Ninth Meeting of IRI on 23rd November, 2007
 

In the Ninth meeting of India Rejuvenation Initiative (IRI) held on 23^rd November, 2007, the following major decisions were taken:

• The letters addressed to the Hon’ble Chief Justice of India and President of India on the subject of appointment of a judge of doubtful integrity as acting Chief Justice of a High Court may be released to the Press.
• A delegation of IRI should call on the President of India and reiterate its views on the issue of appointment of tainted persons to high judicial offices.
• It was decided that the list of those IAS / IPS officers, who are widely known to have amassed assets disproportionate to their known sources of income,  prepared for some States may be sent to appropriate authorities in Government of India and State Governments for taking appropriate action at the earliest.
• Workshops may be organized by IRI in different cities of the country like Bangalore, Hyderabad, Bhubaneswar, Lucknow, Ahmedabad and Mumbai next year. The first in the series of workshops may be organized at Mumbai early next year.
• IRI should quickly publish the Proceedings of the National Workshop organized in September, 2007; Keynote address of Justice Lahoti and Pamphlet for distribution among students.
• Letters may be sent to the Hon’ble Prime Minister, all Chief Ministers, Speaker of the Lok Sabha, Chairman of Rajya Sabha requesting them to place the property returns of public servants – all Ministers, MPs, MLAs, IAS / IPS officers on the web site in the public domain.
• Steps may be taken to set up a secretariat to coordinate the activities of various groups / organizations / individuals.