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Anti-RTI Judgment Shields INSANE Judges

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Is Supreme Court shielding INSANE JUDGES? Did a bench headed by CJI Dattu rule against giving RTI information about judges' medical expenses on Thursday, to prevent the public from knowing which judges take prescription-drugs for MENTAL ILLNESSES? These judges may arguably be impeached on grounds of being unable to discharge their duties because of "unsound mind". Image: http://tinyurl.com/Insane-Judge-RTI Here's a list of High Court judges in India: http://tinyurl.com/HC-Judges-list Are we saying that out of these 650-odd judges, not even one is taking treatment for Schizophrenia? Or Alzheimer's disease? Or Bipolar Disorder? It is statistically impossible to have a 100% perfect population of judges. Not having a mechanism for weeding out the nutty ones means inflicting defective judgments on the unsuspecting and defenseless citizens of India! Warm Regards, Krishnaraj Rao 9821588114 Mumbai

Judges' right to present FAKE MEDICAL BILLS Versus your Right To Information

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3 July, 2015: "BUS KYA, DATTU? DAWA-DAARU ke liye public se paise leneka, lekin public ko hisaab nahin  denaka. Tum judge-log bhi na... " That's what the man-on-the-street will be saying today. Many of CJI Dattu's brother-judges in High Court and Supreme Court are presenting INFLATED OR COOKED-UP MEDICAL BILLS for getting reimbursement from taxpayers' money. Surely he knows this? It's an open secret. And that's really why the Supreme Court bench presided over by Chief Justice H L Dattu yesterday rejected a plea for disclosing medical expenditures of judges and their family under RTI. “There should be some respect for privacy and if such information (is) disclosed, there will be no stopping,” the bench told advocate Prashant Bhushan. Prashant Bhushan, representing RTI activist Subhash Chandra Agrawal, argued that the public felt that judiciary was not willing to follow the standards of transparency and accountability that it expects from other autho