The 9th Schedule: Created in 1951 by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru

If only our politicians had paid heed, the judiciary wouldn’t have been up in arms against the legislature for tainting and polluting the 9th schedule of the Constitution with vote gathering devices devoid of passion for able governance. If only our mendicant politicians were visionary enough to foresee the challenges posed to the State by the forces of globalisation, they would have mended their errant ways and made genuine efforts to win the hearts and minds of people. The net outcome of the political perfidy heaped on the common man is, he has lost all trust in the guardians of politics and sees judiciary as his only saviour in trying and troubling times. Have the two lost trust in each other’s ability to honour the commitment made to the nation? The fire brand leader of the CPI(M) & Rajya Sabha MP, Brinda Karat, commenting to B&E, refrains from using harsh words like ‘loss of trust’, but she adds that both, legislature and the judiciary, “must spell out the approach being adopted to interpret the constitution.”

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Source : IIPM Editorial, 2006

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