On days of high unemployment; can cheating be a job too?
Demonetisation left the job scenario in the country in a lurch. Unemployment hit an all time high, and it has been having its repercussions on every aspect of economic growth in the country. The number of youths without employment is increasing with every passing day. Police officers have said unemployment can be a major cause for increased crime rate.
Fanatic and communal forces have been preying on young men who are now without jobs. Hence the men get attracted to fake ‘gau rakshak’ bands as easily as flies that are attracted to the fire. Working under such banners helps people in many ways. They can be safeguarded under the name of ‘culture guards’. It would also enable them with fake power and prestige where people fear their presence.
Unemployed youths are the easy and primary victims of terrorism, joining the extremist forces since the rate of employment is very low in Jammu and Kashmir region. There are other groups that trust the promises made by the government, waiting for the jobs to come by only to realize they have been cheated at the end of this.
Main aspect is, they do not possess skills for a job. But they have degree certificates that they assume would get them some jobs. And they are in majority. It is also very easy to mislead and fool them. Some section of unemployed youth have made it their job to cheat such gullible job seekers.
In the last two months, Delhi police crime branch has busted six such fake job networks. Cops say this is an apt reflection of the illusions people nurse about the current job scenario and people’s understanding of government jobs. The ones who have set up this network are also jobless youths who tried misleading people like themselves.
All of them would like to do jobs that have security and would get them pension at the end of their career. In the racket that was busted, candidates were being fooled with getting them a job of a manager at ONGC, railways and army.
Since such jobs are being widely advertised, people immediately pick on them to find gullible victims who are seeking such jobs. Some networks were assuring candidates of jobs in railways. And since people were shown the corresponding advertisements, they would also believe such claims very easily, falling into the cheaters’ net.
Three fraudsters were held during May this year, taking huge amounts of money from the candidates. The network of fake jobs isn’t a secret operation anymore. It gets repeated often and happens more times than ever before. In the ONGC fake job racket, fraudsters had gotten access to victims inside high security Krishi Bhavan.
In some cases, candidates would be given appointment letter and some months’ salary too. Some of them would be trained before being taken on fake jobs which would go on for a few months before the network would go bust, said the cops.
Once the fraudsters were successful in misleading one candidate, that person would work as their agent to get more gullible candidates into the network. They get mouth-to-mouth publicity without any hassles. In most cases, the gullible candidates were highly educated and with great knowledge in computers and modern technology. They would also have some experience in public facing jobs.
Before we criticize the fraudsters, we need to remember the words of our beloved PM. He had assured to create more than two crore jobs a year. What was he able to do? He took away the good jobs that existed till then. People who were into dairy farming were left in deep lurch. If a PM can mislead and commit such a huge blunder that is seen as a fraud, why can’t the youths be allowed do it? Does the PM have answer in case they ask this question?
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Justice Nagarathna calls for creation of judicial reforms commission to reduce pendency in courts
Bengaluru (PTI): Justice B V Nagarathna of the Supreme Court on Saturday called for the creation of a judicial reforms commission to reduce mounting pendency in the courts, saying systemic incentives across stakeholders were contributing to delays in justice delivery.
She was speaking at the Supreme Court Bar Association's (SCBA) first National Conference on the theme "Reimagining judicial governance: strengthening institutions for democratic justice" here.
Nagarathna, who was part of the panel session addressing "From Pendency to Prompt Justice: Rethinking Justice Delivery in Indian Courts," said, this reforms commission must have membership not only from the judiciary of the Supreme Court, the High Court, as well as the District judiciary, but also have members from the Bar, Attorney General, Solicitor General, and also certain members representing the Bar at the institutional level, such as the Bar President, and from the government side to enable an inter-institutional dialogue on reducing pendency.
She reflected that, from the point of view of various stakeholders, a litigant gains from the status quo, to proceed to prolong proceedings.
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"A lawyer or an advocate loves adjournments and postponement because he/she benefits from per appearance and extended timelines. A government department reduces bureaucratic risk by appealing rather than accepting defeat.
"A judge, and particularly a trial judge, is always acting with caution because he/she is confronted with appellate reversal, and therefore he/she prefers procedural caution rather than having an aggressive docket control. Each of these decisions is individually rational, but how does it help the system? It is only leading to systemic delay," she added.
In order to break this equilibrium, Justice Nagarathna said that what is required is institutional interventions through a judicial commission to reduce pendency, rather than merely exhorting better conduct from judges, adherence to procedural timelines, asking advocates not to seek adjournments, urging the government to reduce litigation, or expecting courts to function round the clock and judges not to take leave.
On pendency, the judge questioned the inclusion of defective filings in court statistics, suggesting that such cases should not be counted until they are procedurally ready for hearing.
She also underlined the role of the government as the "largest generator of litigation", noting that officials tend to file appeals to avoid scrutiny, even in cases where disputes could be settled earlier. This, she said, results in cases travelling through multiple judicial levels unnecessarily.
"The government publicly expresses concern about judicial backlog, while simultaneously feeding that backlog through relentless litigation," she observed.
Justice Nagarathna further claimed judicial capacity is constrained by inadequate public investment, including delays in appointment of judges, lack of infrastructure and insufficient use of technology.
Among the measures suggested, she called for improved case management, curbs on unnecessary adjournments, adoption of technology, prioritisation of cases, promotion of alternative dispute resolution mechanisms, and creation of specialised benches.
She also urged advocates to adhere to professional and ethical standards, litigants to avoid frivolous appeals, and the government to adopt a practical litigation policy and ensure timely funding and appointments in the judiciary.
