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Remove Katju as PCI chief, say activists
Monday April 15, 2013 06:35:57 PM,
IANS
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Lucknow: Social
activists here Monday wrote to President Pranab Mukherjee and
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh seeking the removal of Press Council
of India (PCI) chairman Markandey Katju.
Activists Nutan Thakur and Devendra Dixit said since Katju "was
defending many convicts of extremely serious offences", he should
be immediately removed from his post.
They said that the PCI chairman is paid a salary by the central
government and is a public servant.
"Katju seems to be regularly misusing his position to take up
causes of convicts of extremely heinous anti-national, terrorism
related offences, confirmed even by the Supreme Court," the
petition stated.
The petitioners told IANS that while Katju had a right to
expression, being a public servant a certain degree of restraint
was expected from him.
"His conduct is even more serious because he is a former Supreme
Court judge and is often seen using the title Justice before his
name," Thakur said.
The PCI website and Katju's personal blog Satyam Bruyata mention
him as "Justice Katju".
He has been endorsing mercy for Devender Pal Singh Bhullar,
accused in a 1993 Delhi blast, which killed nine people and
injured 17.
Katju has also been asking for a pardon for actor Sanjay Dutt and
Zaibunnisa Kazi, accused in the 1993 Mumbai bomb blasts, which is
a "clear misconduct on his part as a public servant", the
petitioners added.
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