An individual cannot fight against corruption. Because the Corrupts are always in team of 100 persons. They can easily defeat an individual.
But there is one BIG weakness of Corrupt People.
They very much fear PAPER TRAILS. Because whenever paper trails are filed in court, these paper trails become ropes and ropes lead corrupt people to cages and mouse traps.
What are these Paper-Trails?
Do you know what Dr. Subramaniam Swamy, Prashant Bhushan, Anil Kejariwal etc are fighting with? They have got copies of some papers. These are PAPER TRAILS
Paper-Trails are Papers which connect a Corrupt Person with his Criminal Act.
Again read words above in italics. Understanding these words will give you power to make ropes with which corrupts are caged.
(Also remember, that CDs, Tape Recorded Tapes, Witnesses etc. are weak ropes in Court.)
The Paper Trails are considered very tight ropes by courts when they want to bind corrupts.
The Paper Trails are considered very tight ropes by courts when they want to bind corrupts.
Perhaps you may now say:
"Nice. We have understood what is paper-trail....... Now tell us how we can use this knowledge.....
We are small people...... We cannot afford to file court cases....Tell us things which we can do.....
We are small people...... We cannot afford to file court cases....Tell us things which we can do.....
"We also do not want to become complainant..... We have small family..... We do not want to incur enemy with team of 100 Corrupt People by complaining against them.
"And yet we want some kind of power to use when we are face to face with open corruption."
Here is A Suggestion:
I am just telling you how I once used such power & Why I stopped.
1982, when I had joined as an advocate, I had no cases. I was free. Few other advocates were also free and without any work.
We, formed an "Aggrieved Consumer Association"
No registration was compulsory. In one note book, we 11 friends, signed resolution. One became president. One Secretary. One Vice President. etc etc.
Then we printed letter-pads. On left side name and designation of each was printed. I gave letter-pads to everyone. Each one was free to write anything to anyone, under his own signature and rubber stamp.
To start with, we wrote a letter to Managing Director of a leading brand of soap. Pointed out to him that the label on soap shows 150gm when packed. Actually it is 125 gm. We asked him to How much water they add in soap and asked him to Show cause in 15 days why appropriate action should not be taken.
In 15 days, a reply came. Then an officer from Bombay (as it was then known), and an officer from Ahmedabad, came to Junagadh, looking for us and explained to us that "All is well".
Secondly, we dropped a letter to a tooth paste company. Again to Managing Director. Against replies and explanations and officers came to satisfy us.
After some days, we wound up our hobby-type-association as differences came up among us.
Why this unregistered association worked?
1) Letters were Paper-Trails, sent by Regd.A.D., setting a paper trail, connecting Managing Director of Company to the Deficiency of product.
Lesson to learn:
Whenever a paper is connecting a "Person at Top" with the "Act Complained", responses are more likely to follow. Because, the "person at Top" would like to resolve the paper trail.
Whenever a paper is connecting a "Person at Top" with the "Act Complained", responses are more likely to follow. Because, the "person at Top" would like to resolve the paper trail.
Similar Rule in Supreme Court and other Court Proceedings
If you want to file an application for contempt of Supreme Court, (1) You have to name the person, (2) Then you have to show paper trail, how the person is connected with your grievance. ( i.e a show notice to person and asking him to obey certain order of Supreme Court).
Then only court can send that man to jail for contempt of court.
There are many such rules of courts.
So....? Therefore what?
If you have a complaint, that certain Patwari is not registering certain deed in revenue record, you should first set a paper trail around him.
Sent (1) A regd A D Letter to his name (2) Letter should connect him to his act of not registering deed in revenue record.
Whether he takes action or not is immaterial. You have successfully trapped him in a paper trail which can be used against him in present or in future.
When this Paper Trail will not work or when this will backfire on you?
One cannot say. Anything can happen. Any kind of reaction possible.
How a small group can fight such issues?
Many time a victim is poor or weak. He may not like to complain with his name. Then any small group of friends can set up any kind of "Public Grievance Cell for Welfare of Citizens" and can start fixing paper trails on corrupt public servants,officers etc. etc. etc. etc. etc.
In case of Judges, law does not permit you to write or address a letter to any judge. It will be contempt. But if you have grievance about a judge you can make a representation to Higher Judge/Court. This representation will be a PAPER TRAIL.
In case of Judges, law does not permit you to write or address a letter to any judge. It will be contempt. But if you have grievance about a judge you can make a representation to Higher Judge/Court. This representation will be a PAPER TRAIL.
Avoid big battles. Complainants or letters writers are frequently murdered. Keep a low profile. Do not try to expose big scams. Fight in a Friendly manner only.
Do nothing more than putting a Paper Trail. Let the corrupt person find him his way out of your paper trail. If your intentions are bad and if you will try to blackmail or hurt some one, you will also suffer consequences.
After all, The Corrupts and The Non Corrupts both are sons(daughters) of Mother India!
Haresh Raichura
26th May,2012