Curtail unnecessary adjournments

Sir, The High Court’s order on non-bailable warrants (NBW) as referred in the article Tighten police machinery to execute NBWs: HC, (DH, Aug 1) is timely and desirable as far as criminal cases are concerned. Such a step will surely curtail unnecessary adjournments and deliberate evasion of court appearances. Unfortunately, it is not the same in civil and company affairs cases heard by the High Court itself.

The reason is, in the Magistrate and Sessions Courts, the adjourned dates are notified on the day of the hearing itself, enabling the litigants to be prepared for that day. Whereas, in the High Court, one has to wait for the date to appear on its website.

This means the respondent or his advocate has to keep browsing the website every day if he has to avoid the risk of an NBW. Further, the postings of cases appear only  on previous day’s evening. It is extremely difficult  even for a local resident to reach the court hall by 10.30 am the next day.

V Pazani
Bangalore

Tighten security

Sir, al-Qaeda’s threat to attack the Indian capital is not at all surprising. New Delhi is always in danger and a chink in the security arrangements can result in a big loss. The threat must not be ignored. The world has seen al-Qadea successfully attacking the United States, the world’s sole super power.

The terrorist group is well aware that security arrangements will be stronger during the Independence Day celeberations throughout the country. In this case, they may also postpone their plans to execute their activities till the event gets over. Therefore, the security arrangements made during Independence Day should continue at least for the next one month and all the places should be raided which come under the doubt. After all it is a matter of national pride.

Shailesh Kumar
Bangalore

Language books

Sir, One of the charms of Bangalore is the presence of large number of bookshops. These are not only the ones clustered around M G Road, but every locality seems to have a well appointed one.

And of course, there are plenty of street sellers too. Unfortunately, they all sell only English books. One has to go to obscure locales for books in other languages. India enjoys so many thriving languages and many are represented in a cosmopolitan place like Bangalore. It will be a great service if the mainstream English language bookshops also have a few shelves with books in regional languages also.

C Gopinath
Bangalore

Tackling scams

Sir, The CBI arrest of Ashok Malhotra in a multi-crore land scam in Delhi, is a clear indication of the money power and the status symbol that prevails in the national capital and rest of the country. The authorities should not solve these scams as a stand alone case, but should examine its wider linkages in order to tackle this ever growing phenomenon.

Ravia Gupta
Bangalore

Rethink needed

Sir, This is with regard to the editorial Allay the fears (DH, Aug 6), where in you have rightly analysed the repercussions that could occur, by amending the APMC Act. The government, on a war footing, should address the problem, and resolve the matter without further delay.

The entry of  multi national companies will eliminate small and marginal farmers, and the worst casualty would be the day to-day bread earners. While nothing has yet gone wrong, a re-think on this amendment to ensure the welfare of farmers is necessary.

Inamdar Ramchandra
Bangalore