Mahatma Gandhi would have been most disappointed if he was alive: N Santosh Hegde
Bengaluru, Oct 1: The no-holds-barred scenario on the administrative and political fronts would have made Mahatma Gandhi one of the most disappointed persons if he was still alive today, says retired Supreme Court judge N Santosh Hegde.
The 79-year-old former Solicitor General of India also regretted that society as a whole, people in prominent positions in particular, have forgotten Gandhi's values.
"Today, the situation is such that the present day politics is no-holds-barred; truth has no value", the former Karnataka Lokayukta told PTI on Tuesday, sharing his thoughts on the occasion of the 150th birth anniversary of the father of the nation.
"That's what I am exactly seeing now...how you criticise your opponents, berate and belittle people who are not in conformity with your thinking, these are all things totally opposed to Mahatma Gandhi's policies.
He is a person who respected his opponents. We don't see that today", he said.
Gandhi would have been one of the most disappointed persons having seen what has really happened, particularly the "no-holds-barred" political and administrative scenarios, if he was still alive today, according to him.
Mahatma Gandhi's thinking should be included in the educational curriculum, he said.
"We give so much importance to information and make youth very intelligent, but that intelligence should be somewhat founded on values Mahatma Gandhi propagated and practiced", Hegde said.
He said administration and politics have a very big say in everyday life and "it sort of moulds our thinking".
"This no-holds-barred system that is prevailing today in these fields -- administration and politics -- is creating some sort of a mad race for acquiring power and money.
That is exactly what Gandhi was against", Hegde said.
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Delhi court sentences CBI joint director to 3 months' imprisonment in IRS officer assault case
New Delhi (PTI): A Delhi court has sentenced two CBI officers to three months' imprisonment for assaulting and trespassing into the residence of an Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer during a raid over two decades ago.
Judicial Magistrate Shashank Nandan Bhatt was hearing the arguments on the sentence against the convicted retired police officer V K Pandey and Ramneesh, who was serving as a superintendent of police when the raid was conducted in 2000.
Ramneesh is at present a joint director at the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
The court also fined Rs 50,000 each to both the accused.
Both were accused under IPC sections 323 (voluntarily causing hurt), 427 (mischief) and 448 (criminal trespass) in a complaint filed by IRS officer Ashok Kumar Aggarwal.
The case pertained to an incident on October 19, 2000, when a CBI team carried out a search and arrest operation at Aggarwal's residence in Paschim Vihar.
Aggarwal alleged that the officials forcibly entered his house in the early hours, assaulted him and violated legal procedures during the arrest.
#WATCH | Delhi | Former IRS officer assault case. | Tis Hazari Court sentenced CBI joint director Ramneesh and Retired ACP Vivek Pandey to 3 months sentence in an assault case filed by former IRS officer Ashok Agarwal. The court has granted them bail to challenge the judgment.… https://t.co/RwAxjMrWDK pic.twitter.com/2FlkG4rDs0
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