Letters to the Editor April 26, 2021
April 26, 2021 00:02 IST
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Patient safety
It is distressing that several COVID-19 affected patients admitted in various hospitals are losing their lives almost every day as a result of oxygen/fire-related incidents. The fact that the national capital, home to constitutional, judicial and executive heads, is seeing several fatalities due to the oxygen crisis points to shoddy planning, inadequate attention and inept handling of the medical crisis. Ensuring foolproof safety norms in hospitals should be on a par with quality care being provided to patients. Untoward incidents should be averted at all costs.
Letters to the Editor April 19, 2021
April 19, 2021 00:02 IST
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Judicial vacancies
Going by the statement of the Attorney General, 220 vacancies, which is a staggering figure, to the various High Courts have not been filled up. This is apart from the other vacancies in the Supreme Court. There should be no delay, even by a day, in the matter of constitutional appointments. The constitutional parameters in terms of the Preamble and constitutional values of secularism and a welfare state are very clear and should be strictly adhered to in the appointment of judges. Judicial vacancies wreck the Constitution from within. Not disposing of matters in time affects the liberty of the citizen and the right to a speedy trial. It undermines the rule of law and is a challenge to democracy itself. Whoever is to blame for it, either the collegium or the government, it certainly amounts to a constitutional breakdown.
Letters to the Editor March 5, 2021
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Stepping aside
To many, whether V.K. Sasikala, aide of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa, ‘withdrew from politics’ on her own or was forced to, would remain a question mark in Tamil Nadu’s politics. But there are ample hints in the report, “Sasikala announces decision to withdraw from politics (Page 1, March 4), that the national party in question, the BJP, may have leaned on its alliance partner in Tamil Nadu, the AIADMK. Her situation is akin to that of Kamal Haasan in the Tamil film,
Mahanadi.