The Crucial Commonality
There are things in common between Arunthathi Roy's defence of her as usual senseless Kashmir remarks and the encounter death of a driver in coimbatore. And what is coming out is one of the four top things ailing this nation's progress.
For the uninitiated, Arunthathi Roy questioned Kashmir's accesssion to India at a seminar where maoists and Kashmir seperatist's participated right under our home minister PC's nose in Delhi. She said "... Kashmir has never been a part of India... Even Indian government has accepted this fact". When the government, egged on by BJP, considered slapping sedition charges on her, she released a statement saying among other things that "she only spoke for lack of justice and the need to ensure justice to all - to kashmiris, dalits and everyone else".
Let's forget that it was a defence by Arunthathi Roy for a moment. What she said though is something true and you can see it everywhere. What is the need for encounter deaths which people celebrate if the justice delivery system is fast and efficient?
Law enforcement including deterring people against breaking laws and preventing misuse of laws is extremely difficult in India. This is mostly because the justice delivery system is not efficient. Guilty offenders and law breakers know for certain that there is a fat chance of them escaping the clutches of law or roaming free for a long enough time that they might die naturally.
Look at Ramalinga Raju. The infamous ex-boss of Satyam was alright until he was a CEO and when he got caught, he developed such an illness "suddenly" that he was in hospital for almost one year. There are only few cases of henious crimes being punished quick enough.
Part of solution to this problem lies in legislative changes to upgrade stone-age laws. Another part lies in strengthening the legal force of the country. In this regard, Veerappa Moily's (the Union Law Minister) efforts to regularize the legal fraternity and enhance legal competency through initiatives like ILS (Indian Legal Service) and IJS (Indian Judicial Service) and establishing many fast track courts should be welcome and should be accelerated.
Lack of justice or delayed justice is a crucial component of almost all problems the country is facing. In my humble view, if we are to become a great power, there are 4 top root causes that should be addressed: Corruption, Mis-Governance or Non-Governance, lack of a deep thinking and decent debating culture and an inefficient justice system. In fact, if the justice system is efficient, it would certainly help in keeping the other root causes in check. Let's hope some Obama comes up in India to do something for this!
For the uninitiated, Arunthathi Roy questioned Kashmir's accesssion to India at a seminar where maoists and Kashmir seperatist's participated right under our home minister PC's nose in Delhi. She said "... Kashmir has never been a part of India... Even Indian government has accepted this fact". When the government, egged on by BJP, considered slapping sedition charges on her, she released a statement saying among other things that "she only spoke for lack of justice and the need to ensure justice to all - to kashmiris, dalits and everyone else".
Let's forget that it was a defence by Arunthathi Roy for a moment. What she said though is something true and you can see it everywhere. What is the need for encounter deaths which people celebrate if the justice delivery system is fast and efficient?
Law enforcement including deterring people against breaking laws and preventing misuse of laws is extremely difficult in India. This is mostly because the justice delivery system is not efficient. Guilty offenders and law breakers know for certain that there is a fat chance of them escaping the clutches of law or roaming free for a long enough time that they might die naturally.
Look at Ramalinga Raju. The infamous ex-boss of Satyam was alright until he was a CEO and when he got caught, he developed such an illness "suddenly" that he was in hospital for almost one year. There are only few cases of henious crimes being punished quick enough.
Part of solution to this problem lies in legislative changes to upgrade stone-age laws. Another part lies in strengthening the legal force of the country. In this regard, Veerappa Moily's (the Union Law Minister) efforts to regularize the legal fraternity and enhance legal competency through initiatives like ILS (Indian Legal Service) and IJS (Indian Judicial Service) and establishing many fast track courts should be welcome and should be accelerated.
Lack of justice or delayed justice is a crucial component of almost all problems the country is facing. In my humble view, if we are to become a great power, there are 4 top root causes that should be addressed: Corruption, Mis-Governance or Non-Governance, lack of a deep thinking and decent debating culture and an inefficient justice system. In fact, if the justice system is efficient, it would certainly help in keeping the other root causes in check. Let's hope some Obama comes up in India to do something for this!
True, Judiciary is the lifeline in of any democratic country. If that is corrupt, nothing can be left out. But strengthening it is not just a simple task. We need some good leader who rules with an iron hand to rectify our system
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