The very brutal attack on Adv. Gajanan Sawant by the Porvorim Police is deplorable and those erring cops must not be spared the rod. It was a very dark day for the rule of law as the law of the jungle prevailed. Law enforcers must never be Law breakers, seriously damaging the Rule of Law […]
Month: December 2022
SORROWING LIES GOA’S CAPITAL CITY
On this visit to Goa, Prime Minister Narendra Modi should open his eyes to the reality of a BJP run state. He should care to drive around an all dug up Panaji which looks like a war-torn city. Narendra Modi should also take a ride on Atal Setu and see for himself how crores of […]
ED, IT & CBI URGED TO PROBE NEFARIOUS DEEDS OF MANDREM MLA JIT AROLKAR
A Complaint has been filed against Mandrem MLA and Chairman of Goa Housing Board Jit Arolkar for Tax fraud, Disproportionate assets, Land Scam and Money laundering. In separate complaints addressed to the Enforcement Directorate, Income-tax authorities and the CBI it has been sought that the misdeeds by Jit Arolkar be thoroughly probed. In the complaints […]
PILE UP OF COURT CASES
We need to be all very concerned of the fact that in a small State like Goa there is a very enormous pendency of cases in various Courts across the State. A mountain of cases are dragging and remain pending which includes a huge pendency for over a decade and the pile up even involves […]
TRUTH MUST ALWAYS PREVAIL
In criminal trials the witnesses usually fear to speak the truth. It is going to be all the more challenging in the infamous 2008 Panaji Police Station attack case with the main accused being currently a Minister in the government while most witnesses being police officials. The fear of revenge and retribution would loom large. […]
BJP FACING TOUGH TASK ACCOMMODATING DEFECTORS
It is a very arduous task for the BJP in Goa to accommodate those eight Congress defectors, some as Ministers and the rest as heads of Government Corporations. They have been anxiously waiting for almost three long months for the crumbs to fall from their master’s table and are running out of patience. Much to […]
THE LONG ARM OF THE LAW WILL SLOWLY BUT SURELY CATCH UP WITH THOSE SILLY SOULS
Goa Chief Secretary will on December 14th hear the appeal filed against the October 20th order passed by Excise Commissioner Narayan Gad in the case pertaining to that controversial ‘Silly Souls Café and Bar’ in Assagao allegedly run by the family of Union Minister for Women and Child Development Smriti Irani. In terms of Section 40 […]
BETTER TO BE SAFE THAN SORRY
We can only hope that the government has learnt the lessons after the botched-up Atal Setu Bridge across the river Mandovi and have cared to take corrective measures at the Zuari Bridge which is nearing completion. The load testing of the Zuari bridge which is being done by placing 32 trucks having a load of […]
GOVERNMENT MOCKS THE PEOPLE WITH EMPTY PROMISES
Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on 21st October had publicly made a very tall solemn promise that the PWD, RTO and the Traffic Police would within 15 days prepare a plan to curtail road accidents. It is now over a month and yet no sign of how the authorities plan to deal with the rising number […]
LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS GONE FOR A SUPER TOSS
The 19th February 2008 horrendous attack on the Panaji Police Station was a very serious crime against the State. It was a travesty that a lawmaker led the attack against the law enforcement authorities. That now the CBI is intentionally bungling the Prosecution of the case to save and shield Babush Monserrate the main accused […]