Thanks Supreme Court for hearing my PIL

 

 

Context :

5L cases pending in HCs, SC set to recall retired judges     /   TNN  -  26 March

 

Extract :

 

The Supreme Court on Thursday in principle decided to resort  to the never used constitutional provision for engaging retired High Court judges to tackle the huge pendency in High Courts…

 

Article 224A provides, “ The Chief Justice of an HC for any state may at any time, with the previous consent of the President, request any person, who has held the office of the judge of that court or of any other high court to sit and act as a judge of the high court of that state “

The CJI-led bench said since the retired judges would be given a specific tenure to adjudicate old cases and as they would be regarded as the junior-most in the hierarchy of the HC, it would not cause any heartburn among serving judges

 

“ It is not that regular appointment of judges would be stalled, slowed down or substituted by resorting to Article 224A to tackle the pendency, which has gone beyond manageable limits. There are cases pending for 25 to 30 years in some HCs and causing all kinds of problems in justice dispensation. Judges who have retired after spending 15-20 years in HCs would be eminently suitable to adjudicate old cases. Once the pendency is dealt with, their tenure can come to an end “, the CJI said

 

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MY TAKE :

 

Ø  Thank you, CJI for this is very welcome decision

Ø  As against 5 lakh cases pending in High Courts, the total number pending, exceeds 300 lakhs ( 3 crore )

Ø  The decision to re-appoint “ retired “ judges for OLD cases ( on specific TENURE basis ), needs to be coupled with starting of HUNDREDS of VIRTUAL COURTS ( e-Courts )

Ø  I urge the Supreme Court – and the Governments , Central and States – to consider suggestion made in my following e-mail :

 

          
Justice delayed is Justice Denied …………………………….[ 12 Sept 2018 ]

 

Extract from this e-mail :

 

Ø  And as far as finding 10,000  Judges to conduct “ Online Trials “ from the comfort of  their homes, ( and without imposing any “ Infrastructure Burden “ on the State – except providing them with a fast broadband connection )

 

 I suggest that, 

 we rope in retired judges on a “ Per Case Retainer “ basis ( paid into their Jan

 Dhan accounts )

       

 

 Ø  There must be a “ Bonus cum Penalty “ formula to govern the payments to the

     Judges ,depending upon the “ Actual Time “ taken to dispose off a given case

     as against the “Target Time “ ( to be computed by Artificial

    Intelligent Software , based on historical data being continuously compiled for

    all the cases , once the portal gets launched )

 

             

 

          

 

 

 

Ø  I urge Chief Justice Hon Deepak Misraji to treat this email as a PIL and “ direct “ the  NDA government to initiate action on this suggestion ( I cannot afford a lawyer ! )

 

         

 

 

Ø  Your " Activism " in this matter will go a long way to restore the faith of the ordinary citizens in the judiciary  !

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With regards,

Hemen Parekh  /  hcp@RcruitGuru.com  /  27 March 2021

NITI or NETI ? That is the question

 

 

NITI    =   National Institute for Transforming India

NETI   =   National Enterprise for Transforming India

 

Context :

Government reviews Niti Aayog functioning   /  Time of India  /  25  March 2021

 

Extract :

 

The government has tasked a panel of external experts to review the functioning of Niti Aayog, the think-tank that was set up six years ago and replaced the Planning Commission.

The Niti Evolutionary Committee, as it is called, is headed by Quality Council of India chairman Adil Zainulbhai, with Bain Capital MD Amit Chandra, Avaana Capital founder Anjali Bansal, former telecom secretary Aruna Sundararajan, founder of Global Alliance for Mass Entrepreneurship Ravi Venkatesan and environment secretary R P Gupta as members.

Given the five major tasks that Niti was asked to work on, the Committee will see ,

 

Ø  if there is a need to change its mandate and

 

Ø  if there are activities that it should be barred from undertaking.

 

It will also suggest three or four steps to help the Institution’s evolution

 

The panel has also been tasked with,

 

Ø  examining if the think-tank is delivering on engaging with States and

 

Ø  if additional capabilities are required to be developed.

 

But the government has reiterated that the agency will not be given financial powers, something that the Planning Commission enjoyed

 

Besides, the panel will examine,

 

Ø  if Niti is engaging with external experts and

 

Ø  has emerged as a repository of knowledge across sectors

 

Some of the panel members that TOI reached out to did not comment but sources said that the issue is being pursued by the PMO which is keeping close tabs on the deliberations

 

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Dear Panel Members :

 

 

Adil Zainulbhai ( Chairman, Quality Council of India ………………adil_zainulbhai@qcin.org ]

Amit Chandra   (MD, Bain Capital )…………………  ……………………  achandra@baincapital.com ]

Anjali Bansal    ( Founder, Avaana Capital ) ………………………….  anjalibansal21@gmail.com 

Aruna Sundararajan  (  Former Telecom Secretary )…….. ………..Aruna@Lti.com

Ravi Venkatesan ( Global Alliance for Mass Entrepreneurship )… ravi_venkatesan@hotmail.com

R P Gupta  (  Environment Secretary )……… …………………………………secy-moef@nic.in

 

I urge you to consider suggestions made in my following e-mail to Cabinet Ministers / NITI Aayog etc

With regards,

Hemen Parekh  /  hcp@RecruitGuru.com  /  26 March 2021

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Past Trigger :

 NITI Aayog may unveil a makeover post polls, scripts robust role for itself   / 23 April 2019

Extract :

The NITI Aayog has begun brainstorming on a version 2.0 of itself that could be unveiled after the ongoing general election. The Aayog held an internal meeting, a first for the central government’s think tank, to introspect on the tasks it has performed since it was formed on January 1, 2015, and on what needs to be done to make it stronger and its policy recommendations more effective.

 

My Response :

NITI V 2.0 : a Concept Note …………………………[ 09 June 2019 ]

 

Extract :

 

My suggestions re the revised role of NITI :

 

 

#    Continue with framing of POLICIES for transforming India

 

#    Circulate these among the citizens and invite their comments / suggestions [

      may be online surveys ? ]

 

#    Policy-drafts should center around each item of BJP’s Sankalp Patra

 

#    Drafts must contain clearly defined concrete STEPS / ACTIONS for achieving

      measurable end-targets

 

#    For each STEP / ACTION , an individual or a department , must be made

      responsible and clearly listed

 

#    For each such plan , a third party independent agency must be identified for

      monitoring actual achievements

 

#    Such Agencies must be granted free access to all necessary government

      records for its assessment

 

#    These ACTION PLANS must be made integral parts of each Ministry’s OUTPUT

       BUDGET as per beginning made

 

#    Agencies shall publish their findings ( of TARGET vs ACTUAL ACHIEVEMENTS

       ), without awaiting govt  approval

     

#    NITI Aayog must not , itself get involved in any IMPLEMENTATION of any

      Ministry’s ACTION PLAN

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Thank You for “ Reading “ – and “ Asking “

 

 

 

Dear CJI Hon Shri Bobdeji

Thank you for reading my following e-mail – and asking questions :

Ø  Please Hear and Read too ……………………………[ 19 March 2021 ]

-wherein, I requested that, while hearing the petition of ADR ( Association of Democratic Reforms ) re Electoral Bonds, you kindly find time to read my suggestion re: “ ALTERNATIVE and TOTALLY TRANSPARENT “ mechanism for Electoral Bonds, as detailed in my following earlier e-mail :

>  Transparency in Political Funding ? ………[ 07 July 2017 ]

 

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Context :

 Can electoral bonds be misused, Supreme Court asks government   / Eco Times /  25 March 2021

Extract :

Ø  “ This money could be used to carry out all sorts of illegal activity, spread violence and terrorism “, a three judge bench led by CJI SA Bobde observed

Ø  The bench though insisted how misuse can be checked

Ø  The AG contended that the money from Electoral Bonds was clean and not Black Money. “This is White Money which comes through checks and Demand Drafts “, he argued

Ø  He ( Prashant Bhushan ) argued there was no transparency in WHO donated, as this information was only available with the government

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Context :

EC supports electoral bonds in apex court, calls for transparency  /  Hindustan Times / 25 March 2021

Extract :

Ø  The Election Commission on Wednesday told the Supreme Court that it supports the existing system of political party funding through electoral bonds, although it added that it would like the process to be MORE TRANSPARENT

Ø  “ Electoral Bonds go ONE STEP forward as all bonds have to be obtained from the bank only. Tis way there is accountability. But we are also asking for TRANSPARENCY. That can be considered later by the court “

Ø  While doing so, the Court raised an apprehension of possible misuse of these bonds and the MECHANISM available with the Centre to remedy the situation

Ø  The bench, also comprising Justices AS Bopanna and V Ramasubramaniam said, “ What if a political party has got Rs 100 crore worth bonds and it intends to finance protests ? What is the CONTROL that the government has on the use of this money by parties for terrorist purposes, illegal activities or for purposes outside their political agenda ? “

Ø  Attorney General KK Venugopal appearing for Centre referred to certain checks and balances . He said that parties are required to file their income-tax returns each year showing HOW THEY HAVE EXPENDED THE MONEY. He said the use of Bonds is essential for the country as it as curbed Black Money being used in elections

Ø  For the petitioners, advocate Prashant Bhushan submitted that there was COMPLETE ANONYMITY about WHO purchases these bonds and to WHOM it is subsequently TRANSFERRED

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With regards,

Hemen Parekh  /  hcp@RecruitGuru.com  /  25 March 2021

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CC :

Association for Democratic Reforms    /  adr@adrindia.org

Maj. Gen. Anil Verma (Retd.)   /   anilverma@adrindia.org

Prof. Trilochan Sastry   /   trilochan@iimb.ac.in

Prof. Jagdeep Chhokar   /  jchhokar@gmail.com

SupremeCourt@nic.in

SupremeBarAssociation@recruitguru.com

Advocate Prashant Bhushan       /  prashantbhush@gmail.com

SOLICITOR GENERAL , Shri Tushar Mehta /  tusharmehta.asg@gmail.com  

 

Please, listen to Pandurang Kamat

 

 

 

Dear Shri RaviShankar Prasadji,

Focus of my following earlier E-Mails, were less for creation of a “ Federated Identity for Indians “ and targeted more towards forcing Social Media to compensate their users for using their PERSONAL DATA and, in the process, making tons of money by selling that data to online advertisers :

Ø  Digital Dividend from Demographic Data [ 4 D ]…………………..... [ 14 Feb 2019 ]

 

Ø  SARAL ( Single  Authentic  Registration for Anywhere  Login )…[ 10 Feb 2019 ]

PrivacyForSale.com ……………………………………………………………………..[ 26 Aug 2017 ]

 

Now Shri Pandurang Kamat ( CTO – Persistent Systems ) has come up with a detailed architecture for a  “Federated Identity “, as described below

I urge you to invite Shri Kamat and ask :

Kamatji,

Besides enabling “ FEDERATED IDENTITY “, can your proposed architecture accommodate the idea of “  COMPENSATING USERS “ of Social Media, as suggested in the above-mentioned e-mails from Hemen Parekh ?

Parekh claims that, if implemented, his suggestion , which seems very similar to yours, could mean each user getting Rs 30,000 per month from various Social Media / E Com / Fintech / Insurance / Banking etc websites, for use of their Personal ( but Anonymized / Aggregated ) data.

If you think such enhancement is possible, I request you to send me your detailed proposal

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Context :

Simplifying the way you log in, without Google, FB 

{ source :  Akhil.George@timesgroup.com  /  Times of India – Cutting Edge  / 24 March 2021 }

Extract :

Ø  Using one platform’s credentials to login to a host of services is known as  FEDERATED IDENTITY

Ø  A solution to this problem is to use a DECENTRALIZED IDENTITY , says Pandurang Kamat, CTO for research and innovation at tech services company, Persistent Systems [  pandurang_kamat@persistent.com ]

Ø  “Decentralized identity is a paradigm shift , where the end-user is at the centre of their IDENTITY WORLD. There would be more control on their side on who handles different parts of their identity and HOW THEY GET TO USE IT. There’s also a decoupling of IDENTITY PROVIDER and identity usage, so the provider can’t track where the end user made use of those credentials “, he says

Ø  Persistent has developed an IDENTITY SOLUTION that is compliant with the World Wide Web Consortium’s DECENTRALIZED IDENTITY STANDARDS….

Ø   “ The entire work was done by Persistent System’s tem based in India “, says Kamat

Ø  In this system, USERNAMES and PASSWORDS are replaced by UNIQUE IDs

Ø  “ It’s a user-centric identity that is created , owned, and managed by users of their free will. Each user is identified with a decentralized IDENTIFIER that is globally UNIQUE. Each identifier has associated cryptographic material that helps in authenticating users and verifying credentials that are issued to or presented by them. A distributed ledger or a blockchain, forms the backbone of this system “ , says Kamat

Ø  The technology provides PRIVACY CONTROLS to the individual

Ø  The user can choose to only share the MINIMALLY REQUIRED pieces of the IDENTIFIER with each service provider they interact with

Ø  Persistent is part of the Trust over IP Foundation { operations@trustoverip.org }, which is defining a COMPLETE ARCHITECTURE for internet-scale digital trust. Work it is doing in India is going into the GLOBAL STANDARDS and technology development  of DECENTRALIZED IDENTITY PROTOCOLS

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With regards,

Hemen Parekh / hcp@recruitGuru.com  /  24 march 2021

 

 

What Good is a Question Paper without an Answer Paper ?

 

 

Many years back, when some Exam Paper of 10th Standard got “ leaked “ a day before the exam-day, I heard one student exclaiming :

“ What good is a Question Paper without corresponding Answer Paper ? “

I was reminded of this when I read following news report :

MSBSHSE 10th, 12th question bank released; out-of-syllabus questions baffle students

 

(  Times of India / 17 Mar 2021 )

Extract :

A student said,”

  “There isn’t a single topic from the textbook that isn’t part of the question bank. How will this help us prepare better ? Almost all questions from the text book are included so how would we know what is important ? “

 

 My Dear Startup Entrepreneurs ,

 

 No doubt all of you are aware of  hard-copy  “ Guide Books “ which have been around for decades. These contained a list of questions and their answers ( in the second half of the book ). By now, I suppose these must have gone ONLINE ( digital copies , which can be downloaded on Mobiles )

 

You might also be aware of certain colleges in USA which permit students to carry text books into the Exam Hall and refer while writing answers

 

Now, due to Covid pandemic, schools / colleges are closed for over a year. Students are attending VIRTUAL CLASSES ( Zoom – Skype – Google Meet etc ), and even appearing in ONLINE exams from their homes ( Microsoft  is holding such certification exams online, for many years and Govt of India is in the process of introducing Online Exams for millions of aspirants for lower-level Govt jobs, spread over hundreds of Exam Centres, equipped with internet-connected computers )

  

This new- and likely to last long- scenario, offers a fantastic opportunity for you to

 

Ø  prepare Answer Banks on every subject covered ( or not ) by any book on that subject ( textbook or otherwise )

Ø  manufacture AR/VR glasses which students can wear while appearing in exams

Ø  the moment a student reads any question ( using those glasses ) , the relevant answer to appear in view

Ø  now students don’t have to worry about the “ RIGHT ANSWER “ !  Just write down what he views in AR/VR glasses

Ø  Someday ( not too far ) , “ Answer Sheets “ would be made of special paper such that, as soon as the student “ taps “ on his AR / VR  glass-frame, the answer will get projected / printed on that special paper !

 

This is your unique opportunity to raise for millions of students,

 

Ø  “ Ease of Learning “ Index

Ø  “ Employability “ Index

 

PS :

 

If in doubt, please look up :

 

 

https://gpt3examples.com/

 

https://towardsdatascience.com/gpt-3-demos-use-cases-implications-77f86e540dc1

 

https://tech.fb.com/ar-vr/

 

https://www.ibm.com/products/spss-statistics-campus-editions?mhsrc=ibmsearch_a&mhq=education

 

 

https://neon.life/view

 

NEON View

NEON View brings NEON to the devices we love.
It is our web and mobile ready API based service solution, making anywhere, anytime, interaction with NEON possible, in real-time.
Just like how you video call with your friend.

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Dear Data Protection Advocates,

Could this be  “ Ides of March “ ?

 

With regards,

 

Hemen Parekh / hcp@RecruitGuru.com  /  23 March 2021