember truth
always wins. ” without the gnawing feeling at the back of my mind ”
Will this advice, if taken to heart, kill the kid?”
That’s why I don’t need to know.
But I do. Because of an incident that took place a long time ago. I
was 14 then and my parents and I were returning from our uncle’s place
on a local train. At some point, some rice smugglers got onto the
train (who seemingly avoid octroi by routing their supply through non-
conventional channels eg a passenger compartment), obviously without
tickets and literally took over the compartment asking people to leave
their seats and harassing passengers. Before you could say “CPM
assholes”, the compartment was full of gunny bags and more ruffians
than you could shake a finger at.
Some of the passengers protested, my father among them.
Then as the train reached the station, Railway Police men entered the
compartment. My father went upto them complaining about these rice
smugglers. By this time, the more worldy-wise passengers (except my
dad that is) had slipped away as they knew something my dad did not—
the Railway Police are the fighting unit of the rice smugglers. Yes
sirree bob welcome to Jyoti Basu’s Ramrajya sorry Marxrajya.
Soon it was my father against a dozen RPF “people” who were openly
threatening him with physical harm. The rice smugglers had, in the
melee, made their quiet getaway. They then took my father to the RPF
outpost where they were going to “take action” against him for
obstructing them in performing their duties. What irony !
I remember being petrified at the prospect of these men hurting my
father as my mother and I went and sat in that thana as my father was
surrounded by more of these guardians of the law. Fortunately, their
OC “pacified” his rank and file and that too after seeing Baba’s
visiting card which had Professor, Indian Institute of Management
Calcutta on it and thus being able to reason that assaulting my father
may (may being the operative word here) raise a media stink—a fact
that the goombahs below him had not realized.
So he escorted the 3 of us outside the station and I remember him
apologizing privately to my father saying that he knew exactly what
was going on, but so well-connected are the smugglers and the cops
with the powers-that-be that he was helpless to do anything.
As I mentioned, I was 14 then. I had learnt my lesson—look the other
way. Cowardly. Sure. I prefer being a coward than having a broken nose
or being dead. And I am sure I am not the only one who feels so.
And thats why these stories deserve to be suppressed because they can
only convince more 14 year olds that honesty does not pay. Now, we
dont want them to lose their idealism, do we?
Am I being cynical here? I think not. A few blogs will be written on
Manjunath’s death, a few readers will say “chuk-chuk look what India
has come to”, a few of us will burn with righteous indignation before
we bury ourselves in the sordid Abu Salem trial. He shall be
forgotten, by most of us, in a day or two.
But his family wont forget him. They will always live with the feeling
that their son died for being honest—-something he could have avoided
without much ado. If he only had taken the money, he would have been
still breathing. Like the rest of us.
What a waste of a fine human being.
So here’s my advice to everyone. Idolize Manjunath. Shed a tear for
him. Discuss his honesty and the petrol-pump-allotment policies of the
government over a cup of coffee.
Promise not to steal office supplies for a week. Err make it two days.
But do not under any circumstance try to follow him.
Remember that “Satyameva Jayate” is nothing more than a crappy Vinod
Khanna movie.
Remember that.
And stay alive.
SILENCING THE VOICE SEEKING JUSTICE – Mr.Satyendra Dubey
Early life
Satyendra K. Dubey, the son of Bageshwari Dubey and Phulamati Devi,
was born at the village of Shahpur in the Siwan district of Bihar,
India. The family of five girls and two boys subsisted on a small
piece of land, and Bageshwari also held a low-paying clerical position
in a nearby sugar mill.
Until the age of 15 he studied at the Gang Baksh Kanodiya High School
Shahpur and joined junior college at Allahabad, about three hundred
kilometers away. Living away from home was a considerable drain on the
meager resources of his family. However, he pursued his dream of
becoming an engineer, and was admitted to the Civil Engineering
Department of IIT Kanpur in 1990, the first person from his village to
enter an IIT.
He graduated with an excellent academic record in 1994. Subsequently,
he did his M. Tech (Civil Engg.) from IT-BHU in 1996.
[edit] Professional Life
For some time, Dubey worked at the Ministry of Surface Transport in
Delhi, before he was selected for the Indian Engineering Service
(IES), India's top engineering bureaucracy.
While at the ministry he once called the police when offered a bribe
[1]
In July 2002 he was employed by the National Highway Authority of
India (NHAI).
Dubey became the Assistant Project Manager at Koderma, Jharkhand,
responsible for managing a part of the Aurangabad-Barachatti section
of National Highway 1 (The Grand Trunk Road). This highway was part of
the Golden Quadrilateral (GQ) Corridor Project, the Prime Minister's
baby, which aimed to connect the metros of the country by four-lane
limited-access highways totalling 14,000 km, at an overall cost more
than USD 10 billion.
During this period, he got the contractor of the project to suspend
three of his engineers after exposing serious financial
irregularities. At one point, he had the contractor rebuild six
kilometers of under-quality road, a huge loss for the road contract
mafia.
[edit] Exposing Corruption
The GQ project had strict controls to ensure that the construction
work would be carried on by experienced firms with proper systems. A
second independent contract was given for supervision of the project.
However, Dubey discovered that the contracted firm, Larsen and Toubro,
had been quietly subcontracting the actual work to smaller low-
technology groups, controlled by the local mafia. When he wrote to his
boss, NHAI Project Director SK Soni, and to Brig Satish Kapoor,
engineer overlooking the supervision, there was no action.
According to the case file after his murder (FIR), Dubey had been
facing several threats following his action against corruption at
Koderma. A subsequent FIR filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation
(CBI) named both Soni and Kapoor.
In August 2003 when he was transferred to Gaya, a transfer which he
opposed since he felt that it did not serve the interests of NHAI.
At Gaya, he exposed large-scale flouting of NHAI rules regarding sub-
contracting and quality control. At this time he took a departmental
test and was promoted as deputy general manager, which made him
eligible to take charge as project director. Since there was no
project director's post in Gaya, he was likely to be posted to Koderma
soon.
There was widespread sentiment (based on their pattern of operation),
that the criminal nexus, opposed to having him as director, may have
been behind his murder.
[edit] Letter to the Prime Minister
Meanwhile, faced with the possibility of high-level corruption within
the NHAI, Dubey wrote directly to the Prime Minister, Atal Bihari
Vajpayee, detailing the financial and contractual irregularities in
the project. While the letter was not signed, he attached a separate
bio-data so that the matter would be taken more seriously. Despite a
direct request that his identity be kept secret and its sensitive
content that pointed fingers at some of his superiors, the letter
along with bio-data was forwarded immediately to the Ministry for Road
Transport. Dubey also sent the same letter to the Chairman, NHAI.
Soon Dubey received a reprimand: the vigilance office of NHAI
officially "cautioned" Dubey for the impropriety of writing a letter
directly to the Prime minister. In the process, through connections in
the NHAI and the Ministry, it is likely that the letter may have
reached the criminal nexus running the highway construction projects
in Bihar.
Following the event, pressure is mounting in India to incorporate a
Whistleblower Law.
[edit] Great Loot of Public Money: Contents of Letter
The letter said the NHAI officials showed a great hurry in giving
mobilisation advance to selected contractors for financial
consideration. "In some cases the contractors have been given
mobilisation advance just a day after signing the contract agreement."
"The entire mobilisation advance of 10 per cent of contract value,
which goes up to Rs 40 crore (USD 10 million) in certain cases, are
paid to contractors within a few weeks of award of work but there is
little follow up to ensure that they are actually mobilised at the
site with the same pace, and the result is that the advance remains
lying with contractors or gets diverted to their other activities," it
said.
Dubey also highlighted the problems of sub-contracting by the primary
contractors like Larsen and Toubro.
"Though the NHAI is going for international competitive bidding to
procure the most competent civil contractors for execution of its
projects, when it comes to actual execution, it is found that most of
the works, sometimes even up to 100 per cent are subcontracted to
petty contractors incapable of executing such big projects," he said.
Everyone in the NHAI is aware of the phenomenon of subcontracting but
looked the other way.
"A dream project of unparalleled importance to the Nation but in
reality a great loot of public money because of very poor
implementation at every state." wrote Dubey.
Finally, he ends: "I have written all these in my individual capacity.
However, I will keep on addressing these issues in my official
capacity in the limited domain within the powers delegated to me," the
letter said.
[edit] Assassination
On November 27, 2003, Dubey was returning from a wedding in Varanasi,
and called his driver to meet him at the station. He reached Gaya
railway station at three in the morning, and found that the his car
was not able to come because of a battery malfunction.
It appears that at this point Dubey decided to take a rickshaw home.
When he didn’t reach home, his driver went to look for him and found
him dead by the side of the road in the suburb of A.P. Colony. He had
been shot.
The news ignited tremendous public hue and cry. The matter was raised
in Parliament, and the Prime Minister shifted the onus of
investigation from the Bihar Police (who might themselves be
implicated), to the CBI.
The CBI registered a case against unknown persons under 120-B
(criminal conspiracy) and 302 (murder) of Indian Penal Code and
various provision under Arms Act on December 14 2003.
[edit] The investigation
In early investigations, the CBI interrogated the rickshaw puller
Pradeep Kumar who was caught using Dubey's stolen cell phone. The
mobile phone was switched off for about a fortnight after the murder,
but then Kumar called his 'second wife' in Kolkata, following which
the CBI traced the rickshaw puller to his slum in Gaya. Although Kumar
had a criminal history in similar cases of robbery, it appears he was
released after interrogation, and could not be traced a month later.
Two other suspects, Sheonath Sah and Mukendra Paswan, were questioned
by the CBI. They were found dead from poisoning on February 1, 2004,
within 25 hours of the CBI questioning. Sah's father lodged an FIR
against the CBI with the Bihar Police, but CBI Director Umashanker
Mishra called their deaths a suicide in a press meeting a few days
later.
CBI later arrested four persons, Uday Mallah, Mantu Kumar, Tutu Kumar
and Babloo, all belonging to Katari village of Gaya on 6.6.2004. On
13.6.2004, CBI arrested another accused Sarvan Paswan[2]. In
conclusion of its investigations, CBI arraigned four persons on
September 3, 2004. Based on testimony by Pradeep Kumar, who was his
rickshaw puller, the event was presented as an attempted robbery.
Because Satyendra put up a fight about giving up his briefcase, he was
shot.
The person accused of actually shooting Dubey with a country-made
pistol was Mantu Kumar, son of Lachhu Singh, of Village Katari, Gaya
district. Accomplices with him included Uday Kumar, Pinku Ravidas and
Shravan Kumar.
[edit] Murderer escapes
Mantu Kumar was arrested from near his home in Panchayatee khada in
Gaya. He had apparently been living in Gaya town and working as a
rickshawpuller. On September 19, 2005, while the case was being heard
in Patna, Bihar in the court of Addl. Session Judge, J M Sharma, Mantu
Kumar escaped from the court premises, leading to widespread
allegations of police complicity. While Mantu was being held at the
high security Beur Jail, the invigilation can be lax during such court
appearances, and it is a common tactic of the mafia to organize a few
policemen to make it possible for the criminal to escape.
It was felt that the escape was engineered by higher-ups who may have
executed the murder through Mantu Kumar. The CBI announced a cash
reward of Rs. 1 Lakh for apprehending Mantu. [3]
[edit] Who ordered the murder
It is possible that Dubey may have been the victim of a simple robbery
during which Mantu Kumar shot him, as alleged in the case filed by
CBI. However, given the death and disappearance of several witnesses
and the startling escape of the prime accused, there is wide-spread
speculation that vested interests may have engaged the criminals who
actually pulled the trigger.
As for the GQ project, the Supreme Court is currently overlooking
investigations into the corruption charges initially raised by the
Dubey letter. Several official have been indicted and a technical team
is overseeing the actual construction.
Also, as of September 2005, news reports indicated that the law
ministry was about to introduce legislation to protect whistleblowers.
Meanwhile, on 10 February 2006, a 600 meter stretch of the highway
connecting Kolkata to Chennai subsided into the ground, opening up ten
meter gorges near Bally, West Bengal [4]. This stretch had been
completed a year back by a multinational firm, selected after global
tendering.
[edit] Legacy
Dubey's murder drew several protests in India and abroad, especially
by the media. Student and Alumni bodies of IITs took the lead in
raising this issue. S. K. Dubey Foundation for Fight Against
Corruption in India was launched to systematically fight against
corruption [1]. IIT Kanpur instituted an annual award in his name,
Satyendra K Dubey Memorial Award, to be given to an IIT alumnus [2]
for displaying highest professional integrity in upholding human
values. Arvind Kejriwal, a recipient of this award, went on to receive
the Ramon Magsaysay Award as well. Indian Express had also announced a
fellowship in the name of Dubey [3].
Satyendra Dubey was recognised posthumously by several awards, which
included the Whistleblower of the year award from the London-based
Index on Censorship [4], the Transparency International's Annual
integrity award and the Service Excellence award from the All India
Management Association. [5]
On 2007-11-26 NDTV aired a documentary by Mini Vaid on Satyendra Dubey
[5].
[edit] See also
• Shanmughan Manjunath: Indian Institute of Management Lucknow
graduate and Indian Oil Corporation employee Manjunath was brutally
murdered by the oil mafia in 2005 when he tried to check petrol
adulteration in Lakhimpur Kheri, Uttar Pradesh.
• Jessica Lal murder case of a Delhi-model shot by Manu Sharma, the
son of Haryana's electricity minister. After a huge hue and cry, Manu
Sharma was convicted and is serving out his prison term.
• Sanjeev Nanda hit-and-run case where the grandson of a former Chief
of Navy, ran over 6 people in 1999 and acquitted in a lower court, the
case is continuing in a higher court.
[edit] References
1. ^ S.K. Dubey Foundation
2. ^ http://www.cbi.gov.in/pressreleases/PRelease2004/pr14jun04.htm
3. ^ http://cbi.gov.in/seekinfo/s_dubey_case.php
4. ^ 2
5. ^ Mini Vaid (2007-11-27). "Can you hear the whistle blow?". Indian
Express. http://www.indianexpress.com/story/243659.html. Retrieved on
2007-11-27.
[edit] External links
• S. K. Dubey Foundation
• Indian Express "Speak Up Gun Down" coverage of Satyendra Dubey
• Rediff.com's "Truth Silenced" pages on Satyendra Dubey
• Biography of Satyendra Kumar Dubey
• CBI notice of reward for Mantu Kumar
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SILENCING THE VOICE SEEKING JUSTICE Mr.Shanmughan Manjunath
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Shanmugam Manjunath ( Kannada: ಷಣ್ಮುಗಂ ಮಂಜುನಾಥ) (1978 Kolar-2005) was
a marketing manager for the Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) who was
murdered for sealing a corrupt petrol station in UP. Who later became
a rallying cry for IIM, IIT and other institutes students.
Contents
[hide]
• 1 Education
• 2 Opposition to corruption and murder
o 2.1 Murder Trial
• 3 Aftermath
• 4 The Manjunath Shanmugam Trust
o 4.1 The Manjunath Shanmugam Integrity Award
• 5 Notes
o 5.1 See also
[edit] Education
Manjunath earned his Computer Science Engineering degree from Sri
Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering, Mysore, and an MBA from
Indian Institute of Management Lucknow.
[edit] Opposition to corruption and murder
While working for the Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) in Lucknow, he had
ordered two petrol pumps at Lakhimpur Kheri sealed for selling
adulterated fuel for three months. When the pump started operating
again a month later, Manjunath decided to conduct a surprise raid
around November 19, 2005.
Having not heard from his son for three days, at around 9 that night,
his father, M Shanmughan, had sent an SMS: "How are you?". There was
no reply because that very night, during his inspection, Manjunath had
been shot dead in Gola Gokarannath town of Lakhimpur Kheri. His body,
riddled with at least six bullets, was found in the backseat of his
own car, which was being driven by two employees of the petrol pump.
Both were arrested and the main accused, pump-owner Pawan Kumar
('Monu') Mittal, was held on November 23 along with seven others.
[edit] Murder Trial
Manjunath's death came close on the heels of the assassination of
Satyendra Dubey, suspected to have been for similar reasons (fighting
corruption). Following the murder, there was immense media spotlight
on the case. S. Manjunath's batchmates from IIM Lucknow (where he was
affectionately called machan) also kept the story alive.
Fortunately, the Manjunath Shanmugam Trust took up the case with
dogged determination. The Trust lawyer Mr. I.B Singh, the Public
Prosecutor Sri Chandramohan Singh, Trustees, volunteers and supporters
worked hard to ensure quick justice.16 months after the murder,all
eight accused were guilty by the Lakhimpur Khiri Sessions Court (not a
fast track court!). This is in sharp contrast to the 6 years for the
Sanjeev Nanda hit-and-run case and the Jessica Lall murder case to
come to trial. where the son of an influential MP was acquitted by a
smaller court and finally convicted in the Delhi High Court after a
sustained outcry by the public and dogged campaign by the media.
The main accused Monu Mittal and 7 accomplices were convicted of
murder by Sessions judge, Lakhimpur Kheri. [1]
Bail appeals by the convicted killers are being heard in the Lucknow
High Court - the Manjunath Shanmugam Trust lawyer Mr. I.B Singh
continues to work closely with the case.
[edit] Aftermath
The conviction gives renewed faith for citizens of India in their
legal justice system in terms of punishing the guilty and also timely
justice, bringing it somewhat in line with western justice systems.
The speed of this case is also the result of efforts undertaken by the
government to clear the huge backlog of cases in Indian courts.
Indian Oil Corporation paid Rs. 26 lakhs compensation to the family.
The matter of adulteration in diesel was taken up by the Energy
Coordination Committee chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. One
of the policy remedies being considered is to minimize the subsidy in
the price of kerosene (used as cooking fuel by the weaker classes),
and to explore alternate mechanisms for implementing the subsidy.
Subsequently, several tanker trucks, laden with thousands of liters of
kerosene, were seized en route to a district neighbouring Lakhimpur
Kheri [1].
[edit] The Manjunath Shanmugam Trust
A pan IIM initiative, "The Manjunath Shanmugam Trust" was registered
on 23 February 2006, Manjunath's birth anniversary. With immediate
objectives of fighting the case, they have a broader agenda of
improving governance in Indian public life.
On 26 March 2007, the main accused Pawan Kumar Mittal was awarded
death sentence, while the other seven accused were sentenced to life
imprisonment.
[2]
Key Initiatives The Trust runs India's first (and only) National Right
To Information Act Helpline (080)666-00-999. The 12*7 (8 am - 8 pm)
multi language Helpline, serviced by professionally trained call
center agents, guides citizens through the features of this powerful
tool against corruption.
[edit] The Manjunath Shanmugam Integrity Award
The Manjunath Shanmugam Integrity Award carries a citation and a Rs.
One Lakh Cash Award; to honour those who have reported and worked to
rectify systemic corruption. The first Manjunath Shanmugam Integrity
Award was awarded on March 24, 2007 to Prof. R.P. Singh, Vice
Chancellor Lucknow University for his extraordinary courage in taking
on criminals and politicians to clean up Lucknow University and
implement the Lyngdoh Committee recommendations. The award was
presented in a public function by Chairman & Chief Mentor of Infosys
Mr. N. R. Narayana Murthy.
Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti president Akhil Gogoi received the
prestigious 2nd Shanmugam Manjunath Integrity Award from the Magsassay
awardee Kiran Bedi at a function held on March 28, 2008 at the IIT
Delhi Seminar Hall. Mr Gogoi who hails from upper Assam’s Golaghat
district has been awarded for his fight against corruption. [3]
[edit] Notes
1. ^ 7000 liters of Kerosene on way to Sitapur seized Indian Express
Dec 8 2005
[edit] See also
• Satyendra Dubey: Assassinated Nov 2003 for whistleblowing on the
criminal nexus in highway construction in Bihar.
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DOUBLE STANDARDS OF INDIAN JUDICIARY & POLICE
In india , Law is one & same for all , however in it's implementation
& enforcement , the public servants are practicing double standards.
Poor Innocents are harassed , tortured all in the name of law ,
rules , technicalities .
Whereas , Rich Criminals are manipulating the evidences , records &
are going scot free. The Public Servants treat Rich Criminals
Favourably with kid gloves ofcourse for a price.
Now , take for instance , public servants of the rank of supreme court
chief justice & President of india are hiding information relating to
crime , covering-up crimes , violating commoner's human rights ,
fundamental rights , obstructing citizen from performing their
Constitutionally prescribed Fundamental Duties as Citizens of India ,
no action by police , they are not even registering the complaint.
Whereas , if a commoner cover-ups a crime or evidence , he also
becomes a criminal , if a commoner violates the fundamental / human
right of a rich person , if a commoner obstructs a public servant from
performing his public duties , all those become crimes & he is legally
booked for each counts.
Why not police registering complaint against the above stated public
servants for above crimes. IS IT NOT DOUBLE STANDARD.
POLICE COMPLAINT AGAINST HONOURABLE CHIEF JUSTICE OF INDIA &
H.E.HONOURABLE PRESIDENT OF INDIA
From,
NAGARAJ.M.R.
LIG-2 / 761, HUDCO FIRST STAGE,
LAXMIKANTANGAR, HEBBAL,
MYSORE - 570017.
Through,
Honourable DG & IG of Police ,
State Police H.Q ,
Bangalore.
To,
Honourable Circle Inspector of Police,
Vijayanagar Police Station,
Mysore.
Honourable Sir,
Subject : Violation of FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS & HUMAN RIGHTS by
Honourable Chief Jusice of India & H.E.Honourable President of India
In India , as per constitution of india all citizens are
equal , have right to equal oppurtunity &
equitable justice irrespective of caste , creed , religion , etc. the
constitution has guaranteed these to every indian
citizen by way of CONSTITUTIONAL FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS. Also , every
humanbeing on earth has got HUMAN RIGHTS, by virtue of
his / her birth.
However in india , CONSTITUTIONAL FUNCTIONARIES / PUBLIC
SERVANTS have forgotten this & are acting as lords ,
autocrats - unquestionable public masters. CONSTITUTIONAL
FUNCTIONARIES are PUBLIC SERVANTS appointed to serve the public,
public are the kings of democracy , they are the taxpayers &
paymasters of this very same public servants.
In India , corruption has spread it's tentacles far &
wide , it has not even spared the judiciary. The last
resort of commonman for seeking justice is judiciary , even there
corruption has spread.In present day India , if one
is rich , he can committ any type of crime & get away clean from
courts of law. there are corrupt police officials
who modify FIR , suppress evidences ,manipulate evidences , takes up
different line of investigation , fix innocents ,
coughs-up false confessions from innocents by 3rd degree torture ,
file B report closing the case , decides not to
appeal in higher court of law , etc , ALL FOR A PRICE. Just see the
list of millionnaire police officials who are
caught by karnataka lokayukta.
Next step , the prosecutor & defense advocate strikes a
deal , manipulates evidences , manipulates way
of presentation of case & way of argument favouring the rich crooks
for a price , as observed in high profile
BMW case involving public prosecutor IU KHAN & defense counsel RK
ANAND. In this way , if corrupt police & advocates ,
together manipulate the due process of law , the presiding judge is
left high & dry eventhough the judge is honest,
he is left helpless. to add to this , when the judge himself is
corrupt , people's last hope , democracy is dead. nowadays
we are hearing too many reports of irregularities in judiciary.
our publication has filed many appeals as PUBLIC INTEREST
LITIGATION before hon'ble supreme court of india,
but the vested interests there are not accepting it as PILs. WHAT DOES
PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION MEANS ?
ISSUES WHICH ARE OF PUBLIC CONCERN AFFECTING MANY NUMBER OF PUBLICS.
The issues raised by us for sample :
1. sale of fake medicines & adulterated food products , beverages ,
colas affecting the health of millions of indians
& public of importing nations who are importing the same dangerous
products from india .
2. demolition , eviction of houses , lands belonging to poor dalits ,
tribals , backward castes by government authorities
whereas regularising illegal land encroachments , illegal buildings
by high & mighty people in total disregard to law.
in some cases government has even made contempt of court , by defying
court orders & enacting special laws all to favour rich land grabbers.
3. take the cases corporate frauds, violation of labour laws ,
pollution board laws , tax laws , etc by companies.
4. The reports in media about certain highly placed public servants
leaking india's defense secrets to foreign countries
& some politicians , film stars attending parties hosted by anti
nationals DAWOOD IBRAHIM & underworld dons in gulf
countries & elsewhere.
these type of appeals are for public good , national
security , as public are affected by them. still supreme court of
india is not considering
our repeated PIL Appeals.the courts have the authority to consider
even a post card , e-mail as a PIL Appeal , the courts
even have the right to initiate suo-motto action for public good ,
inspite of absence of any appeals / complaints.
over & above this at the time of my very first appeal my income was
very low & i was a retrenched factory employee who was eligible
for free legal aid, even free legal aid was not given to me.
Now , even to my repeated RTI Appeals the Honourable chief
justice of India & H.E.Honourable President of India
are not giving the requested information . these action of CJI &
PRESIDENT OF INDIA is aiding high & mighty criminals , anti
nationals ,
amounts to suppression of information , truth , evidences , which is a
cognizable offence.
We do have highest respect for all constitutional bodies ,
public servants , but it is an appeal to the
honest few in public service ,to bring to book their corrupt
colleagues.The Honourable Chief Justice of India & H.E.Honourable
President of India
have violated their oaths of office , failed in their constitutional
duties , suppressed material truths / informations & thereby
repeatedly
violated my Constitutionally guaranteed FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS & BASIC
HUMAN RIGHTS & Obstructing me from performing constitutionally
prescribed FUNDAMENTAL DUTIES AS A CITIZEN OF INDIA. Hereby , i do
request you to legally prosecute the above two public servants
on the above mentioned charges. the whole issue of this news paper &
the related materials at the weblinks provided, forms part of this
complaint.
thanking you.
Date : 19.06.09 your's sincerely,
Place : Mysore nagaraj.m.r.
SHOW-CAUSE NOTICE TO H.E.PRESIDENT OF INDIA & HONOURABLE CHIEF JUSTICE
OF INDIA.
In india democracy is a farce , freedom a mirage. the most basic
freedom RIGHT TO INFORMATION & EXPRESSION , is not honoured by the
government,as the information opens up the crimes of V.V.I.Ps & leads
to their ill-gotten wealth. The public servants are least bothered
about the lives of people or justice to them. these type of fat cats ,
parasites are a drain on the public exchequer . these people want
,wish me to see dead , wish to see HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH closed . so
that, a voice against injustices is silenced forever , the crimes of
V.V.I.Ps closed , buried forever.
To my numerous appeals , HRW's appeals to you ,you have not yet
replied.it clearly shows that you are least bothered about the lives
of people or justice to them .it proves that you are hell bent to
protect the criminals at any cost. you are just pressurising the
police to enquire me ,to take my statement, to repeatedly call me to
police station all with a view to silence me.all of you enjoy "legal
immunity privileges" ,why don't you have given powers to the police /
investigating officer to summon all of you for enquiry ?or else why
don't all of you are not appearing before the police voluntarily for
enquiry ?at the least why don't all of you are not sending your
statement about the case to the police either through legal counsel or
through post? you are aiding criminals ,by denying me job
oppurtunities in R.B.I CURRENCY NOTE PRESS mysore , city civil court
,bangalore , distict court , mysore ,etc & by illegally closing my
newspaper.
there is a gross, total mismatch between your actions and your oath of
office. this amounts to public cheating & moral turpitude on your
part.
1.you are making contempt of the very august office you hold.
2.you are making contempt of the constitution of india.
3.you are making contempt of citizens of india.
4.you are sponsoring & aiding terorrism & organized crime.
5.you are violating the fundamental & human rights of the citizens of
india and of neighbouring countries.
6.you are violating & making contempt of the U.N HUMAN RIGHTS CHARTER
to which india is a signatory.
7.you are obstructing me from performing my fundamental duties as a
citizen of india.
Both of you are hereby called upon to SHOW-CAUSE within 30 days , why
you cann't be legally prosecuted for the above mentioned crimes . in
future , with regard to this case if i am called to police station or
court , etc, the loss of my wages & the related expenses must be borne
by the government. Meanwhile , if anything untoward happens to me or
to my dependents, both of you will be directly held responsible along
with the perpatrators of crime and you are liable to pay rupees twenty
lakhs as compensation to the survivors of my family.if none of my
dependents survive,donate rupees twenty lakhs to the mother theresa's
MISSIONARIES OF CHARITY TRUST,kolkata.india.
Date : 09.04.2009
Your's sincerely ,
Place : Myore
Nagaraj.M.R.
In India, it is nothing new to silence voices seeking justice. Only on
paper , in the book called “Constitution of India” , every citizen is
treated as equal . In practice , public servants behave as public
masters & treat commoners worse . In Their crimes & actions our public
servants even outsmart British occupiers. The criminal nexus of
politician – police – public servant goes to any length to silence the
voices seeking justice , to threaten them , to cut-off their sources
of livelihood , to falsely implicate them fix them in criminal
cases , to assault them & finally to finish them. Indian juiciary has
failed to uphol the “The Constitution of India” in letter & spirit.
NOW, ONE MORE VOICE SEEKING JUSTICE IS ON THE FIRING LINES OF CRIMINAL
NEXUS - the voice of Mr. Nagaraj . M . R . editor , S.O.S-e – Voice
For Justice. Nagaraj will sooner or later will be added along with
satyendra dubey & shanmugham Manjunath , by the criminal nexus.
Will you lend your support for this democratic , non-violent struggle
for peace , justice , along with Mr.Nagaraj.M.R. All humane persons
are welcome.
The Death of Honesty
Published November 22nd, 2005 in Crime, India and Society.
Manjunath Shanmugham (27) , an IIM-L alumni and IOL employee, was
killed by the owners of a petrol pump he had recommended be shut down
for adulterating oil.
At the time of writing, only one mainstream newspaper has carried the
story.
Some bloggers have pointed out the callousness and total loss of focus
on part of the mainstream media for not carrying the story of a man
who died for his honesty. I am not going to do that.
On the other hand, I would like to thank the mainstream media from
shielding us from this piece of disturbing news.
Because I want to be entertained. Because I want to tell my next
generation:” Always speak the truth. Always be honest. Remember truth
always wins. ” without the gnawing feeling at the back of my mind ”
Will this advice, if taken to heart, kill the kid?”
That’s why I don’t need to know.
But I do. Because of an incident that took place a long time ago. I
was 14 then and my parents and I were returning from our uncle’s place
on a local train. At some point, some rice smugglers got onto the
train (who seemingly avoid octroi by routing their supply through non-
conventional channels eg a passenger compartment), obviously without
tickets and literally took over the compartment asking people to leave
their seats and harassing passengers. Before you could say “CPM
assholes”, the compartment was full of gunny bags and more ruffians
than you could shake a finger at.
Some of the passengers protested, my father among them.
Then as the train reached the station, Railway Police men entered the
compartment. My father went upto them complaining about these rice
smugglers. By this time, the more worldy-wise passengers (except my
dad that is) had slipped away as they knew something my dad did not—
the Railway Police are the fighting unit of the rice smugglers. Yes
sirree bob welcome to Jyoti Basu’s Ramrajya sorry Marxrajya.
Soon it was my father against a dozen RPF “people” who were openly
threatening him with physical harm. The rice smugglers had, in the
melee, made their quiet getaway. They then took my father to the RPF
outpost where they were going to “take action” against him for
obstructing them in performing their duties. What irony !
I remember being petrified at the prospect of these men hurting my
father as my mother and I went and sat in that thana as my father was
surrounded by more of these guardians of the law. Fortunately, their
OC “pacified” his rank and file and that too after seeing Baba’s
visiting card which had Professor, Indian Institute of Management
Calcutta on it and thus being able to reason that assaulting my father
may (may being the operative word here) raise a media stink—a fact
that the goombahs below him had not realized.
So he escorted the 3 of us outside the station and I remember him
apologizing privately to my father saying that he knew exactly what
was going on, but so well-connected are the smugglers and the cops
with the powers-that-be that he was helpless to do anything.
As I mentioned, I was 14 then. I had learnt my lesson—look the other
way. Cowardly. Sure. I prefer being a coward than having a broken nose
or being dead. And I am sure I am not the only one who feels so.
And thats why these stories deserve to be suppressed because they can
only convince more 14 year olds that honesty does not pay. Now, we
dont want them to lose their idealism, do we?
Am I being cynical here? I think not. A few blogs will be written on
Manjunath’s death, a few readers will say “chuk-chuk look what India
has come to”, a few of us will burn with righteous indignation before
we bury ourselves in the sordid Abu Salem trial. He shall be
forgotten, by most of us, in a day or two.
But his family wont forget him. They will always live with the feeling
that their son died for being honest—-something he could have avoided
without much ado. If he only had taken the money, he would have been
still breathing. Like the rest of us.
What a waste of a fine human being.
So here’s my advice to everyone. Idolize Manjunath. Shed a tear for
him. Discuss his honesty and the petrol-pump-allotment policies of the
government over a cup of coffee.
Promise not to steal office supplies for a week. Err make it two days.
But do not under any circumstance try to follow him.
Remember that “Satyameva Jayate” is nothing more than a crappy Vinod
Khanna movie.
Remember that.
And stay alive.
SILENCING THE VOICE SEEKING JUSTICE – Mr.Satyendra Dubey
Early life
Satyendra K. Dubey, the son of Bageshwari Dubey and Phulamati Devi,
was born at the village of Shahpur in the Siwan district of Bihar,
India. The family of five girls and two boys subsisted on a small
piece of land, and Bageshwari also held a low-paying clerical position
in a nearby sugar mill.
Until the age of 15 he studied at the Gang Baksh Kanodiya High School
Shahpur and joined junior college at Allahabad, about three hundred
kilometers away. Living away from home was a considerable drain on the
meager resources of his family. However, he pursued his dream of
becoming an engineer, and was admitted to the Civil Engineering
Department of IIT Kanpur in 1990, the first person from his village to
enter an IIT.
He graduated with an excellent academic record in 1994. Subsequently,
he did his M. Tech (Civil Engg.) from IT-BHU in 1996.
[edit] Professional Life
For some time, Dubey worked at the Ministry of Surface Transport in
Delhi, before he was selected for the Indian Engineering Service
(IES), India's top engineering bureaucracy.
While at the ministry he once called the police when offered a bribe
[1]
In July 2002 he was employed by the National Highway Authority of
India (NHAI).
Dubey became the Assistant Project Manager at Koderma, Jharkhand,
responsible for managing a part of the Aurangabad-Barachatti section
of National Highway 1 (The Grand Trunk Road). This highway was part of
the Golden Quadrilateral (GQ) Corridor Project, the Prime Minister's
baby, which aimed to connect the metros of the country by four-lane
limited-access highways totalling 14,000 km, at an overall cost more
than USD 10 billion.
During this period, he got the contractor of the project to suspend
three of his engineers after exposing serious financial
irregularities. At one point, he had the contractor rebuild six
kilometers of under-quality road, a huge loss for the road contract
mafia.
[edit] Exposing Corruption
The GQ project had strict controls to ensure that the construction
work would be carried on by experienced firms with proper systems. A
second independent contract was given for supervision of the project.
However, Dubey discovered that the contracted firm, Larsen and Toubro,
had been quietly subcontracting the actual work to smaller low-
technology groups, controlled by the local mafia. When he wrote to his
boss, NHAI Project Director SK Soni, and to Brig Satish Kapoor,
engineer overlooking the supervision, there was no action.
According to the case file after his murder (FIR), Dubey had been
facing several threats following his action against corruption at
Koderma. A subsequent FIR filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation
(CBI) named both Soni and Kapoor.
In August 2003 when he was transferred to Gaya, a transfer which he
opposed since he felt that it did not serve the interests of NHAI.
At Gaya, he exposed large-scale flouting of NHAI rules regarding sub-
contracting and quality control. At this time he took a departmental
test and was promoted as deputy general manager, which made him
eligible to take charge as project director. Since there was no
project director's post in Gaya, he was likely to be posted to Koderma
soon.
There was widespread sentiment (based on their pattern of operation),
that the criminal nexus, opposed to having him as director, may have
been behind his murder.
[edit] Letter to the Prime Minister
Meanwhile, faced with the possibility of high-level corruption within
the NHAI, Dubey wrote directly to the Prime Minister, Atal Bihari
Vajpayee, detailing the financial and contractual irregularities in
the project. While the letter was not signed, he attached a separate
bio-data so that the matter would be taken more seriously. Despite a
direct request that his identity be kept secret and its sensitive
content that pointed fingers at some of his superiors, the letter
along with bio-data was forwarded immediately to the Ministry for Road
Transport. Dubey also sent the same letter to the Chairman, NHAI.
Soon Dubey received a reprimand: the vigilance office of NHAI
officially "cautioned" Dubey for the impropriety of writing a letter
directly to the Prime minister. In the process, through connections in
the NHAI and the Ministry, it is likely that the letter may have
reached the criminal nexus running the highway construction projects
in Bihar.
Following the event, pressure is mounting in India to incorporate a
Whistleblower Law.
[edit] Great Loot of Public Money: Contents of Letter
The letter said the NHAI officials showed a great hurry in giving
mobilisation advance to selected contractors for financial
consideration. "In some cases the contractors have been given
mobilisation advance just a day after signing the contract agreement."
"The entire mobilisation advance of 10 per cent of contract value,
which goes up to Rs 40 crore (USD 10 million) in certain cases, are
paid to contractors within a few weeks of award of work but there is
little follow up to ensure that they are actually mobilised at the
site with the same pace, and the result is that the advance remains
lying with contractors or gets diverted to their other activities," it
said.
Dubey also highlighted the problems of sub-contracting by the primary
contractors like Larsen and Toubro.
"Though the NHAI is going for international competitive bidding to
procure the most competent civil contractors for execution of its
projects, when it comes to actual execution, it is found that most of
the works, sometimes even up to 100 per cent are subcontracted to
petty contractors incapable of executing such big projects," he said.
Everyone in the NHAI is aware of the phenomenon of subcontracting but
looked the other way.
"A dream project of unparalleled importance to the Nation but in
reality a great loot of public money because of very poor
implementation at every state." wrote Dubey.
Finally, he ends: "I have written all these in my individual capacity.
However, I will keep on addressing these issues in my official
capacity in the limited domain within the powers delegated to me," the
letter said.
[edit] Assassination
On November 27, 2003, Dubey was returning from a wedding in Varanasi,
and called his driver to meet him at the station. He reached Gaya
railway station at three in the morning, and found that the his car
was not able to come because of a battery malfunction.
It appears that at this point Dubey decided to take a rickshaw home.
When he didn’t reach home, his driver went to look for him and found
him dead by the side of the road in the suburb of A.P. Colony. He had
been shot.
The news ignited tremendous public hue and cry. The matter was raised
in Parliament, and the Prime Minister shifted the onus of
investigation from the Bihar Police (who might themselves be
implicated), to the CBI.
The CBI registered a case against unknown persons under 120-B
(criminal conspiracy) and 302 (murder) of Indian Penal Code and
various provision under Arms Act on December 14 2003.
[edit] The investigation
In early investigations, the CBI interrogated the rickshaw puller
Pradeep Kumar who was caught using Dubey's stolen cell phone. The
mobile phone was switched off for about a fortnight after the murder,
but then Kumar called his 'second wife' in Kolkata, following which
the CBI traced the rickshaw puller to his slum in Gaya. Although Kumar
had a criminal history in similar cases of robbery, it appears he was
released after interrogation, and could not be traced a month later.
Two other suspects, Sheonath Sah and Mukendra Paswan, were questioned
by the CBI. They were found dead from poisoning on February 1, 2004,
within 25 hours of the CBI questioning. Sah's father lodged an FIR
against the CBI with the Bihar Police, but CBI Director Umashanker
Mishra called their deaths a suicide in a press meeting a few days
later.
CBI later arrested four persons, Uday Mallah, Mantu Kumar, Tutu Kumar
and Babloo, all belonging to Katari village of Gaya on 6.6.2004. On
13.6.2004, CBI arrested another accused Sarvan Paswan[2]. In
conclusion of its investigations, CBI arraigned four persons on
September 3, 2004. Based on testimony by Pradeep Kumar, who was his
rickshaw puller, the event was presented as an attempted robbery.
Because Satyendra put up a fight about giving up his briefcase, he was
shot.
The person accused of actually shooting Dubey with a country-made
pistol was Mantu Kumar, son of Lachhu Singh, of Village Katari, Gaya
district. Accomplices with him included Uday Kumar, Pinku Ravidas and
Shravan Kumar.
[edit] Murderer escapes
Mantu Kumar was arrested from near his home in Panchayatee khada in
Gaya. He had apparently been living in Gaya town and working as a
rickshawpuller. On September 19, 2005, while the case was being heard
in Patna, Bihar in the court of Addl. Session Judge, J M Sharma, Mantu
Kumar escaped from the court premises, leading to widespread
allegations of police complicity. While Mantu was being held at the
high security Beur Jail, the invigilation can be lax during such court
appearances, and it is a common tactic of the mafia to organize a few
policemen to make it possible for the criminal to escape.
It was felt that the escape was engineered by higher-ups who may have
executed the murder through Mantu Kumar. The CBI announced a cash
reward of Rs. 1 Lakh for apprehending Mantu. [3]
[edit] Who ordered the murder
It is possible that Dubey may have been the victim of a simple robbery
during which Mantu Kumar shot him, as alleged in the case filed by
CBI. However, given the death and disappearance of several witnesses
and the startling escape of the prime accused, there is wide-spread
speculation that vested interests may have engaged the criminals who
actually pulled the trigger.
As for the GQ project, the Supreme Court is currently overlooking
investigations into the corruption charges initially raised by the
Dubey letter. Several official have been indicted and a technical team
is overseeing the actual construction.
Also, as of September 2005, news reports indicated that the law
ministry was about to introduce legislation to protect whistleblowers.
Meanwhile, on 10 February 2006, a 600 meter stretch of the highway
connecting Kolkata to Chennai subsided into the ground, opening up ten
meter gorges near Bally, West Bengal [4]. This stretch had been
completed a year back by a multinational firm, selected after global
tendering.
[edit] Legacy
Dubey's murder drew several protests in India and abroad, especially
by the media. Student and Alumni bodies of IITs took the lead in
raising this issue. S. K. Dubey Foundation for Fight Against
Corruption in India was launched to systematically fight against
corruption [1]. IIT Kanpur instituted an annual award in his name,
Satyendra K Dubey Memorial Award, to be given to an IIT alumnus [2]
for displaying highest professional integrity in upholding human
values. Arvind Kejriwal, a recipient of this award, went on to receive
the Ramon Magsaysay Award as well. Indian Express had also announced a
fellowship in the name of Dubey [3].
Satyendra Dubey was recognised posthumously by several awards, which
included the Whistleblower of the year award from the London-based
Index on Censorship [4], the Transparency International's Annual
integrity award and the Service Excellence award from the All India
Management Association. [5]
On 2007-11-26 NDTV aired a documentary by Mini Vaid on Satyendra Dubey
[5].
[edit] See also
• Shanmughan Manjunath: Indian Institute of Management Lucknow
graduate and Indian Oil Corporation employee Manjunath was brutally
murdered by the oil mafia in 2005 when he tried to check petrol
adulteration in Lakhimpur Kheri, Uttar Pradesh.
• Jessica Lal murder case of a Delhi-model shot by Manu Sharma, the
son of Haryana's electricity minister. After a huge hue and cry, Manu
Sharma was convicted and is serving out his prison term.
• Sanjeev Nanda hit-and-run case where the grandson of a former Chief
of Navy, ran over 6 people in 1999 and acquitted in a lower court, the
case is continuing in a higher court.
[edit] References
1. ^ S.K. Dubey Foundation
2. ^ http://www.cbi.gov.in/pressreleases/PRelease2004/pr14jun04.htm
3. ^ http://cbi.gov.in/seekinfo/s_dubey_case.php
4. ^ 2
5. ^ Mini Vaid (2007-11-27). "Can you hear the whistle blow?". Indian
Express. http://www.indianexpress.com/story/243659.html. Retrieved on
2007-11-27.
[edit] External links
• S. K. Dubey Foundation
• Indian Express "Speak Up Gun Down" coverage of Satyendra Dubey
• Rediff.com's "Truth Silenced" pages on Satyendra Dubey
• Biography of Satyendra Kumar Dubey
• CBI notice of reward for Mantu Kumar
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SILENCING THE VOICE SEEKING JUSTICE Mr.Shanmughan Manjunath
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Shanmugam Manjunath ( Kannada: ಷಣ್ಮುಗಂ ಮಂಜುನಾಥ) (1978 Kolar-2005) was
a marketing manager for the Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) who was
murdered for sealing a corrupt petrol station in UP. Who later became
a rallying cry for IIM, IIT and other institutes students.
Contents
[hide]
• 1 Education
• 2 Opposition to corruption and murder
o 2.1 Murder Trial
• 3 Aftermath
• 4 The Manjunath Shanmugam Trust
o 4.1 The Manjunath Shanmugam Integrity Award
• 5 Notes
o 5.1 See also
[edit] Education
Manjunath earned his Computer Science Engineering degree from Sri
Jayachamarajendra College of Engineering, Mysore, and an MBA from
Indian Institute of Management Lucknow.
[edit] Opposition to corruption and murder
While working for the Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) in Lucknow, he had
ordered two petrol pumps at Lakhimpur Kheri sealed for selling
adulterated fuel for three months. When the pump started operating
again a month later, Manjunath decided to conduct a surprise raid
around November 19, 2005.
Having not heard from his son for three days, at around 9 that night,
his father, M Shanmughan, had sent an SMS: "How are you?". There was
no reply because that very night, during his inspection, Manjunath had
been shot dead in Gola Gokarannath town of Lakhimpur Kheri. His body,
riddled with at least six bullets, was found in the backseat of his
own car, which was being driven by two employees of the petrol pump.
Both were arrested and the main accused, pump-owner Pawan Kumar
('Monu') Mittal, was held on November 23 along with seven others.
[edit] Murder Trial
Manjunath's death came close on the heels of the assassination of
Satyendra Dubey, suspected to have been for similar reasons (fighting
corruption). Following the murder, there was immense media spotlight
on the case. S. Manjunath's batchmates from IIM Lucknow (where he was
affectionately called machan) also kept the story alive.
Fortunately, the Manjunath Shanmugam Trust took up the case with
dogged determination. The Trust lawyer Mr. I.B Singh, the Public
Prosecutor Sri Chandramohan Singh, Trustees, volunteers and supporters
worked hard to ensure quick justice.16 months after the murder,all
eight accused were guilty by the Lakhimpur Khiri Sessions Court (not a
fast track court!). This is in sharp contrast to the 6 years for the
Sanjeev Nanda hit-and-run case and the Jessica Lall murder case to
come to trial. where the son of an influential MP was acquitted by a
smaller court and finally convicted in the Delhi High Court after a
sustained outcry by the public and dogged campaign by the media.
The main accused Monu Mittal and 7 accomplices were convicted of
murder by Sessions judge, Lakhimpur Kheri. [1]
Bail appeals by the convicted killers are being heard in the Lucknow
High Court - the Manjunath Shanmugam Trust lawyer Mr. I.B Singh
continues to work closely with the case.
[edit] Aftermath
The conviction gives renewed faith for citizens of India in their
legal justice system in terms of punishing the guilty and also timely
justice, bringing it somewhat in line with western justice systems.
The speed of this case is also the result of efforts undertaken by the
government to clear the huge backlog of cases in Indian courts.
Indian Oil Corporation paid Rs. 26 lakhs compensation to the family.
The matter of adulteration in diesel was taken up by the Energy
Coordination Committee chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. One
of the policy remedies being considered is to minimize the subsidy in
the price of kerosene (used as cooking fuel by the weaker classes),
and to explore alternate mechanisms for implementing the subsidy.
Subsequently, several tanker trucks, laden with thousands of liters of
kerosene, were seized en route to a district neighbouring Lakhimpur
Kheri [1].
[edit] The Manjunath Shanmugam Trust
A pan IIM initiative, "The Manjunath Shanmugam Trust" was registered
on 23 February 2006, Manjunath's birth anniversary. With immediate
objectives of fighting the case, they have a broader agenda of
improving governance in Indian public life.
On 26 March 2007, the main accused Pawan Kumar Mittal was awarded
death sentence, while the other seven accused were sentenced to life
imprisonment.
[2]
Key Initiatives The Trust runs India's first (and only) National Right
To Information Act Helpline (080)666-00-999. The 12*7 (8 am - 8 pm)
multi language Helpline, serviced by professionally trained call
center agents, guides citizens through the features of this powerful
tool against corruption.
[edit] The Manjunath Shanmugam Integrity Award
The Manjunath Shanmugam Integrity Award carries a citation and a Rs.
One Lakh Cash Award; to honour those who have reported and worked to
rectify systemic corruption. The first Manjunath Shanmugam Integrity
Award was awarded on March 24, 2007 to Prof. R.P. Singh, Vice
Chancellor Lucknow University for his extraordinary courage in taking
on criminals and politicians to clean up Lucknow University and
implement the Lyngdoh Committee recommendations. The award was
presented in a public function by Chairman & Chief Mentor of Infosys
Mr. N. R. Narayana Murthy.
Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti president Akhil Gogoi received the
prestigious 2nd Shanmugam Manjunath Integrity Award from the Magsassay
awardee Kiran Bedi at a function held on March 28, 2008 at the IIT
Delhi Seminar Hall. Mr Gogoi who hails from upper Assam’s Golaghat
district has been awarded for his fight against corruption. [3]
[edit] Notes
1. ^ 7000 liters of Kerosene on way to Sitapur seized Indian Express
Dec 8 2005
[edit] See also
• Satyendra Dubey: Assassinated Nov 2003 for whistleblowing on the
criminal nexus in highway construction in Bihar.
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DOUBLE STANDARDS OF INDIAN JUDICIARY & POLICE
In india , Law is one & same for all , however in it's implementation
& enforcement , the public servants are practicing double standards.
Poor Innocents are harassed , tortured all in the name of law ,
rules , technicalities .
Whereas , Rich Criminals are manipulating the evidences , records &
are going scot free. The Public Servants treat Rich Criminals
Favourably with kid gloves ofcourse for a price.
Now , take for instance , public servants of the rank of supreme court
chief justice & President of india are hiding information relating to
crime , covering-up crimes , violating commoner's human rights ,
fundamental rights , obstructing citizen from performing their
Constitutionally prescribed Fundamental Duties as Citizens of India ,
no action by police , they are not even registering the complaint.
Whereas , if a commoner cover-ups a crime or evidence , he also
becomes a criminal , if a commoner violates the fundamental / human
right of a rich person , if a commoner obstructs a public servant from
performing his public duties , all those become crimes & he is legally
booked for each counts.
Why not police registering complaint against the above stated public
servants for above crimes. IS IT NOT DOUBLE STANDARD.
POLICE COMPLAINT AGAINST HONOURABLE CHIEF JUSTICE OF INDIA &
H.E.HONOURABLE PRESIDENT OF INDIA
From,
NAGARAJ.M.R.
LIG-2 / 761, HUDCO FIRST STAGE,
LAXMIKANTANGAR, HEBBAL,
MYSORE - 570017.
Through,
Honourable DG & IG of Police ,
State Police H.Q ,
Bangalore.
To,
Honourable Circle Inspector of Police,
Vijayanagar Police Station,
Mysore.
Honourable Sir,
Subject : Violation of FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS & HUMAN RIGHTS by
Honourable Chief Jusice of India & H.E.Honourable President of India
In India , as per constitution of india all citizens are
equal , have right to equal oppurtunity &
equitable justice irrespective of caste , creed , religion , etc. the
constitution has guaranteed these to every indian
citizen by way of CONSTITUTIONAL FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS. Also , every
humanbeing on earth has got HUMAN RIGHTS, by virtue of
his / her birth.
However in india , CONSTITUTIONAL FUNCTIONARIES / PUBLIC
SERVANTS have forgotten this & are acting as lords ,
autocrats - unquestionable public masters. CONSTITUTIONAL
FUNCTIONARIES are PUBLIC SERVANTS appointed to serve the public,
public are the kings of democracy , they are the taxpayers &
paymasters of this very same public servants.
In India , corruption has spread it's tentacles far &
wide , it has not even spared the judiciary. The last
resort of commonman for seeking justice is judiciary , even there
corruption has spread.In present day India , if one
is rich , he can committ any type of crime & get away clean from
courts of law. there are corrupt police officials
who modify FIR , suppress evidences ,manipulate evidences , takes up
different line of investigation , fix innocents ,
coughs-up false confessions from innocents by 3rd degree torture ,
file B report closing the case , decides not to
appeal in higher court of law , etc , ALL FOR A PRICE. Just see the
list of millionnaire police officials who are
caught by karnataka lokayukta.
Next step , the prosecutor & defense advocate strikes a
deal , manipulates evidences , manipulates way
of presentation of case & way of argument favouring the rich crooks
for a price , as observed in high profile
BMW case involving public prosecutor IU KHAN & defense counsel RK
ANAND. In this way , if corrupt police & advocates ,
together manipulate the due process of law , the presiding judge is
left high & dry eventhough the judge is honest,
he is left helpless. to add to this , when the judge himself is
corrupt , people's last hope , democracy is dead. nowadays
we are hearing too many reports of irregularities in judiciary.
our publication has filed many appeals as PUBLIC INTEREST
LITIGATION before hon'ble supreme court of india,
but the vested interests there are not accepting it as PILs. WHAT DOES
PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION MEANS ?
ISSUES WHICH ARE OF PUBLIC CONCERN AFFECTING MANY NUMBER OF PUBLICS.
The issues raised by us for sample :
1. sale of fake medicines & adulterated food products , beverages ,
colas affecting the health of millions of indians
& public of importing nations who are importing the same dangerous
products from india .
2. demolition , eviction of houses , lands belonging to poor dalits ,
tribals , backward castes by government authorities
whereas regularising illegal land encroachments , illegal buildings
by high & mighty people in total disregard to law.
in some cases government has even made contempt of court , by defying
court orders & enacting special laws all to favour rich land grabbers.
3. take the cases corporate frauds, violation of labour laws ,
pollution board laws , tax laws , etc by companies.
4. The reports in media about certain highly placed public servants
leaking india's defense secrets to foreign countries
& some politicians , film stars attending parties hosted by anti
nationals DAWOOD IBRAHIM & underworld dons in gulf
countries & elsewhere.
these type of appeals are for public good , national
security , as public are affected by them. still supreme court of
india is not considering
our repeated PIL Appeals.the courts have the authority to consider
even a post card , e-mail as a PIL Appeal , the courts
even have the right to initiate suo-motto action for public good ,
inspite of absence of any appeals / complaints.
over & above this at the time of my very first appeal my income was
very low & i was a retrenched factory employee who was eligible
for free legal aid, even free legal aid was not given to me.
Now , even to my repeated RTI Appeals the Honourable chief
justice of India & H.E.Honourable President of India
are not giving the requested information . these action of CJI &
PRESIDENT OF INDIA is aiding high & mighty criminals , anti
nationals ,
amounts to suppression of information , truth , evidences , which is a
cognizable offence.
We do have highest respect for all constitutional bodies ,
public servants , but it is an appeal to the
honest few in public service ,to bring to book their corrupt
colleagues.The Honourable Chief Justice of India & H.E.Honourable
President of India
have violated their oaths of office , failed in their constitutional
duties , suppressed material truths / informations & thereby
repeatedly
violated my Constitutionally guaranteed FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS & BASIC
HUMAN RIGHTS & Obstructing me from performing constitutionally
prescribed FUNDAMENTAL DUTIES AS A CITIZEN OF INDIA. Hereby , i do
request you to legally prosecute the above two public servants
on the above mentioned charges. the whole issue of this news paper &
the related materials at the weblinks provided, forms part of this
complaint.
thanking you.
Date : 19.06.09 your's sincerely,
Place : Mysore nagaraj.m.r.
SHOW-CAUSE NOTICE TO H.E.PRESIDENT OF INDIA & HONOURABLE CHIEF JUSTICE
OF INDIA.
In india democracy is a farce , freedom a mirage. the most basic
freedom RIGHT TO INFORMATION & EXPRESSION , is not honoured by the
government,as the information opens up the crimes of V.V.I.Ps & leads
to their ill-gotten wealth. The public servants are least bothered
about the lives of people or justice to them. these type of fat cats ,
parasites are a drain on the public exchequer . these people want
,wish me to see dead , wish to see HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH closed . so
that, a voice against injustices is silenced forever , the crimes of
V.V.I.Ps closed , buried forever.
To my numerous appeals , HRW's appeals to you ,you have not yet
replied.it clearly shows that you are least bothered about the lives
of people or justice to them .it proves that you are hell bent to
protect the criminals at any cost. you are just pressurising the
police to enquire me ,to take my statement, to repeatedly call me to
police station all with a view to silence me.all of you enjoy "legal
immunity privileges" ,why don't you have given powers to the police /
investigating officer to summon all of you for enquiry ?or else why
don't all of you are not appearing before the police voluntarily for
enquiry ?at the least why don't all of you are not sending your
statement about the case to the police either through legal counsel or
through post? you are aiding criminals ,by denying me job
oppurtunities in R.B.I CURRENCY NOTE PRESS mysore , city civil court
,bangalore , distict court , mysore ,etc & by illegally closing my
newspaper.
there is a gross, total mismatch between your actions and your oath of
office. this amounts to public cheating & moral turpitude on your
part.
1.you are making contempt of the very august office you hold.
2.you are making contempt of the constitution of india.
3.you are making contempt of citizens of india.
4.you are sponsoring & aiding terorrism & organized crime.
5.you are violating the fundamental & human rights of the citizens of
india and of neighbouring countries.
6.you are violating & making contempt of the U.N HUMAN RIGHTS CHARTER
to which india is a signatory.
7.you are obstructing me from performing my fundamental duties as a
citizen of india.
Both of you are hereby called upon to SHOW-CAUSE within 30 days , why
you cann't be legally prosecuted for the above mentioned crimes . in
future , with regard to this case if i am called to police station or
court , etc, the loss of my wages & the related expenses must be borne
by the government. Meanwhile , if anything untoward happens to me or
to my dependents, both of you will be directly held responsible along
with the perpatrators of crime and you are liable to pay rupees twenty
lakhs as compensation to the survivors of my family.if none of my
dependents survive,donate rupees twenty lakhs to the mother theresa's
MISSIONARIES OF CHARITY TRUST,kolkata.india.
Date : 09.04.2009
Your's sincerely ,
Place : Myore
Nagaraj.M.R.
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