Media Release

Mangaluru, Nov 27: Justice N Santhosh Hegde, former Karanata Lokayuktha was at AIMIT, St Aloysius College (Autonomous) on November 26 for the celebration of Constitution Day. The theme of his address was 'Upholding moral values and fight against corruption'.

The programme began with a brief introduction and welcome to Justice Hegde by Fr Denzil Lobo SJ, director, AIMIT.

Justice Hegde began his speech by stating how destiny gives opportunity to those people who are truthful to their responsibility. He said that he considers himself as one such individual who was lucky enough to serve people through the roles he played over the years.

Hegde said he had visited over 1200 educational institutions since his retirement and had interacted with the youth to make them understand the importance of being content in one’s life and humanism - Being humane in dealing with society. "When society, in general, ignores these two values they tend to become greedy and corrupt which in turn leads to the failure of a society. Thus, to break the cycle of corruption one needs to awaken the youth towards the idea of a corruption-free society."

Stating the current facts based on various parliamentary studies, Hegde stated that out of every ten rupees spent for the people by the government only fifteen paisa reaches the end destination. The amount of zeros in the modern-day scams has only been increasing while the 3 core pillars of modern society namely the parliament, the executives and the Judiciary have been failing the people. To fix it, the next generation, the youth should understand the importance and happiness one can have from wealth that it can earn legitimately.

"The social value of responsibility for one’s action is the need of the hour and when each individual takes up a responsible action only then can the society advance toward serving the betterment of humanity."

The programme attended by 240 students concluded with a Q&A session.