Secrets of TV Debates -Shows, Live Shows

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If you are regularly watching Prime Time TV Debate Live shows, this article is may to discourage you.

And even if you may be watching such shows, this article may make you aware about certain silent “Secret Statements” now and then being inserted during such shows.

A twitter friend @kannaniyyer yesterday asked me to write something about these so called “Expert Debates” going on whole day in TV. Hence I am tempted to write this.

Some Views

1) Justice Katju. He said 90% Indian are fools. Perhaps what he wanted say was this that “90% of us need a little training in Critical Thinking.”  If we ask him about such TV Debates, he may perhaps say that “Many people who watch such TV Debates are fools” This is just my imagination about what he may say.
2) View of A Lawyer friend.:  He said that TV Debate Anchors, treat participants of debate as ‘Cows”. The Anchor will start throwing grass to these experts, will make provocative statements and they will start chewing these statements. And within few minutes, all people who will be watching TV Show, will start chewing the same statements. Our brain will start thinking and certain wrong facts may start entering in our mind.


That is what TV Show Maker want. They want you keep chewing wrong ideas so that you do not get time to think about right issues.
PLAYING TO TEMPO OF VIEWERS
In TV Debate Shows, no debate is going on. There are no rules of debate. A statement is made and then everyone is free to sing his own song.
Two OR five persons holding extremely opposite views are pitted together. They immediately start quarrelling and shouting at each other and cutting one another in midway. This catches eye-balls of viewers, which increases TRP of a TV channel.
This is all that counts. 

You may like to believe that arguments and national debate on TV Channel are good for country. But here, we must be aware that the aim of TV channel is not to have a logical and sound debate. The Aim of show is to leave debates incomplete, to stir up your minds and to make you believe that you have become more informed by watching this debate. And they hope that next day you will come again to watch similar debate.
That is all they want.

All participants of debate  and TV Anchors, are only interested in conveying certain overall image. They are not interested in Debate.

SECRET STATEMENTS

You will notice now and then , the Anchor is inserting statements which are only intended to be heard by some specific audience. For example, his bosses or owners of channels may be watching show. PMO may be watching show. So certain statements are inserted to be heard by such people.
Same way representative of political parties are inserting certain statement, intended to be heard by certain specific political bosses.
Here, I see no debates.
Just keep watching. But also keep your mind open to what you are watching on screen. Do not assume that those who are participating in debates are any expert on any issue. Look for evidence.

Haresh Raichura
8th April,2012

A Giant Step To Remove Corruption from Judges of High Court and Supreme Court

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How many lawyers in India are informing you about laws which are being passed by Parliament? Once such laws are passed, it takes years to correct them. Why Courts as well as Lawyers are watching passively when bad laws are being passed by Parliament? Ask this to some of your lawyer or judge friend.

A GIANT STEP TO REMOVE CORRUPTION IN HIGHER JUDICIARY


In 65 Years in history, the FIRST TIME, parliament has taken a giant step to remove Corruption from Higher Judiciary i.e. Supreme Court and High Courts.

Has anyone told you about this? Well, the Bill is already passed by Loksabha and is about to pass in Rajyashabha. Name of Bill is The Judicial Standards And Accountability Bill, 2012

What is so great about it? Didn’t few activists slammed down this bill as eyewash and bogus few days ago?


Yesterday, I went through the Bill which is on internet. I think this bill is not an eyewash. It is not a bogus bill. It is a giant step to remove corruption from Higher Judiciary.

Why I say this ?

1) You can file complaint against any judge or chief justice of any High Court or Supreme Court, even against Chief Justice of India.., and at the same time you can request that your name may be kept confidential. Even the Judge against whom you complain, will not know that it is YOU who have made complaint. Isn’t this a great step? In case you have any fears against the judge, you will be also given protection. (Sec.40).
What more you want? No need to fear Contempt of Court. I think large number of Fighter-Type Lawyers will come forward to file complaints.
2) Relatives of Judges were making corruption by charging a Lakh or more rupees just for filing vaklatnama in Court of their relative. Because as soon as their Vakalatnam comes, the judge transfers the case to other courts. So those who want that this judge should not hear their case, were engaging their relatives so as to change court indirectly. Now, it is not possible. (Sec.3(2)c)
3) And there are 100 such prohibitions on Judges of HC and SC. If you see any corrupt or inefficient judge, just file complaint. It will be investigated. If necessary special team of CBI officers will be set up to investigate corruption. Prosecution, Warnings, punishments including removal recommendations shall follow if judge is found guilty.

I have gone through various more provisions. I am amazed by the clarity of this provisions. Nothing is left out which has any chances to make a judge corrupt.

Power to set up a special Investigation teams against the corrupt judge is also there.

In my view, once this Act is passed, it will be a model law for other countries of world also.

Mere power in YOUR HANDS to file a complaint against any Judge of High Court or Supreme Court, without disclosing your name, itself is a Giant Step to remove corruption from higher judiciary. Your complaint will be indexed. Process against the judge will start. This itself is a weapon in hand of every citizen

Just wait till law is passed by Rajya Sabha and notified by President. Large number of complaints will be filed against HC and SC Judges.
You can read whole text of Bill on internet. We should be thankful to people who made this Bill possible.
Haresh Raichura
7th April, 2012