Wednesday, October 17, 2007

THE SORRY STATE OF AFFAIRS AT THE BAR COUNCIL


From: Dr. Leo Rebello
To: P. H. Parekh
Cc: Amar Ranu
Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2007 3:34 PM
Subject: Re: Reply

Thank you Mr. Parekh for clarifying that you are the President of the Supreme Court Bar Association and NOT of Bar Council of India.

From your position, I suppose you can do a lot to improve the functioning of the Bar Council of India, which is almost dead and also Supreme Court of India, which is becoming Sorry Court of India with more and more arbitrary decisions.

Veteran journalist Amar Ranu wrote to me replying to "SORRY STATE OF AFFAIRS AT THE BAR COUNCIL" as under : "All Bar Councils whether State or Bar Council of India are protection rackets for shielding unethical advocates.

If you are expecting justice from such protection rackets, then you must be wasting precious time, energy and money".

The fact that you have changed the subject line from SORRY STATE OF AFFAIRS AT THE BAR COUNCIL to Reply (reply to what?) and deleted the complaint against Bar Council of India and corrupt Advocate KKV Kurup, it proves what Amar Ranu saying is absolutely correct. Likewise, you have not offered the information as to who is the President of Bar Council of India, what is his email address, etc. proves that you are not very keen in helping to set right things. Sorry state of affairs indeed.

Best wishes
Dr. Leo Rebello

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From: P. H. Parekh
To: prof.leorebello@gmail.com
Sent: Tuesday, October 16, 2007 12:24 AM
Subject: Reply

Dear Dr. Leo
I received your e-mail dated 14th October 2007.
I am not President of Bar Council of India.
I am the President of Supreme Court Bar Association.
Hence I will not be able to give you any details
of the proceeding before Bar Council of India.

With best regards,
P H Parekh

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AND REPRODUCED BELOW IS THE LETTER WHICH I HAD WRITTEN TO MR. P.H.PAREKH, PRESIDENT, SUPREME COURT BAR ASSOCIATION.

From: President Elections 2007
To: phparekh@phparekh.com
Cc: Bar Council of India ; Supreme Court Bar Association ; NALSA ; NHRC
Sent: Saturday, October 13, 2007 6:25 PM
Subject: SORRY STATE OF AFFAIRS AT THE BAR COUNCIL

President:
P H Parekh
M/s P H Parekh & Co.
"Parekh Chambers"
30 School Lane
Bengali Market
New Delhi
[O] 011 23311553 [F] 011 23311951
143 Lawyers Chambers
Supreme Court of India
New Delhi
110001
[O] 011 23382111 [F] 011 23384538
phparekh@phparekh.com


DEAR ADV. PAREKH :
I DO NOT KNOW WHETHER YOU ARE THE PRESIDENT OF THE BAR COUNCIL OF INDIA OR PRESIDENT OF SUPREME COURT BAR ASSOCIATION.
FROM ANY OF THESE TWO RESPONSIBLE POSITIONS, WE BELIEVE YOU DO SOMETHING TO MAKE BAR COUNCIL OF INDIA WORK, OR WIND UP.

BEST WISHES
DR. LEO REBELLO


Adv. Kurup did not attend in two cases against him and he was fined Rs.1000 and Rs.500 respectively. But till today, neither the minutes of 20th May 2006 nor the fine amount has been received. Nor another date has been fixed to hear this important case. This goes to show how
the Bar Council of India, a professional organisations of black coatwallas works. Same is the situation in the Medical Council of India. They too do not take prompt action against their colleagues. The important question then is should these organisations be wound up or not.

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From: Dr. Leo Rebello
To: Bar Council of India
Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2006 10:49 PM
Subject: FOR THE ATTENTION OF DC OF BCI -- SEND COPY OF ISSUES FRAMED ON 10 JULY 2003 IN BCI TR CASE NO.113/2004

Bombay, 25 April, 2006.
By Email and Registered Post being important

Asst. Registrar, D.C.
Bar Council of India
21 Rouse Avenue Institutional Area
New Delhi 110002


FOR THE ATTENTION OF REGISTRAR, DC OF BCI
PLEASE SEND COPY OF ISSUES FRAMED ON 10 JULY 2003
IN BCI TR CASE NO.113/2004

Mrs. Agnes Patole .. Complainant
V/s
Mr. KKV Kurup .. Respondent


Recd your letter (no.DCLD 1331) dated 18th April, 2006 today notifying that the above case is posted for evidence and for further proceedings on 20th May and if required on 21st May, at the Bar Council Office in Mumbai.

Mrs. Agnes Patole, accompanied by the undersigned, will be present on 20th and / or 21st May.

However, you have NOT sent a copy of the issues framed on 10.7.2003, which you had deliberately or otherwise had not sent vide your letter no.DCLD 2882 of 7.6.2005. And eventhough you were notified of the lapse, once again you have failed to send the same.

Please therefore atonce send the copy of issues framed on 10.7.2003.


Dr. Leo Rebello
for Mrs. Agnes Patole


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From: Dr. Leo Rebello
To: Bar Council of India
Sent: Saturday, December 30, 2006 1:04 AM
Subject: SORRY STATE OF AFFAIRS AT THE BAR COUNCIL



To The Registrar, Bar Council of India

BCI Tr Case no.113/2004
Mrs. Agnes Patole
v/s
Adv. KKV Kurup


Dear Sir :

This is a complaint against the functioning of the Disciplinary Committee of the Bar Council of India.

In this regard please see my email 10th December, hard copy posted by Regd AD (vide RLAD A-3147) on 13/12/06, AD slip has not been received till date. I have complained in the said letter that the Copy of the Order passed by the BCI against corrupt Advocate KKV Kurup on 20th May 2006 has NOT been received nor the fine imposed on him recovered.

This morning I received a letter by Registered Post, marked DCLD no.5090 notifying Mrs. Agnes Patole (the undersigned is representing her) that the above case has been posted on 27th January 2007 for framing of issues and charges, and for further proceedings.

May it be noted that Issues (in the above case) were framed by the State Bar Council of Maharashtra and Goa on 10.07.2003, copy of which was sent to us in May 2006 (after 3 years) after our reminders to that effect.

These incidences go to prove that the functioning of the Bar Council of India itself is not proper.
Mrs. Agnes Patole, the Complainant, a known cancer patient, who was thrown out of her apartment, due to the serious lapses/deliberate mischief/deficiency in service on the part the Respondent Advocate KKV Kurup, is sinking in Health. Recently she was operated for the 6th time. If she dies before the decision comes in this case, it will once again prove old adage "Justice delayed, justice denied", because of BCI's inefficient functioning.

Gentlemen, you need to gear up in 2007.
Dr. Leo Rebello

Tuesday, October 16, 2007

And justice for a handful

A poor judicial system is a major reason for India’s low global rankings.

Transparency International’s 429-page “Global Corruption Report 2007 — Corruption in Judicial System” (GCR) maps out the turpitude plaguing the judicial sector in countries across the globe. And the performance of the Indian judiciary is dismal, if not the worst.
For example, on the Corruption Perception Index (CPI) 2006, India ranked 70th (out of 163 countries) along with Brazil, China, Egypt, Ghana, Mexico, Peru, Saudi Arabia and Senegal with a CPI score of 3.3 out of 10.

India’s last ranking (30th) in the Bribe Payers Index 2006, which lists the performance of 30 nations, shows that to become a powerful nation that can compete with the developed word, India has miles to go in ensuring a fair justice system.

However, India can take respite in the fact that it is less corrupt than neighbouring Pakistan which is ranked 142nd (CPI 2.2), Sri Lanka 84th (CPI 3.1) and Bangladesh 156th (CPI 2.0). Finland, Iceland and New Zealand with an impressive CPI of 9.6 each are the least corrupt so far as judicial corruption is concerned.

In the Indian context, the GCR details two cases where the judiciary failed to deliver: first, a Supreme Court decision in the 2002 case, Zahira Habibullah Sheikh v State of Gujarat, in which the apex court punished the victim rather than the culprits and acquitted a person close to the party in power.

Second, the 2006 acquittal of the nine accused in the Jessica Lal murder case in 1999 even though the incident took place in the presence of several witnesses, because one of the accused was the son of a politician.

With the assertion that the “judiciary is facing a crisis of confidence in many parts of the world,” TI defines corruption as “the abuse of entrusted power for private gain”. The GCR contains the Global Corruption Barometer 2006, a report based on a poll of 59,661 people in 61 countries, which reveals that more than 10 per cent of the respondents who had dealt with the judicial system claimed that they (or a member of their family) had paid a bribe to obtain a favourable outcome in the case. The report records two types of widespread judicial corruption: political interference in the judicial process, and bribery.

On the basis of the data prepared in response to this question, the sector that is most affected by bribery is the police (17 per cent), followed by the registry and permit service (9 per cent), and legal system/judiciary (8 per cent). “Which regions are most affected by bribery?” can offer us some relief as Africa (55 per cent), not Asia (32 per cent), has the distinction of paying the highest percentage of bribes to the police.

Another chapter that makes interesting reading is: “When are the judges likely to be corrupt?” It is written by Stefan Voigt, the Chair for Institutional and International Economics, Phillips University, Marburg, Germany, who presents the “possible determinants of judicial corruption” in the form of seven hypotheses.

These include “the lower the official salary, the higher the likelihood of corrupt behaviour” (first hypothesis), “the slower the judicial system, the higher the likelihood of corruption” (hypothesis 4) and “countries in which the prosecution agencies enjoy a monopoly have a higher level of corruption” (hypothesis 7).This ultimately leads to four potential measures to tackle judicial corruption: increment in judges’ remuneration; reduction of procedural formalism; reduction of time to arrive at a judicial decision; and getting rid of the monopoly of prosecution agencies to initiate prosecution. Besides, the chapter highlights a pertinent point: the higher the per capita income and the more open to international trade an economy is, the lower the expected level of corruption.

The report adds that corruption has two manifestations: one is the corruption of judicial officers, and the other involves the broader judicial system itself. The upper judiciary is relatively clean, with exceptions. Under the broader judicial system, however, corruption is systemic — there is a high level of corrupt practices among clerks, prosecutors and police investigators who misuse their power.

The report cites the countrywide survey conducted by the Centre for Media Studies, New Delhi in 2005 on public perception and experiences of corruption in the lower courts. The survey said that bribing is the best means to get things done.
The survey estimates such bribes at around Rs 630 crore per year.

This money is given in the following proportions: lawyers get 61 per cent, court officials get 29 per cent, judges get 5 per cent; and middlemen get 5 per cent.

In India, the current ratio of judges to population is 12 to one million, compared to 107 judges in the US, 75 in Canada, and 51 in the UK. In March 2006, there were only three vacancies in the Supreme Court, 131 in the high courts and 644 in the lower courts. In February 2006, 33,635 cases were pending in the Supreme Court with 26 judges; 3,341,040 cases in the high courts with 670 judges; and 25,306,458 cases in 13,204 sub-ordinate courts.

And at the current rate of disposal, it would take another 350 years to dispose off the pending cases if no other cases are added to the list. Judges cope with such huge lists by declaring adjournments, which prompt people to pay speed money. The report points to the Malimath Committee report of 2003 (on the criminal justice system) which recommended sweeping reforms in the judiciary, including in the investigating agencies, the prosecution department, courts, lawyers, the prison administration, and so on.
Some of the major recommendations of the Malimath Committee include: increasing the number of judges (ratio of judge to population be increased from 12 to 50); judicial accountability (a Judges Inquiry Bill was proposed in 2006); code of conduct (the adoption of Restatement of Values of Judicial Life in 1999 and Bangalore Principles of Judicial Conduct in 2002); court record management (an e-committee was set up in October 2005 for the computerisation of justice delivery system); recruitment (need for an all-India judicial services); and financial and administrative authority (the judiciary needs powers in matters of finance and administration).

On the solutions front, the report also suggests four key areas: (i) judicial appointment, which includes an independent judicial appointment body, merit-based appointment, and civil society participation; (ii) terms and conditions, which include judicial salaries, protection, transfer, access to information and security of tenure; (iii) accountability and discipline, which includes codes of conduct, a whistleblower policy, strong and independent judges’ association, among others; and (iv) transparency, which includes transparent organisation, work, prosecution services and judicial asset disclosure, among others.

Do we have the willpower to go ahead with judicial reforms?

Sunday, October 14, 2007

DR. REBELLO ON: INDIA CAN BUY VIRTUALLY 7 DEVELOPING NATIONS


"India can buy virtually 7 developing nations" says this email once again circulated by www.wipro.com and forwarded by Martin with pride.

I AM NOT IMPRESSED.

I am not impressed, because, India cannot even go to the rescue of its tiny neighbour Burma (Myanmar) where military junta and drug mafia have been ruling for the last 25 years and Nobel Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi has been behind house arrest inspite of her landslide victory in elections and people have been suffering.

You can not buy the nations, because they are not commodities. You can, however, win them over. That requires dynamic leadership, world vision and statesmanship.


India, as the big brother among SAARC countries can infact unite these countries and become a force to reckon with, with one currency (Rupee), free borders, one link language (Hindi which is widely understood and spoken in this region). I have been trying to put this in the minds of our leaders for last 20 years. This would also solve Kashmir problem in one ago, with army control over people gone, the heavy expenses incurred on Kashmir can be diverted towards development and peace can return not only to J&K, but also to North East.

But can puny leaders like Manmohan Singh, playing the ball game of decadent America, lead the nation?

Thanks for giving me the opportunity to put before you the finer thoughts. Even if a few on this list were to work on these ideas which I have been promoting for the last two decades -- it is possible to win over (as against buying over) the 7 neighbouring nations, which anyway were part of India before they were divided by willy Britishers.

Best Wishes
Dr. Leo Rebello
World Peace Envoy
Mumbai
Website :
www.healthwisdom.org
Email : drleorebello@gmail.com
Tel. (91-22) 28872741


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(Dr. Rebello's responses are highlighted in blue)

Believe it or not, India is the richest country in the world!

Right now, India is the richest country in the world! Wondering how? It's really amazing.

It's due to Mr. G Vaidyaraj, who donated all his wealth, about which he actually did not know.

He is a descendent of Raja Krishnadev Raya from Mysore district. For the last 300 years or so, three stones were worshipped in his house. But nobody tried to see what it was, except this person, who is alawyer by profession. One day, when there was nobody in his house, he took the stone out to see what it was that they worship. Due to the dust deposited on it, from many many years, it looked only like a simple stone.But when he touched it, some portion of the stone was cleansed.
And he saw a bright ray of light.He saw something which attracted his attention. And he was amazed when he cleaned all of them.The whole room was filled with light.
He discovered they were diamonds of about 4600 carats each.

He informed the Govt. of India and the news is censored with its security.It's now deposited in a Swiss Bank (Why should it be deposited in the Swiss Bank, we do not have enough strong room to hold these diamonds in safe custody? Then what Indian pride are we talking of?) The cost of single diamond exceeds the GDP of USA + UK.India can buy virtually 7 developing nations.Even World Bank does not have enough money to buy it. (World Bank is a private bank run by the Jewish mafia. To call it as a World Bank is an insult to world intelligence) One diamond costs thrice the debt of World Bank over India. One such diamond can buy 10 Bill Gates to you. And the World Bank has proposed the Indian Govt. that it can pay India in Installment if it wishes to do so.

India's GDP is 34.25 billion dollars.
Bill Gates property is 95 billion dollars approximate so that is the way 'nature changes'.
Our Prime Minister has refused to sell it.
He said it will be sold or mortgaged for credit when we need it. Otherwise right now we have no problems.Star TV presented a 115 min documentary on it about 15 days ago.
The Hindu with its half page article in it. After that it was censored as classified.

Another good news is that in the Desert of Thar a deposit of Oil and Natural gas have been found. This stores what Kuwait has in its stomach. India can go with this ONGC energy reserve with another 30 years. And moreover it can export it to other counties.
It's incredible!! But true.
An Indian boy in his 12th standard has disproved Einstein's 'Theory of Relativity'.
Shocked? Read on...

Sudarshan Reddy has theoretically proven the existence of a sub-atomic particle, which can travel at speed greater than that of light, thereby challenging one of the fundamental postulates of the 'Theory of Relativity'. In his recent research paper submitted to the Institute of Advanced Physics (IAP) at Trieste (Italy), Sudarshan has proved the existence of a class of sub-atomic particles called leptons', which can travel faster than light. The international physics community is shocked by this discovery.
Dr.Massimo Martelli, President of the IAP has this to say about the paper submitted by Sudarshan.
'After long, careful and critical analysis, I can confidently say that Sudarshan's research papers show tremendous leap in our understanding of physics. His investigation mounts up on 'leptons'. His work builds substantially on the work of Einstein and others in the field of relativity.' When physicists from Princeton University tried to measure Sudarshan's IQ with an IQ-meter (at the American Embassy in Delhi), the meter broke down. Sudarshan, incidentally, is the brother of Madhu Reddy, the Indian whiz kid who developed an operating system superior to Microsoft Windows. We should all be very proud of these boys. (If it is superior to Microsoft Windows then why has it not replaced it and why he is NOT richer than Bill Gates?) Please forward this email to as many Indians ………

IS GANDHI RELEVANT TODAY?


By Dr. Leo Rebello

As a student, I was much impressed by the short biographical textbook we hadwhile in the tenth grade on Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. It was so well written that it left an indelible mark on my mind about the courage and honesty of Mahatma Gandhi. Later I had the opportunity to work with many stalwarts of the Gandhi era. I also know Arun Gandhi (Mahatma's grandson, now residing in the United States), Rajmohan Gandhi (Mahatma's grandson residing in India) and Ela Gandhi - Mahatma's granddaughter residing in South Africawho personally took me in 2000 to the Phoenix settlements, Gandhi's spiritual retreat in South Africa).

Therefore, some years ago, when an Indian journalist said, "Gandhi was a bastard bania" on Star TV, I reprimanded him as many others did. His "derogatory comments" became a hot topic. The anchor that interviewed him lost her lucrative job and the journalist had to apologize to avoid legal proceedings.

Then I came across a celebrated book The 100 - a ranking of most influential persons in history by Michael Hart. Gandhi was nowhere on the list of 100,in which Muhammed appeared first, Isaac Newton second, Jesus Christ third, Buddha fourth and Niels Bohr (the father of the theory of atomic structure) was the last entry. I was shocked by the rankings. But the reasons given by the author for including Gandhi in a supplementary chapter titled Honorable Mentions and Interesting Misses seemed sound to me. I am reproducing below the first three of five paragraphs appearing on page 526 of the said book.

"Mohandas K. Gandhi was the outstanding leader of the movement for an independent India, and for that reason alone several people have suggested that he be included in the main section of this book. It should be remembered, though, that Indian independence from England was bound to comesooner or later; in fact, given the strength of the historical forces tending towards decolonization, we can today see that Indian independence would surely have been achieved within a few years of 1947 even had Gandhi never lived.

"It is true that Gandhi's technique of non violent civil disobedience was ultimately successful in persuading the British to leave India. It has been suggested, however, that India might have gained independence sooner if theIndians had adopted more forceful methods instead. Since it is hard to decide whether on the whole Gandhi speeded up or delayed Indian independence, we might reasonably conclude that the net effect of his actions was (at least in that respect) rather small. It might also bepointed out that Gandhi was not the founder of the movement for Indian independence (the Indian National Congress had been founded as early as 1885), nor was he the main political leader at the time independence was finally achieved.

"Still, it might be maintained that Gandhi's principal importance lies inhis advocacy of non-violence. (His ideas, of course, were not entirely original: Gandhi specifically said that they were derived in part from his readings of Thoreau, Tolstoy, and the New Testament, as well as from various Hindu writings.) There is little doubt that Gandhi's policies, if universally adopted, would transform the world. Unfortunately, they have notbeen generally accepted, even in India".

I am not much of a student of history because I consider history to be largely a one-sided account and something of a 'holy huddle'. So, the more I read about Gandhi's contribution to the freedom struggle of India, that more the halo of 'Mahatma' (great soul) lost its glow. The final blow came whenthe authors of this book asked me to write a foreword.

Writing a foreword to a formidable treatise like this one, whose subject is an icon for millions, is not an easy task. I have gone through this manuscript with a fine comb and I say that it is an excellent analyticalwork. For two reasons: (a) the authors are quoting directly from 'authentic sources', like from Gandhi's book 'An Autobiography: My Experiments with Truth' and (b) the questions that they are asking have never been askedbefore.

Rev. Joseph Doke (the first biographer of Gandhi) asks Gandhi if he was prepared to be a martyr. Gandhi asks Doke if he would like him to write part of the biography. Then Gandhi promotes this biography with precision, in London, India and throughout the empire, while suppressing its release in South Africa where he lived for 21 years. Why? Through questions like these Col. G.B. Singh and Dr. Timothy Watson put Gandhi in the witness box, which makes this book different.

G.B.Singh has been conducting research on Gandhi, for over two decades andalso studying Hinduism and Indian politics. He is a career military officer in the American army and claims to have been influenced by the modern skeptical movements. His first book titled Gandhi Behind the Mask of Divinity is already out (Prometheus Books, 2004). Gandhi Under Cross-Examination is a sequel which probes the subject more deeply. In this second book, Watson joins Singh in an intensive 're-search' conducted without prejudice. Watson is a Canadian educationist, peacenik and human rights activist.

The authors claim that Gandhi worked for the empire. The evidence is contained in the Collected Works of Mahatma Gandhi in Gandhi's own words, they aver. Gandhi made repeated appeals to the high caste Indian population of South Africa to join in the war effort to stem the Zulu uprising in Natalin South Africa. He even led a campaign to form a volunteer ambulance corps made up of Indians, which he led as a commissioned officer with the rank of sergeant major. He also acted as a wartime correspondent through his own newspaper, Indian Opinion. Why would Gandhi have done this? Why would he actas a recruitment officer in the Boar War, the campaign against the Zulus, and the First World War on behalf of the British Empire? Questions such as these have never been asked and need to be addressed to set the record straight.

In addition, the authors prove that Gandhi has not presented the truth before the world. Considerable evidence analyzed by them shows that the racial train and coach incidents (traveling from Durban to Pretoria) in South Africa, as also other instances are not true. Gandhi has fabricated, embellished and even lied to further his own political agenda. Obviously, his conscience was pricking him for lying. He knew he was playing with the truth. Hence, he very aptly titled his biography as My Experiments with the Truth.

The writer of a foreword indirectly reviews the book and can consequently make or mar the book. Since this onerous task has been assigned to me, I intend to be just and fair both to the subject as also to the authors. As a professional writer with 33 books and having worked closely with several Gandhians and influenced by many Gandhian precepts, I understand that the reputation of an icon of the modern era hangs in the balance. But let it be noted that neither the writer of the foreword nor the authors of this book are out to demolish the reputation of a great man.

The book helps the readers to understand that M.K. Gandhi was an astute businessman, a cunning politician and a deeply religious man. To that extent this book makes you a scholar rather than a pedantic follower. No doubt it is a provocative book. But it also offers a new perspective on history and helps to deprogram our minds from establishment indoctrination.

As water tables recede and the dangers of the Green revolution become evident in India; as capitalism destroys economies and multi-national corporations fleece the poor of the world; as the Arctic ice melts with the rising heat and megalopolises like Mexico and Mumbai sink; as population control diseases like AIDS and lethal drugs like anti-retrovirals play havoc with the DNA structure of the future generation; as bombs explode in the Korean peninsula due to the madness of Evil Empires like the USA and the UK destroying half the world's population; as the papacy collapses and we move closer to a bizarre impersonal world, a new paradigm of development will emerge, a new kind of spiritualism will surface and a new human being will rise, if we all speak the truth, do not cooperate with the evil and work for non-violence : the three cardinal teachings of Gandhi. After reading this book the readers will be in a better position to decide whether Gandhi is relevant today or not.

Saturday, October 6, 2007

SALVATORE PESCI IS A DISHONEST MAN

To Mr. Salvatore Pesci : Right from the word go, I knew that you were not genuine.

1.. Your address : Via Appolonia 714, Roma is bogus.
2.. Your email id :
salvatore.pesci@gmail.com reveals that it is not official vatican email id.
3.. Your dropping the hint "this is personal, discreet inquiry....." exposed you.

4.. My doubts grew into suspicion when, to test you, I deliberately asked you to send in a supporting
letter to XYZ Association on your letterhead and you gave, as expected, a specious reply.

5.. My doubts grew stronger when you avoided to meet me while I was in Europe during my Austria and Slovakia visit in August-Sept. A genuine committee would have jumped at the opportunity of getting to know personally the prospective advisor. But since you do not reside in Rome and the Committee does not exist and the address is bogus, you were afraid to meet me.

6.. My doubts were confirmed when I did not find anything about you, or the Cardinal that you mentioned and about your so-called Advisory Council on the Vatican website.

7.. Finally, when you did not reply to my pointed letter of Sept. 19, I was sure that you were a phoney character and sent you a reminder on 7th October, to which you sent me an evasive reply on 8th October, as expected, and in the process exposed yourself completely.

8.. See below what the Pope's Press Office has written to me.

I was 100% sure that your offer was a bogus. Now it has been confirmed. You know the famous quotation of President Lincoln -- "You cannot fool all the people all the time".

So, if you are really in Mumbai, better start running. I have already notified to the Mumbai Police, Euro Police and Interpol about your modus operandi.

There are two possibilities about you

Either
(a) You are one of those phoney Nigerians, Hollanders or American soldiers in Iraq wanting to remit millions of dollars or offering jobs in the UN, Canada, USA, etc. and then fleecing gullible people.

Or
(b) You are a third-rate BJP-RSS "stink tank" trying to ferret information on prominent persons belonging to minorities.

If you belong to the second category, you need to note that you may be able to fool Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam. NOT ME. Kyun ki, Rishtey mein Hum Tumhare Baap Hai. (If you belong to the first category this sentence in Hindi means, I am your father and you cannot teach your father how to use condom -- I am using this example because you had liked my condomisation of society phrase -- see your first letter)

Dr. Leo Rebello


AND NOW READ THE FOLLOWING... DO YOU NEED ANY MORE PROOF THAT YOU ARE A CON MAN?

----- Original Message -----
From:
Accreditamenti
To:
Dr. Leo Rebello
Sent: Saturday, October 06, 2007 3:26 AM
Subject: Re: CLARIFICATION SOUGHT // URGENT
To the kind attention of Dr. Leo Rebello:-

*the International Pope's Advisory Council is unknown,
* Cardinal Joseph Jin Tieshen does not exist,
*Salvatore Pesci is unknown in the Vatican
Best regards,
The Holy See Press Office