Advocating extra burden
AHMEDABAD: Advocate General (AG) is the highest post, which an advocate can hold in any State Government. An AG is the law officer, who appears in a court of law very rarely and that too, to defend the State Government on important policy issues. In Gujarat, many among the legal fraternity believe that the State Government is over-exposing its present AG, Kamal Trivedi, in legal matters, which are not befitting to the post. On Monday, Trivedi is to appear before the Nanavati-Mehta Commission, where senior high court advocate Mukul Sinha has moved an application to call Chief Minister Narendra Modi for cross-examination in connection with his role after the Godhra train carnage and during the subsequent communal riots. Many believe that this again is not the kind of matter where the AG has to appear necessarily. Though, complimenting Trivedi for his skills as a lawyer, many legal personnel say that at present, he is the only competent law officer with the State Government to represent the State on important legal issues.

Report of a kind!
RECENTLY, a reputed educational institute in the State capital had reports of alleged ragging case on the campus. While initially, the entire incident remained a hush-hush affair with students keeping mum, the report of a complaint letter written to the Dean of the institute surfaced a little later. However, while talking to the administrative officials, it was the same universal quote that one heard: "We do not appreciate these kind of reports." Well, who would?

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