The recent disclosure made by Justice Songkhupchung Serto of the Gauhati High Court that “99% of court cases in Nagaland are against the government” deserves greater attention, observed The Naga Rising today. “The remarks carried in it a message that the government needed to pull its socks up as all is not well with the health of democracy in Nagaland,” TNR added.
TNR said that, with such a staggering number of court cases against it, one cannot help but reflect on the growing frustration of the people with the executive and the legislative branches of the government.
It said that people go to court because governments fail to discharge their duties diligently and according to the rule of law and that the court steps in only after political and administrative options are exhausted.
“The present scenario calls for deep thinking on why the executive and the legislative branches of the government of Nagaland have failed to be responsive and responsible,” it said.
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