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seems strangely like a government statistic: what it tells us is merely
interesting; what it conceals is vital.
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Are the articles, or any part of them, irrelevant to the
occasion or out of context? I do not think so in the least. The
“occasion” and the “context” are, in my understanding of the
expressions, references to the purpose and intent of the articles.
Absent a timely response (and there was not even a holding reply to
Ms. Dalal’s queries), both occasion and context presented
themselves; and what followed can only be called, I think, fair
comment precisely for want of that very response that Dr.
Tulzapurkar now extols. Indeed, I would venture to suggest that the
so-called response in paragraph 18A of the plaint is itself out of
context and now irrelevant to the occasion, which is the present
suit. In the plaint itself, a very curious picture is attempted to be
portrayed of the NSE as an organization that is, by its own telling of
it, incapable of any mistake or any wrongdoing. There are
suggestions, for example, that algorithmic trading is regulated by
circulars, that there are recommendations of technical advisory
committees, that the financial stability report of the RBI is
sufficient control over the operations of the NSE and that, there is,
therefore, never a question that can be raised against the NSE. This
is the distinct impression that one gets from a reading of the plaint
and it seems strangely like a claim to the kind of infallibility best left
to divinities not mortal institutions; and, as our mythology tells us,
even our divinities have their foibles and failings. The NSE expects
respect. That is to be earned. It is not to be torn out of the throats
of public the NSE is meant to serve. The NSE is after all a public
institution and it is in some sense or the other a custodian if not of
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