Dear Comrades,
The office of the ‘Indian Federation of
Working Journalists’ (IFWJ) has been inundated with innumerable telephone calls
and emails to know as to why the date of hearing of the Majithia case, which
was fixed on 17th January 2017, was not taken up? On the last
of date of hearing i.e. 10th January the matter was listed for
arguments on Legal Issues. The arguments remained inconclusive. Thereupon the
bench consisting of Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice Ashok Bhushan posted it
for 17th of January 2017. We approached the listing branch of
Registry to know the reason for deletion. We have been informed that some
changes have been introduced for the listing of the cases by the Hon’ble
Supreme Court in consultation with the Supreme Court Bar Association. Although
it is very rare to delete any case if the date is fixed by the Bench itself,
yet in certain circumstances it is done, as in this case it has happened.
As per the new policy of listing from
Tuesday to Thursday very limited number of case would be taken up. For the time
being only a few time consuming cases will be heard on these three days. Be
that as it may, the Registry has assured that the Majithia Case will be listed
on the priority basis because of its urgency.
Change of eminent lawyer by Ushodaya is
perplexing
We would also like to inform that on the
last date of hearing i.e. 16th of November 2016 Shri Gopal
Subramanian was fielded by the Ushodaya Publications, the publishers of the
Eenadu newspaper, and he had persuaded the Court with his uncommon skill to
adjourn the case because he wanted some clarifications from his client. He had
told the court in a most unequivocal and categorical manner that
‘implementation of Majithia means complete implementation and not the façade of
implementation’. He had also assured the Court that he would prevail upon his
client the Ushodaya Publications and particularly to its owner Mr. Ramoji Rao
to comply with the orders of the Supreme Court by implementing the Majithia
Recommendations in its letter and spirit. It was very reassuring for the
employees but it appears that he (GS) has not been able to convince Mr. Ramoji
Rao and, therefore, he decided to quit. Now he has been replaced by another
Senior Advocate Shri Shyam Divan by the Ushodaya Publications.
This attitude of Ramoji Rao has completely
exposed his duplicity, hypocrisy and his having two faces. The conduct of the
other newspaper owners like Dainik Jagran, Dainik Bhaskar and Rajasthan Patrika
is more appalling than Ramoji Rao and highly reprehensible to say the least.
Therefore, we have to remain united to defeat the evil incarnates.
Parmanand
Pandey
Secretary
General-IFWJ
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