This government which has miserably failed on all fronts has allowed even the state of the roads across Goa to deteriorate to such an extent that they now pose a serious danger to the public. There are potholes galore wherever you go. The roads have also become accident prone besides the damage that is being […]
Month: September 2021
LUIZINHO FALEIRO – PLEASE GO WITH GRACE AND DIGNITY
All good things have to come to an end and Luizinho Faleiro must have realized that he has reached the end of the tunnel. But instead of gracefully hanging his boots he has without any clarity tried in vain to confusingly justify his expected departure from the Congress Party. So, one has to read between […]
COURTS MUST BE PROACTIVE ON PUBLIC AND SOCIAL ISSUES
With so much injustice all over and with even the government itself breaching the law, the Courts are the last ray of hope. It would however be nice to see our Courts being more proactive and taking prompt suo motu cognizance of issues on public interest and the welfare of the people. This would, in […]
SHADY ELECTIONEERING – A NEW LOW FOR GOA’S LEGAL FRATERNITY
The 24th of September 2021 may remain as a historical marker — albeit of a dishonorable type — in the annals of history for the legal fraternity of Goa, on account of the alleged shady electioneering at the elections of our Goa High Court Bar Association. The entire process was not insulated against extraneous considerations of […]
YOUTH CAN STEER GOA OUT OF THE WOODS
Chief Justice of India NV Ramana has so very rightly expressed the trust that the youth would check the deviations in our society’s journey towards peace and progress. Politicians use the youth only for elections and then they are forgotten and uncared for and hit a road block even while applying for government jobs. They […]
WILL GOA EVER SEE PROBITY IN PUBLIC LIFE?
Persons in Public life are expected to be moral exemplars of morality and ethics as they have publicly pledged to uphold and defend that realm. For those holding a Public Office, there can be no dividing line between their Personal and Public lives. The private lives of public figures are wide open to public scrutiny. […]
THAT VEIL OF SECRECY AT GOA RAJ BHAVAN MUST BE LIFTED
All Raj Bhavans across the country and even the Rashtrapati Bhavan come under the purview of the Right to Information Act which was enacted to ensure Transparency and Accountability in Governance. But for over a decade Goa Raj Bhavan has not been submitting itself to this Transparency law by strangely claiming that it is not […]
GOA CM PRAMOD SAWANT A MASTER FIDDLER
It was amusing to hear Chief Minister Pramod Sawant stating that he was yet to read and study the latest Supreme Court judgment which has in fact rapped his Government on the Mining imbroglio. Indeed on every issue Ministers should be guided by the opinion of legal experts rather than pretending to peruse files beyond […]
A CLASH OF THE TITANS
Our Goa High Court Bar Association will elect it’s new Managing Committee for the Triennium 2021-2024, this Friday, 24th September, 4.30. pm, at the new complex in Porvorim. All eyes will be on Senior Advocate Surendra G. Desai and Senior Advocate Jose Elmano Coelho Pereira as the two battle it out for the post of […]
POLITICAL PROSTITUTES MUST PERISH FROM THE CORRIDORS OF POWER
The Anti-defection law may have come into force in 1985 but it has not been able to curb the widespread menace of political defections. The law needs to be further reinforced to plug the prevailing loopholes and deter the evil of MPs and MLAs merrily hopping across parties motivated by the lure of office and […]