First Sikh Chief Justice —Shame To Media.
Will Media Apologize To Justice Khehar.?
A leading English daily has reported that, Justice,J.S.Kehar will
be first Sikh Chief Justice of Supreme Court of India. His name was
recommended by, Chief Justice of India,Justice,T,S Thakur. Shame to
media .Is Justice,Kehar Singh,s qualification for this post is that
he is Sikh. I feel that by glorifying his appointment as first
Sikh Chief Justice of Supreme Court of India, media has done great
injustice to Justice J.S.Kehar who had a distinguished track record
and was head of five-Judge bench that had struck down the
controversial National Judicial Appointments Commission
I do not think that justice Kehar Singh will seek apology from the media ,but
as a journalist I apologise on behalf of my profession.
Now ,B.J.P may take credit for clearing name of a Sikh as Chief
Justice of Supreme Court, in coming Punjab and U.P, polls. I am
sharing with the readers that when Haryana Chief Minister, Bhupinder
Hooda had appointed a person as member of Haryana Public Service
Commission, hundreds of persons belonging to caste of that member had
come to Haryana Bhawan Delhi to convey their thanks to Bhupinder Hooda
for appointing someone from their caste as member of the prestigious
Commission.Another member of the same Commission had proudly declared
at a function held in a College of Rohtak, home town of Bhupinder
Hooda that he has been appointed to watch interests of our community
adding that he will ensure that our caste get adequate selections.
Dr.K.P.S,Mahalwar,former Head of Law department of Maharishi Dayanand
University,Rohtak has described media,s calling eminent Justice Kehar
as Sikh journalist as media,s bankruptcy adding that a Judge has no
caste, colour, region or religion and his only commitment was to
constitution of India.
Earlier when Dr. Manmohan Singh was made Prime Minister of India,
media has described him as first Sikh, Prime Minister of India. Am not
a constitutional expert. But whatever little knowledge I had on
that basis I can say that there is no provision of a Sikh Prime
Minister, Sikh President or Sikh Chief Justice of Supreme Court of
India, in our constitution. It is the brainchild of media or total
bankruptcy on their part that they view every happening on caste
lines. Giani Zail Singh was also described as first Sikh President of
India.
Long time back when Jarnail Singh , reporter with a Hindi daily has
thrown shoe at Home Minister,P.Chidmbram, media has commented that a
Sikh journalist has thrown shoe.
I am in journalism for last forty years and had the privilege of
working under eminent journalists ,Sh.Prhbash Joshi,Sh.Kuldeep
Naayar,Rahul Dev, Sh.Om Thanvi and Sh.Jitender Bajaj, but never heard the
word Sikh Journalist. Although I had never been to any school of
Journalism but I had enquired from media teachers and was told that
there was no word in any syllabus like Sikh Journalist.
BRIEF NOTE ABOUT AUTHOR
Pawan Bansal is a senior Journalist based at Gurugram ( Gurgaon )
He started journalism as part time reporter of Indian Express
at Jind while he was still studying. Author of three best selling books, one
on tips for investigative journalism and two on Haryana Politics,
Admirers of his books includes former Press Council of India Chief
Justice P.B.Sawant, Kushwant Singh, Prabhash Joshi and cricketer Kapil
Dev.Known as top investigative journalist, Bansal had busted several
scandals and scams in Indian Express and Jansatta on basis of his
credibility at a time when R.T.I was in dream.
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Pawan Bansal, Senior Journalist , Gurugram
pawanbansal2@gmail.com
Phone No. : +91-8882828301
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