Moily's Law

Veerappa Moily is obviously the most dangerous politican in the UPA II cabinet.

From what we know about the man, his concept of constitution is far at odds with most everyone. Moily is the classical socialist in the Hugo Chavez mold who believes that social justice trumps the constitution.

Actually, Moily goes one step beyond that. He is a believer in iterative justice, i.e. iterate till you get the desired outcome.

Two recent cases where Moily has heavily weighed in publicly are the Ishrat Jahan encounter case and the OBC count case. In the first instance, we are in the second iteration: Tamang report valid, but HC directive to stay the report is invalid. So, we are going to have another iteration - naturally at the apex court. Any guesses if SC upholds the HC verdict? Anyone remember Afzal Guru?

The OBC count has by now gone through several iterations, the recent one clearly going against Moily's desired outcome. Needless to say, Moily isn't going to stop trying.