What Worse Do You Expect More Than This???
I was literally shocked when I read this month’s issue of Himal magazine and found out how corruption takes place in Supreme Court. How the judges, officials including chief justice are involved are comprehensively exposed by an article investigated by Shiva Gaule of Himal magazine. Fortunately, Shiva Gaule and I together came to Finland to cover the parliamentary polls here. When we took a flight for Delhi, Shiva dai gave the issue of the magazine and i quickly read the investigative article and was way shocked to find how our chief justice Dilip Kumar Poudel is also involved in the corruption. Rajesh, a person in the story looks much frustrated as he has provided bribery to the court officials but loses the cases. He then decides to tape all the conversation and keeps on bribing the officials in the court. In course of his attempt to bribe the official in the court, judges including the chief justice are also involved. Gaule exposed the involvement of judges, chief justice and officials of the judiciary in corruption. It’s a national shame for us to know that even judiciary is involved in corruption.
But the next day I was further shocked to find that none of the newspapers carried such great news story published in Himal magazine. I was expecting that Kantipur would write an editorial on it and all other newspapers would carry such news and would take it as a campaign to expose such stinking thing of the judiciary. but none of the newspapers carried it and it hasn’t become a sort of national issue now. i think all newspapers make it a national issue and expose such corrupt persons of the judiciary.
I remember, the managing editor of The Washington Post, during my visit to The Post in the United States told me that his newspaper has number of times written editorials on the issues which the New York Times, his rival had carried. It happens in journalism and it should happen. But I was surprised to feel that the newspapers in Nepal ignored such a huge issue because it was carried out by another news magazine.
Then, the Supreme Court formed a commission to dismiss the issue and even the Chief justice asked the media not to carry the news. Isn’t it shit that the chief justice asks media not to carry the news and the newspapers obey him and just ignore such a huge issue?
I have been talking to Shiva dai and asking him how he got the story. Probably, I will get it all and write in my blog later.
Hello there,
Yes it was a great scoop in Himal. Relay my regards to and kudos to Shiva Gaunle who carried out the news.
For me, if you have read my earlier blogs in wordpress you would have noticed my impression, Court means corruption.
From a peon to the Chief justice, majority is corrupt in judiciary.
I have some close relatives who are in judiciary: baidar, khardar, ditthha ,bichari, tahsidar to supreme court justice. all are corrupt. And some are wakilsaabs as well.
i have seen people bringing gifts to their home. wakilsabs, subbasabs and tahasildars have network linked to shreemans!
they mediate muddas. judges do not take ghus directly…. they have some very close and believed allies who are either karmachari or wakil through who they accept money.
I believe you too know this.
I closely know a storekeeper at one of the courts in nepal, who has brings home fancy mobilephones and laptops that are confiscated and may be under investigation in some cases!
I have seen him gifting a brand new laptop,that was brought from the Court’s store, to an SC judge.
To tell you the truth, his son offered me changing this very RW with my writeable from the CPU he had got home some months ago. Though reluctantly, (here is irony, isn’t it?)I did that. tyo khokro computer was returned to store last week.
I wish I could do something against their perpetations! But there is something called family-ties and for sure lack of solid evidences, a person like me cannot do anything.
I remember playing cards with that Giriraj (did you read today’s kantipur?)and other officers of Ktm district court and supreme court senior and junior officers a couple of years ago during Tihar.
They where drunk and they were talking about kun sriman kasto and kun sriman kasto.
“tyo madhise … (I forgot the name)saala kasto chha bhane thadai hunna bhani dinchha.”
“ho. balla balla kam milayo. peshi tesko ma parchha. tesle la ghoos pani khana mandaina”
“ani tyo ….. (i forgot the name again). chhora chhori koi pani chhainan. pandit jastai chha… dharma garnu parney.. ghoss ta khanai mandaina.”
“tyo “fundi” (sorry for the word hai)…teslai ke thaha … kasto garho hunchha kamai garna. poi le sari kinidi halchha hola. matlabai chhaina. kanun anusar matrai garchhu bhanchhe….”
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lau you ta mahabharat po huna lagechha…
Je bhae pani Rajesh Shakya ventured to come to the public.
Aja Nepal 1 ma CJ ko interview thyo. Dudh ko sacchi biralo jastai kura gardai thyo budho.
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btw, those relatives of mine do not like this deelip paudel. kina you know? there are different channels and gangs in their fraternity. euta le arka ko ris garney!
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I wonder how one of my close relatives in Punarabedan owns property worth billions! he who earns max 25,000 rs per month.
I wonder how another relative afforded to train his offsprings very expensive technical education.
I wonder how a clerk in district manages to maintain his lifestyle!!
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let me be anonymous as a commentor. however you know me who I am.
again,
my kudos to Gaunle and his investigating journalism
and one more thing to share with you
once when i was in journalism, we also had such a tendency: only to write editorials on stories that our very newspaper had carried…
rivalry nai ta hola ni! besides overlooking the essence and clout of the news that your rival publication carries out…..
but that’s not journalism hola….
Small guy,nice blog,great job,hope i will see your work soon.
I thought this was a very interesting post thanks for writing it!