In civilised society as has been put down by all political scientists, judiciary occupies a position of unparallel importance. Its functions and powers have the authority to equate the richest of individual with a begger. But how long is it going to continue to stand on this pedastal of honour not even time can tell.
A person rapes and kills a minor girl. He is arrested and the case drags on for more than a decade and when the court of law sentences capital punishment, voila we have saints incarnated in the form of NGOs who wants the sentence to be modified to life term. Why? A case of 'Dead Man Walking'?
A young educated man with a drive for life falls in love and decides to fulfill his commitment is brutally murdered. The court keeps sending summons to the key witness who not only leaves the country but adamantly stays away. Why? Love exists, does it?
A man accused of conspiring to blow up the highest seat of democarcy of the largest parliamentary democratic country of the world is sentenced to death. All the people of its state are storming the world to get him a official pardon? Why? Do these people realize that they are supporting a terrorist?
One question intrigues me why do people all of a sudden becomes saint when their guilt is unravelled.
Every other day the world loses many bright young talented people for no fault of their own. Their only mistake we can say is they choose to become soldiers for their motherland. Why cant our NGOs gherao Saddam Hussein, why cant they go and plead with Osama, why dont they threaten LTTE. They can never. Such act needs GUTS and no stupid sentiments.
We want law and order in the society yet we are the first people to protest against it the moment it enters our personal comfort zone. If the accused is a celebrity he should be put under microscope, dissected and left dry but if a spoilt rich brat commits the same crime then the entire equations change. Salman Khan should be sentenced for rash driving but Sanjeev Nanda is a cute kid: Fardeen Khan be hanged for drug possession but Rahul Mhajan is just a bit depressed.
This is not fair at all, let law live. We need it.
