Death Penalty and India

The death penalty is as inhuman as the crime which motivates it.
Do you think that India should abolish the death penalty in law?

Lp53 says: NO

Vs says: YES . 2 wrongs do not make a right.

Vamsi says: this is a very tricky issue ... if a convict is found guilty for circumstances which are very heinous ... then surely life imprisonment should be given to him ... but ... even if that person becomes a liability for the whole community ... even after him getting life imprisonment ... then he/she should be hanged ... no mercy ... the aim of the courts should be to reduce the crime ... and penalties should be used so that no one dares to commit that same mistake again ... courts should ensure that judgements are given ... 1. to punish the culprit ... 2. to tell the society what would be the consequences of doing crimes

Niceguy251 says: Death penalty should be awarded for henious crimes like rape and murder or dowry murder or to hired killers. For other case life imprisonment not just for 14 years but till death be awarded with hard labour and proceds of such work should go to dependents of the victims, if there are no dependents then money should go for educating underprivileged children though some honest NGOs.

Ruggedboyz says: In a mean tough world, a death penalty is an essential, one who lives in 21st century may comeup with it being too strict a call for a criminal but if their is not the fear that the judicial will come down hard on unscrupulous men/women. they shall not stop from their erratic ways of making money or means of vindication

Busybee says: no.

Supreme Court and Landlord

The Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that tenants in Delhi who used leased premises for commercial purposes can be evicted if the landlord required it for bonafide purpose. Do you welcome the SC ruling?

Niceguy251 says: We have to first see if it is residential property which is being used by tenent for commercial purpose then it is illegal as it is but if it is commercial then we need to be fair to both. It is ridiculous that rent of Rs 100.00 pm is being paid for shops in Conaught Place by old tenents and at the same time if owner wants to evict tenent just to have little more rent is also not palatable. The law should protect both. There should be a legal lease document for fixed period and it could be renewed only if both parties agree. Owner should not be allowed to evict tenent during currency of agreement except if it is being used for illegal purposes and similarly if the agreement is over and tenenat is not vacating the place should be sealed pending judgement. And in such cases the tenent should be asked to pay legal costs as well as penal rent ( say triple the pervailing market rent ) if it is proved he is at fault.

Lp53 says: Yes, I welcome it. I am saddened by the fact that juidiciary has to legislate these days..

Ruggedboyz says: i dont think one can comment on it as yes or no for supreme court might have gone through the clauses and the problems they face and then judged in their favour personally if u ask me, i like it if the landlord has more power on his land but one would like to think of a guy whose business will go haywire in case something of that sort is done to him so really can say a yes or no on this

Vs says: YES,

OBC Quota and Premier Institutes

The much-debated 27 per cent OBC quota will be implemented at prestigious educational institutions like IITs and IIMs nationwide. Do yiu think that the SC judgement will only affect the brand value of the premier institutes?

Vamsi says: i am not against people in the lower strata of the society getting opportunities to study and make a living for themselves. so, based on this the judgement of SC is a welcome. the premier institutes increasing seat to accomidate them is quite logical. but care must be taken not to dilute the standard of education in these 'premier institutes' as they are pride of india !

Lostpatrol53 says: I am against reservation and segregation of any kind.

Busybee says: A 5% reservation would be ok, we can live with that. assuming that 5% of incompetants generated every year wont kills us. We can count on the few good ones to take things forward.. 27% is too much..

Angelzfear says: A say force the government to create enough educational institutions so that quality education can be provided to all. Every year around 1.5 lac people appear for CAT... create 100 IIMs with 300 seats...produce 30000 IIM grad every year. Resource to be utilized? What is the money being collected in the name of educational cess being used for? All details posted here : cplash.com/post/Reservations-once-again

Ruggedboyz says: frankly if u ask me i have a more orthodox approach then an progressive one when i hear of the quota issue which is mostly to calm my nerves for practically i am appalled with the decision on the other hand i would like to think it is more of fate then ability or merit that decides what you do in india .

Niceguy251 says: I am all for reservation why 27% but maybe 50% but with following RESERVATIONS : It should be only for economically backward as it will definitely cover SC / ST / OBC . It has to be merit based. This is what needs focus. We can not have professionals like Doctors or Engineers who have just scraped through the examinations. What we need to do is that give say 10% allowance on marks. Let me explain this. If seats are 100, so open category seats are at present 73, if 73rd person has secured 82% bring it down to 72% for reserved category and all those from that category who are above that be taken to fill 27 seats. If any seats are left then it can to back to merit list one by one following the same principle till all seats are filled. This way we do afford opportunity to those who need it without comprosing quality. We should try to spread education facilities to all so competetion can be fair. For this fee concessions may be given to needy class. AND LET US NOT POLITISE THIS ISSUE.

Indian Premier League and Media

Do you think that resentment in the media over accreditation norms put forward by the Indian Premier League (IPL) authorities is justified?

VS says: Yes they r justified, I thot its a free press

Lp says: It is one dog agaisnt another, so let bite

Vamsi says: BCCI has earned a lot of revenue because of the media's publicity of the game ... there is a fine line between the popularity of cricket in india and media's role in building the image ... and they are interchangable and overlap each other ... ... and now BCCI wants to give restricted access to media for IPL ? i think its perfectly justified ... considering the Indian Performance in the second test against south africa ... didnt imagine indian team will fall from grace ... BS ... media should be given the opportunity to give its fair views on the matches in IPL ...

Niceguy251 says: I think when someone gets too big for his / her shoes it is time to cut his or her ego down. One can not take things for granted just because of clout.

Ruggedboyz says: i really think that media wasnt infringing on any of the copyrights it hadnt and so all this silly restrictions are all uncalled for and make no sense specially with the portals who did nothing more than score reporting this will infact act as a deterrent to the tornament since people will loose interest in a series that is touch to keep a tab on i

Busybee says: as LP says, its one dog against another... BCCI and the media hv mutual needs.. BCCI needs the media to make this jamboree.. and the media needs the ad revenue..