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Judicial responsibility and organs of state
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Judicial responsibility
I hope that the judiciary will pay heed to the wisdom displayed by many before them.
NEWARK, SCOTLAND: This is with reference to Markandey Katju’s article “Judicial responsibility and organs of state” (June 27). I agree with the writer’s contention that it is not the job of the judiciary to run the state or regulate those who are elected by the people. This is exactly what those critical of the level of judicial activism that the country has seen in recent times, have been warning against.
I hope that the judiciary will pay heed to the wisdom displayed by many before them, which suggests that judges should ordinarily avoid entering the political thicket. I trust our judges to take the advice of men such as Justices Holmes, Brandeis and Frankfurter of the US Supreme Court and, of course, the good and learned man, Justice Katju.
Uza Syed
Published in The Express Tribune, June 29th, 2012.
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Comparing PCO Judges with Justices of the US Supreme Court or any Western nation is very unfair. I sincerely doubt our judiciary’s academic and ethical ability to understand jurisprudence let alone to compare with any civilized society. How many times treason is legitimized and how many ‘enemies’ of our mighty are sacrificed in the name of security, all by our revered judges. Bye the way today USA SC’s ruling in favor of Obama’s Health Plan and US attorney general ‘in contempt’ decisions show how independently and without any bias these judges rule. In this case CJSC is a Republican favorite and Obama criticized this same SC during his State of The Union Address on certain policies, no revenge but followed the constitution to letters, Our judges shatter constitution without any fear and conscious.
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