Some scriptwriter of the movie The Great Debaters has told, "An Unjust law is no Law at all".
Everytime there is a crime scene usually the victim if he/she is alive is questioned to no end, and if unlucky he/she is questioned repeatedly to ascertain the facts and get all the possible details. But in due to course of time, that law in our country takes, the investigation is handed to bigger agencies and more Q&A sessions. Then if everything goesright, then a FIR is lodged on unknown persons name and the hunt begins and after a long time(usually very long time) the criminals are arrested, if they are not roaming publicly and giving TV interviews all the while.
Ancient people of this country and many places of the world told that, the punishments for the powerful should be more stringent than to the less powerful. The effect that it will cause will be much more. If a pickpocketer and a MP accussed of theft are given the same amount of punishment, what does the MP or the pickpocketer fear for. Luckily both doesnot never get punished as one gets to repeatedly postpone the case, and the other pays the bribes for not getting caught. Many times we have heard stories that the theft in powerful people's houses is closed immediately because of the close links between the police and thieves.
One month back we had news about a youth threatening to hijack a plane, but the alert passengers have gained upper hand and the suspect is handed over to the police. During the course of Law it was proved that the person was mentally unstable, and no media doesnot want to highlight this case. This is a serious issue and the responsible agent of the democracy has been irresponsible. Some may say the person was a muslim and hence the issue was diverted, but its validity needs to be checked and the current status of the person noone knows. Whether the mentally unstable person is undergoing treatment or he is roaming around to do more hijacks etc.
Everytime police does an encounter, sometimes out of necessary and at others due to misjudgement or other political reasons, a huge human rights activists are visible on the national TVs and their endless debates goes on and on. Similarly when a women is raped we have debate on TV on what is the reason for such behaviour, what punishment should be given, etc. The justice is delivered on the TVs and people have come to believe that our courts also follow the same and people tend to forget the issue. But the courts donot work as fast as our media houses does and which also have their own compulsions like the TRP, politicial, religious, economical compulsions for the type judgement they pronounce.
The justice delivery system which is supposes to uphold the rights of the citizens because the legistature and bureaucracy has failed drastically. But the judiciary is too much in sync with the legislature. Everyone wants to have a share of the growth story of the Independent India and those in power are never willing to lose the share come what may. The Institutions which have failed this nation are the Assemblies and Parliament for all the 6% GDP growth for a few powerfully rich. For, the common man has been struggling with the same issues throughout the time of Independent India.
Reforms, price rise etc are taken on a war footing, because this will yield more money to the parliamentarials whose wealth keeps increasing. The reforms on judiciary, women's bill, Police etc are collecting dust and which are in the interests of the common man are not accorded much importance. In a country where the national resources are given at the whims an fancy of the ministers who take the share of the profits that are earned, if luckily, doesnot bother about the common man. Now a rape of a 23year old in the national capital has gathered limelight, but it will just another day's work for the police. There are somany cases the police have to bother, and if too much pressure is exerted, then the rights activists quickly point out the number of police/citizen is below the international standards and other bullcrap.
The cultural ethos have vanished from the urban, rural areas. Respect for the fellow citizens is fast diminishing. Anger, helplessness induced fearlessness has crept the mind of a many. Media is feasting on the deaths, tragedies of the common man. Government is busy holding its position with behind the scenes manipulations using money and other agencies.
And we proudly call ourselves World's Largest Democracy.
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