You must be wondering why its National Shame II? Because there is another leader who was given authority as a Governor of Andhra Pradesh and was involved in romantic acts while in office in Rajbhavan.
Later he resigned citing health reasons.
Later he resigned citing health reasons.
ND Tiwari National Shame I
Abhishek Manu Singhvi National Shame II
Sharing only the 4 Minute version opposed to 12-13 Minute version available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2F24aAM7-o because our intent is only awareness but not spreading the unlawful unethical practices performed in the office.It became a fashion these days for the people in @DrAMSinghvi's Words "such a CD either did not exist or if it did, it was clearly and obviously morphed, fabricated and forged."
Any Comman man, with such allegations will try to hide his face, tries to be numb,shaken but Abhishek Manu Singhvi Doesn't seem to express any of those emotions, in cases where person found guilty or accused tried to commit suicide ... Though I am not recommending Dr. Abhishek Manu Singhvi to do any extreme steps because what ever damange had to happen already happened.
I think Media's Response to this video has been encouraging such acts,despite them knowing it is true. Congress Party of India which already is neck deep in scams of all kinds now added Sex to their existing portfolio of CWG,3G.
What bothers me is ... Its a national shame taken lightly by the Congress Party, Govt. Of India and Media.
Our Neighbouring countries are going to quote India as a country with leaders having sex in office with colleagues. What a shame?
Its not breach of privacy, Its breach of values,ethics and the trust. We should eliminate such insects from the system and Hope Judiciary we have faith in will do what it supposed to be doing, Bar should bar him from practicing, Impeach him.
One of his twitter stayement was
watch media attn span. adarsh may cwg and obama visit overshadow adarsh? So nothing remains in institutional memory.Reactions :
— Abhishek Singhvi (@DrAMSinghvi) November 1, 2010
#AMS Knows too damn well about Indian Media [tweet twitter.com/DrAMSinghvi/st…] @ndtv @ibnlive aren't you ashamed after this? for not reporting ?And Reactions of Irresponsible Media
— Virtual II (@IIVirtual) April 20, 2012
@sardesairajdeep says [tweet twitter.com/sardesairajdee…] Salute to your journalistic Vigour.Shame that many viewers believe in your Vi(N)ews #AMSI Think this is high time Dr. Abhishek Manu Singhvi should resign, hide his face from public ,family and friends.
— Virtual II (@IIVirtual) April 20, 2012
There is one interesting Fiction from Shoma Chaudhur
Shoma if not stupid seems to be ignorant of Tehelka's own history of such operations, without which Tehelka would not have been where it is today. Babe ... Its easy to tell stories ... But not in Editorial please ... Its called fiction, and Page 3. Please focus on that.
Now I quote the Article from the stupid magazine.
I think the article is premature and published with intent of misleading public using the journalistic freedom. Its Shame on Shoma,Tehelka and Meda at large.
Remember - If you can't present the truth shut your bags and fuck off ... Don't invent stories there are dime a dozen.
My Question to Shoma Chaudhury is "Did you earn your salary today for the fiction? in Editorial?"
BTW Editorials are the heart of any Magazine, Don't fuck it.
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EDITOR’S CUT
Abhishek Singhvi. And lessons from the third eye
The Abhishek Manu Singhvi CD throws up a 21st century conundrum of the many ways we can use and abuse the hidden camera
By Shoma Chaudhury
THE THIRD Eye has always been
exalted in Hindu mythology as the domain of Shiva, the meditative one. A
capacity for supranatural sight acquired after strenuous penance. A
tool fit only for the initiated. In the 21st century, however, the Third
Eye has been democratised. Technology has ensured everyone can now look
beyond the surface truth. Ordinary citizens have been gifted the
capacity for extraordinary sight — without the mental rigour that should
go with it. This is both supremely empowering and supremely dangerous.
On the upside, the inherent
potency is inarguable. As vehicles to enforce transparency and expose
the corrupt, hidden cameras, mobile phones, MMSes and the lightning
spread of the net — the 21st century equivalents of the Third Eye — are
probably more effective than any other institution of democracy. This
technology has no masters, no gatekeepers. If anything can be a curb on
the exercise of unbridled power, this is it.
But
the controversy over the Abhishek Manu Singhvi CD is also proof of the
downside. Never, in the history of the world, has the ordinary,
many-layered business of human life been more vulnerable to intrusive
prying. Never has the idea of private lives been made more precarious.
Even totalitarian regimes had to rely on imperfect networks of human
spies. Today all anyone needs is a button-sized lens.
If reports are to be believed, the Singhvi
CD shows the senior advocate and Congress leader allegedly having a
relationship with a peer in his chamber. Singhvi, who has got a
restraining order from the Delhi High Court prohibiting any media from
broadcasting the content of the tape, has claimed in his petition that
the CD was fabricated by his disaffected driver Mukesh Lal as a form of
blackmail. Lal, in turn, has admitted he circulated the tape because he
was miffed with Singhvi for being a niggardly paymaster and, more
mystifyingly, because his wife was bitten by Singhvi’s dog.
TEHELKA, which, in a sense, pioneered the
use of the sting camera in India, has always considered it an extremely
moral tool, to be used very judiciously, only in extraordinary
circumstances, and only in high public interest. Is this where the
democratised Third Eye, unlatched from moral frameworks — unlatched from
the questions of who should use it, when, and for what — will lead us?
No matter what voyeuristic
glee it might provide, it is important to remember that what happened
with Singhvi could easily happen to anyone. Over the last few years,
several young actresses and experimenting school-girls have been deeply
mortified — some of them rendered suicidal — as mobile phone cameras
have caught them in private moments and viralled their lives out nude
for prurient viewing. Can a hidden eye in the hands of a traitorous
boyfriend, a blackmailing driver or a political opponent pass for
legitimate public discourse?
Such pervasive and
indiscriminate intrusion into private lives can end in only two places:
both badly. Either we will become a brazen, hard-nosed society,
completely inured to exposure of any kind. Or else we will morph into a
narrow-minded, hyper moralistic people, continually shocked by the
business of love and life.
OVER THE past few days,
both the Singhvi CD and the court’s restraining order have triggered a
heated debate. The question everyone is asking is, is this a muzzling of
press freedom? Dozens of viewers have called television channels to say
the media should not be stopped from exposing corruption.
Unfortunately, this seems a rather misplaced and confused debate. The
crucial questions to be asked is: what constitutes public interest in
the first place? Are Singhvi’s — or any other politicians’ — alleged
sexual affairs the same as exposing corruption? Have the courts ever
really embargoed the media from exposing corruption?
The moot point is, while it is true that
absolute press freedom should be non-negotiable in a democracy, there
has to be some parameters that mark what journalism is.
TEHELKA has no means of authenticating the
Singhvi CD, but the first question that arises is, if this is all there
is to it, why should its alleged content be fair game for public
viewing? The Indian media has always had a rich tradition of staying
away from the private lives of public figures. Unless we want to ape the
hypocritical and infantile norms of the US or the tabloid culture of
the UK, sex between consenting adults cannot be a crime in any mature
society. A sexual encounter — even in the case of a public official —
should be deemed worthy of public interest only if there is coercion, a
complaint from the woman, or a misuse of power and influence.
The significant question, in the case of
Singhvi, should have been, was there any misuse of his public position?
There are allegations doing the rounds that the CD not only contains
personal and intimate moments, but also has some material which suggests
misuse of power and authority. So the question that needs to be asked
is, has there been any professional impropriety or attempt on Singhvi's
part to subvert due process? After all he is not just an ordinary
advocate. Besides being one of the leading and most expensive lawyers in
the country, he is also a powerful politician, Rajya Sabha member and
Chairman of the Standing Committee on the Lokpal Bill. If true, the
offer of unconstitutional intervention in a professional situation ought
to be the real ground for condemnation and disciplinary action against
Singhvi— separate from the allegedly prurient circumstances in which he
may have made them. It is on this that the media ought to pin him down,
even while it agrees to eschew the titillation. If it had offered to do
that, the court would have had less ground to order a stay.
AS TECHNOLOGY blurs the
boundaries of traditional journalism and makes it easy for everyone to
play detective, jury and judge, it is important to remind oneself of
foundational clarities. The idea of “public interest” has crystal
contours. It refers to the exposure of any misuse of public office,
power or money. It pertains to any issue or figure that can cause damage
to the common good or violate the plural and secular fabric of the
nation. It is devoid of any vested interest. And it keeps itself
stitched to two lodestars: the Constitution and the unassailable values
of justice, freedom and equity.
Going by these parameters, the Singhvi CD
serves up one more conundrum. One could argue that the court’s stay
order does not infringe on journalistic freedom because the sting camera
that caught Singhvi in flagrante was not part of a journalistic
exercise in the first place, undertaken to expose some known or habitual
wrong-doing. It was not a scooped official document. Nor was it the
work of a high-minded whistle-blower wanting to expose some insider
corruption or miscarriage of justice. Rather, masterminded by an angry
employee, the intent of the sting was blackmail.
Can such a CD be a legitimate and reliable source for journalists?
Going by its own moral barometer, TEHELKA
would probably have said no. But it would have taken other, perhaps
equally, important lessons from the angry driver. For one thing,
clearly, even if only out of self-preservation rather than out of noble
ideas of fair play, it is time wealthy urban Indians started taking
better care of their workers.
For Singhvi and for millions of others like
him then, in the end, the most profound cautionary tale of the CD could
be this: it does not pay to be a wealthy man with a niggardly heart.
If you are, in more ways than one, the Third Eye will open and burn you down.
Shoma Chaudhury is Managing Editor, Tehelka.
shoma@tehelka.com |
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Detailed Profile: Dr. Abhishek Manu Singhvi
| Name | Dr. Abhishek Manu Singhvi | |
| Father's Name | Dr. Laxmi Mall Singhvi | |
| Mother's Name | Shrimati Kamla Singhvi | |
| Date of Birth | 24/02/1959 | |
| Birth Place | Jodhpur (Rajasthan) | |
| Maritial Status | Married On 08/12/1982 | |
| Spouse Name | Shrimati Anita Singhvi | |
| No. of Children | Two Sons | |
| State Name | Rajasthan | |
| Party Name | Indian National Congress | |
| Permanent Address | 473, Beriyo Ka Mohalla, Jodhpur, Rajasthan | |
| Present Address | A-129, Neeti Bagh, New Delhi - 110049 Telephone : 26515599, 26510344, 26968254, 26511343, Mobile: 9810027705 | |
| Email id | a[dot]singhvi[at]sansad[dot]nic[dot]in | |
| Educational Qualifications | B.A.(Hons.), M.A., Ph.D., PIL Educated at St. Columba's School, Delhi, St. Stephen's College, Delhi University, Trinity College, University of Cambridge, U.K. and Havard University, U.S.A. | |
| Profession | Senior Advocate, Political and Social Worker | |
| Positions Held | 1997-98 Additional Solicitor General of India 2001 onwards National Spokesperson, Indian National Congress April 2006 Elected to Rajya Sabha Aug. 2006 - May 2009 and Aug. 2009-July 2011 Member, Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice Aug. 2006 - Aug. 2007 Member, Joint Committee on Offices of Profit Member, Joint Committee to examine the Constitutional and Legal position relating to Office of Profit Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Urban Development Sept. 2006 - Sept. 2010 Member, Committee of Privileges July 2010 onwards Member, Consultative Committee for the Ministry of External Affairs July 2011 onwards Chairman, Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice Member, General Purposes Committee | |
| Freedom Fighter | No | |
| Books Published | Writes a popular column, 'Candid Corner' in the Hindustan Times; his columns have been published in a book form as 'Candid Corner: Reflections of Abhishek Singhvi', 2006 with a Foreword by the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh and also released by him; fortnightly columnist, earlier in 'Indya.com', 'The Pioneer' and now in the 'Hindustan Times'; also a monthly columnist in India's largest Hindi daily, 'Dainik Bhaskar'; has written several articles in leading magazines and periodicals; 'Collection of Legal Writings' (under publication) and 'Emergency Powers: A Comparative Study' (under publication) | |
| Social and Cultural Activities, Literary, Artistic and Scientific Accomplishments and other Special Interests | ||
| Sports, Clubs, Favourite Pastimes and Recreation | Badminton, cricket, table tennis, chess; Member, (i) India International Centre, Delhi, (ii) India Habitat Centre, Delhi, (iii) Qutab Golf Club, Delhi, (iv) Delhi Golf Club, Delhi and (vi) reading, writing, swimming, movies, ghazals and sufi music, travel and electronic gizmos | |
| Countries Visited | U.S.A., U.K., Canada, New Zealand, Norway, Switzerland, Mauritius, erstwhile Czechoslovakia, Austria, Thailand; all S.A.A.R.C. countries, Japan, Iran, Italy, Germany, France, Benelux countries (the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg), Spain, Singapore, Australia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Finland, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Romania, Hungary, Israel, South Africa and Mauritius | |
| Other Information | Has the unique distinction of being the youngest person to be appointed/elected Senior Advocate, Additional Solicitor General (ASG) of India and Vice-President, Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA); eminent jurist and front ranking Senior Counsel of the country; designated Senior Advocate, Supreme Court of India; has appeared in several leading and landmark decisions of the Supreme Court on Constitutional Law, Commercial Law and several other areas of Civil Law including D.K. Basu decision on custodial death (as amicus), 1997, Naveen Jindal Right to Fly the Flag Case, Commercial Free Speech Case of Tata Press Yellow Pages, 1995, NTC Bombay Mills on urban environmental issues, Mandal case on backward classes reservation, Mental asylum reform (as amicus), Renusagar 1 and 2 on international commercial arbitration, Badal case on the Prevention of Corruption Act, Delhi and Mumbai airports privatization and several other cases; has also acted as Counsel in numerous leading cases in Delhi High Court and in almost all High Courts in the country; appeared in landmark cases before the MRTPC (Anti-Trust Tribunal), CEGAT (Excise Tribunal), Company Law Board, TELECOM (Original and Appellate Tribunals), National Consumer Tribunal and Central Administrative Tribunal (service matters); has also conducted international commercial arbitrations at I.C.C. Paris, London, New York and Delhi; Vice-President, (i) Supreme Court Bar Association, 1998-99, (ii) Indo-Greek Parliamentary Forum; Former Member, (i) Governing Board, International Centre for Alternative Dispute Resolution (ICADR), (ii) Executive Committee, Central Social Welfare Board, Government of India, (iii) Copyright Advisory Council, Government of India, (iv) Education Sub-commission of Indo-US Education and Cultural Commission, (v) All India Organisation of Employees (A.I.O.E.), (vi) Governing Board, Indraprastha University, Delhi, (vii) Governing Body, Gyan Bharti School, Delhi and (viii) High Powered Group of Indian and US judges and lawyers; Co-author of its Report on Alternative Dispute Resolution submitted to Chief Justice of India in Feburary 1997 which led to the amendment of Indian law on ADR; has attended innumerable other legal and non legal international and national conferences, seminars, symposia and colloquia; Former Member and Speaker, (i) Indo-British Legal Forum, (ii) Indo-U.S. Legal Forum and (iii) Indo-Canadian Legal Forum; All India Chairman, AICC merged Law and Human Rights Department and formerly Vice-Chairman, Media Department, Indian National Congress; Former Vice-Chairman, Media Department, Indian National Congress; Member, (i) Apex Media Committee, Indian National Congress, (ii) Indo-U.S.legal study team of Indian and U.S. judges and lawyers to propose legal reforms for reducing court arrears - the report was submitted to the Government of India and was made the basis of several amendments in the Civil Procedure Code in 2000, (iii) Kumaramangalam Birla Committee set up by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (S.E.B.I.) to recommend a new legal regime on Insider Trading, (iv) Apex Advisory Board, ABN AMRO Bank, (v) Governing Body, National Law University, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, (vi) Governing Body, National Law University, Delhi, (vii) Agenda 2000, a non-governmental initiative of eminent persons dealing with Delhi’s civil problems and (viii) Executive Committee, Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) (Northern Region); was Chairman, (i) Eisenhower Foundation Fellowship Selection Committee, USIS, (ii) Indo-US Parliamentary Forum, led a multi-party delegation of MPs for intense interactive programme at Yale University, USA, June 2008; Chairman, Indo-US Forum of Parliamentarians; President, (i) SAARC LAW(representing India), an association of Judges, Lawyers and Law Persons of the seven SAARC countries and (ii) Indian Society of Arbitrators; was Hony. President, Oxford and Cambridge Society of India; was President, (i) Governing Body, Motilal Nehru College, Delhi and (ii) SAARC LAW India Chapter; Hony. Joint Secretary, International Institute of Human Rights (I.I.H.R.) (headed by the Chief Justice of India); was Trustee, Foundation for Aviation and Sustainable Tourism (F.A.S.T.); Founder, Indo-Israel Law Forum, Dec. 2008; Co-founded the Citizen’s Colloquium - a debating forum with FICCI and other co-founders Ms. Shobhana Bhartia, Dr. Naresh Trehan, Shri Suhel Seth, Shri Sunil Mittal and Shri Rajendra Lodha; has addressed several national and international conferences including, (i) US Bicentennial Conference at Karachi, 1987, (ii) The ILO Conference in Islamabad, Pakistan, 1989, (iii) The ICCA Conference of Paris, 1998, (iv) The ICCA Conference at New Delhi, 2000, (v) SAARC LAW Conferences in each of the seven SAARC countries including India, (vi) Indian Economic Policy Reform Conference, Stanford University, California, U.S.A., June 2007, (vii) Stanford University's Centre for International Development (SCID) on the Indian Economy in June 2007 (chairing one session and panelist in another) and several other legal and non-legal international and national conferences, seminars, symposia, colloquia and discussion groups as keynote speaker and/or inaugural speaker; Awarded, (i) Global Leader of Tomorrow (GLT) award by the prestigious World Economic Forum (WEF) at Davos, Switzerland, 1999 and (ii) Trinity College Scholarship for Ph.D.; got his Ph.D. degree from Cambridge University under the renowned constitutional lawyer, Sir William Wade; taught at St. John’s College, Cambridge University while completing his Ph.D. and did a short summer programme (PIL) at Harvard University after Ph.D.; Keynote Address on Reforms in the Administration of Justice to Achieve Developmental Goals at inagural dinner, Tenth Annual Conference on Indian Economic Policy Reform, Stanford Centre for International Development, October 21, 2009 (forthcoming publication in Stanford Policy Review, January 2010); has lectured as guest lecturer at several fora and universities including, (i) The National Law Schools at Bangalore, Hyderabad and Jodhpur, (ii) The Delhi Law Faculty and (iii) Rotary Clubs and Conferences; selected as lead speaker from Treasury Benches of Parliament on all major debates like Indo-US Nuclear Agreement, Office Of Profit, Internal Security and Judicial Acitivism; Guest Speaker, US NGOs and Universitites on “Surging India : The Economic Success Story” and “Indo-US Nuclear Deal” invited by the Heritage Foundation, Washington, International Council of World Affairs, Washington, Student and faculty associations at Yale, Boston University, MIT and Harvard, U.S.A., April 2008; Lectures, Articles etc. published: (i) Beating the Backlog: Less Talk, More Action", Chagla Memorial Lecture Government Law College, January 7, 2006 published in 2007, 2SCC (journal) p. 9, (ii) "Nani as I See Him'-Nani Palkivala edited by Major Nilendra Kumar, p.45, (iii) Anuradha Salhotra, "The Intellectual" on Intellectual Property Law, Vol-1, Issue 2, Dec.-Feb. 2007, (iv) Third Dr. H.S. Sethi Memorial Lecture on "Drug Addiciton in Children: Prevention and Control", July 13, 2007, (v) Federalism, lecture to Nepalese parliamentarians and policy makers during drafting of Nepal's new Constitution at Kathmandu, Nepal on 2-3 September, 2007, (vi) Indian Civil Justice System Reform (co-author) 1997-98 (Vol. 30:1) New York Journal of International Law and Politics, pp. 1 to 78, (vii) "Emerging India: Rights and Responsibilites: India's Constitution and Individual Rights: Diverse Perspectives", March 13, 2009 at George Washington University Law School, Washington DC, U.S.A. (publication forthcoming in GW Law Review in 2010, (viii) "Interview on the Legal Profession", Lawz Magazine, Vol 6. No 12, Issue 64, December 2004, p. 28; (ix) "Women's Reservation Bill", Seminar, Monthly, No. 457, September 1997; (x)"Corruption: Ensuring Transparency", Seminar, Monthly, No.502, June 2001; (xi) "Judgment Day" India Today, November 6, 2006, p. 72; (xii) "Cyber Laws", Saarclaw India Chapter Publication, 20-21 January 2002, Chandigarh, p. 2, (xiii) "Arbitration in India" (edited by Mr. Sumant Batra), INSOL India February 2000, p. 44, and (xiv) "Beating the Backlog: Managing the Humongous Numbers", paper presented at first Indo-Israel Legal Colloquium, Tel Aviv, December, 2008; Leader/office bearer of several legal, social and cultural organisations Abhishek Manu Singhvi (born 24 February 1959) is an Indian politician belonging to Indian National Congress party, he is also a Member of the Parliament of India representing Rajasthan in the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian Parliament. He is presently the spokesperson of the Congress party.[1]
Early lifeAbhishek Singhvi was born in Jodhpur, Rajasthan to Kamla and Laxmi Mall Singhvi, a renowned lawyer and India's former High Commissioner to the UK, who belonged to Bharatiya Janta Party.He obtained B.A.(Hons.), M.A., Ph.D., PIL educated at St. Columba's School, Delhi, St. Stephen's College, Delhi University, Trinity College, Cambridge, University of Cambridge, U.K. and Harvard University, U.S.A. Singhvi completed his Ph.D. under the renowned constitutional lawyer Sir William Wade of Cambridge University. The topic of his doctoral dissertation at Cambridge University was on Emergency Powers.[2] Personal lifeAbhishek Singhvi is married to ghazal and sufi singer Anita Singhvi. They have two sons, Anubhav (born 1st Dec 1984) and Avishkar (born 12th Oct 1987).The MPs who have declared the highest remuneration-cumulative of directorship, regular remunerated activity and professional engagement-include Abhishek Manu Singhvi, who tops the chart at Rs 50 crore per annum.[3] Sex Tape ControversyIn 2012, there was a sex tape released of Abhishek Singhvi where (allegedly) he was seen having sex with a senior female lawyer. The Delhi High Court restrained a media house from publishing, telecasting and broadcasting the contents of the sex tape.[4] Singhvi claimed that such a CD either does not exist or if it does, it is clearly and obviously morphed, fabricated and forged.[5] Later, on 18th April, Congress party, the party to which Singhvi belongs released a statement declaring that the CD was a personal matter of the senior lawyer.[6] On 19th April the video went public on Facebook, YouTube and other social networking sites.[7] Singhvi then blamed social media sites for sensationalism and claimed an organised gang was involved in broadcasting CD contents despite a court injunction.[8]References
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