UPA Govt. is in a panic state of emergency. It is pathetic that lawyers for the Union Govt. instead of arguing to instill sense of integrity and accountability in public service should be going after freedom of expression citing spurious judicial excuses.


It is the job of the opposition to put the government in the dock. Sonia or PC ain't above the law.


Kalyanaraman

Centre seeks action against Swamy for "maligning" government

PTI | 07:01 PM,Jan 20,2012

New Delhi, Jan 20 (PTI) The Supreme Court today agreed to examine the Centre's plea for "appropriate order" against Janata Party leader Subramanian Swamy for "maligning" the image of UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi, Union Home Minister P Chidambaram and others in connection with the 2G scam, when the matter was "subjudice. "We will look into the issue and consider whether any proceedings should be initiated, if so, against whom it should be initiated," a bench of justices G S Singhvi and A K Ganguly remarked after senior counsel P P Rao, appearing for the union government, brought it to the notice of the court. Rao placed on record an affidavit annexed with clippings of newspaper reports of the purported speech delivered by Swamy in Chennai on October 20, 2011, at a lecture "Hidden facts about 2G spectrum" organised by a forum "Youth against corruption." According to the Centre, Swamy, an intervenor/applicant in the 2G case, has publicly commented on issues which are the subject matter of pending judicial proceedings both in the Supreme Court and the trial court. "When the judgement is reserved after hearing the parties, apart from law, propriety demands that a party to the case should not speak on the subject in public and declare that certain persons, including an accused, are guilty of such offences. "The said speech shows that the sole object of Dr Subramaniam Swamy is to malign and lower the image and prestige of public servants holding important offices in the union government and in Parliament," the affidavit said. PTI

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