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DHFL Scam and the Death of Public Trust: Time for a Truth and Accountability Commission!

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  DHFL Scam and the Death of Public Trust: Time for a Truth and Accountability Commission! Posted on 15th August, 2025 (GMT 07:30 hrs) ABSTRACT This appeal calls for the creation of a Judicial Truth and Accountability Commission to investigate the Supreme Court’s April 1, 2025 verdict on the DHFL insolvency case, which allegedly legitimised a flawed resolution plan favouring corporate interests while wiping out the life savings of lakhs of small investors, including widows, senior citizens, and the differently abled. Citing alleged collusion between regulators, the RBI-appointed CoC, and corporate actors, as well as parallels with electoral manipulation, it frames the case as part of a broader pattern of financial authoritarianism under the NDA regime (2014–ongoing). The Commission is envisioned to audit judicial reasoning, regulatory conduct, and the IBC process, outlaw SLAPP suits, and ensure systemic reforms so that courts and institutions uphold constitutional accountabili...

Justice for DHFL Victims: Demand a Judicial Truth Commission Now! (An Online Mass Petition)

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  Justice for DHFL Victims: Demand a Judicial Truth Commission Now! (An Online Mass Petition) Posted on 7th July, 2025 (GMT 21:29 hrs) Updated on 8th July, 2025 (GMT 09:35 hrs) ABSTRACT The article calls for a Judicial Truth and Accountability Commission to investigate the DHFL insolvency verdict, which allegedly enabled corporate expropriation of small investors’ savings. It poses questions to the Supreme Court for upholding a reportedly flawed resolution plan, questions regulators, the CoC, and corporate actors like Ajay Piramal of collusion, and highlights systemic failures, including cronyism, auditor lapses, and possible political links. Framing the crisis as a human rights issue involving financial abuse, the petition seeks justice, reparations, and institutional accountability. When Justice Ignores the People, the People Must Speak The DHFL collapse wasn’t just a financial crime—it was a democratic failure. Over ₹90,000 crore vanished. Thousands of ordinary depositors, ...