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Mr T S Krishnamurthy, former Chief Election Commissioner of India, eminent panellists, Mr Vikram Lal, President of Common Cause, members of the Governing Council, leaders of civil society, academia and media, veterans of public services, ladies and gentlemen, It gives me great pleasure to extend a hearty welcome to you to our final offering of a series of three seminars on key aspects of governance reforms. Borrowing Mr Jagmohan’s phraseology, I may say that while the first two focuse...

1. Introduction Ethics is defined as values relating to human conduct with respect to the rightness and wrongness of certain actions and to the goodness and badness of the motives and ends of such actions. It represents the core value system and the moral precepts held, or rules of conduct followed by individuals, institutions, or societies while making choices in the course of everyday problem solving. They create a framework for determining “right” versus “wrong”....

- P S Bawa* Since the new government of the UPA has secured the mandate of people for a period of five years, we urge upon top leaders to fulfill the aspirations of common citizens to deal with the scourge of corruption that has eaten into the vitals of social, economic, and political regimes. One can forget the previous coalition of various interests that might have prevented the government from carrying out its will. Now without any hurdle from ‘vested’ interests that were requi...

The rampant criminalization of our polity has been a cause of grave public concern. A large number of law-makers in our Parliament and State legislatures have been charged with serious offences, conviction for which is liable to result in disqualification from the membership of the House. However, our tainted legislators enjoy, in effect, a virtual immunity as the criminal cases against them drag on interminably and in the rare event of conviction, they are able to ward off the threat of disqual...

eaders may recall that under the same rubric our last issue had carried a report on the PIL filed jointly by Peoples Union for Democratic Rights, Nirman Mazdoor Panchayat Sangh and Common Cause in the High Court of Delhi for securing the long-denied rights of Delhi’s construction workers. Reproduced below are the text of the petition, the order of the Delhi High Court constituting a Monitoring Committee to report on the averments made in the petition and an executive summary of the report ...

Under the Rules & Regulations of COMMON CAUSE as amended by the Governing Council on March 8, 2007, The membership of the Society is open to individuals, irrespective of caste, creed or community. Organisations, which were members of the Society as on March 8, 2007, shall continue as Honorary members without voting rights. The membership fee for new Individual members (with voting rights) is Rs.500 for one year and Rs.2,500 for life. New Associat...

The small boy asks, ‘Daddy, are you still growing?’ ‘No, son, what makes you think so?’ ‘Because the top of your head is coming through your hair.’ Two friends meet in the street one day. ‘Well,’ said one, ‘So you’re married at last. My congratulations. I heard you have an excellent and accomplished wife.’ ‘ I do, indeed,’ was the reply. ‘Why she’s perfectly at home in science, in art...