Talk:Mirza Hameedullah Beg

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Correction and comment by Mirza Tarique Beg, son of Justice M.H. Beg (Chief Justice of India 1978): I beg to differ from the opinion of the writer here. I was a young college student in those days and remember the dinner table discussions about the imposition of the state of emergency in India. My father was a staunch believer in democracy and the rights of the people. He always made judgements strictly based upon precise interpretation of written laws. Under the law, there were sections that undeniably gave the Prime Minister of India the right to impose a state of emergency on India in times of extreme chaos, where the national security became a concern -- which is what Mrs. Ghandhi did at a time when the situation was indeed extremely chaotic by any standards. None of the judges that concurred with the decision were bending backwards, they were bound by the wording of the law. I think the writer of this article on my father should provide links to the actual judgements so that readers could for themselves decide whether Justice Khanna or the other four judges were interpreting the law subjectively or objectively.

As for the supercession of Justice Khanna to the position of Chief Justice of India by my father Justice M. H. Beg, the real reason (which is mysteriously never mentioned) is that Justice Khanna had only one month till mandatory retirement by age. Becoming the Chief Justice of India for just one month made no sense other than preserving tradition. In any case, not every Supreme Court judge gets to become the Chief Justice automatically. Many reach retirement before that. So that was how the Government viewed Justice Khanna's situation -- he was too close to retirement. My father, on the other hand, served a 13 month term as Chief Justice of India before he retired, but he too would have been superceded had he been as close to retirement as Justice Khanna. The Government has also to be practical and responsible with the national budget which would not be the case had there been multiple swearing in ceremonies and other residential moving expenses, etc.

I would like the wording of tarnished reputaion to be removed from the original writer's article. Nothing was tarnished, it is simply the subjective notion of the writer. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.116.95.245 (talk • contribs) 23:11, June 16, 2010


 * The "tarnished" text is re-introduced with a reference to an article. His image was tarnished in the public psyche, whatever may have been the dining table conversations in his house. 202.3.77.183 (talk) 15:34, 20 September 2010 (UTC)

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