After America’s Ex President Bush was Indian Home Minister Chidambaram’s turn to dodge the shoe. Has the common man’s shoe become the most powerful tool to express public opinion? Is this is a trend that is soon going to become the popular means to display the common man’s angst against the government?
Lathon Ke Bhooth Bathon Se Nahin Manthe. I agree with shoe throwing. Congress has a chance to give its members a clean chit and it is doing so. Tytler who is one of the prime accused in the 1984 riots was recently given a clean chit by the CBI. This has angered the Sikhs and anyone can understand their sentiments. This is not the first time that Congress has tried to cover its tracks. Remember Office of Profit Act? When they asked Jaya Bachan to declare her assets and the same came back to bite the Congress they enacted OOP Act to protect themselves. Why don’t people see this? Now they are giving their own man a route to escape.
This has further got me thinking if we have restricted the definition of being communal only to Hindus & Muslims. What about Christians and Sikhs? Wasn’t Congress being Communal in carrying out Operation Bluestar? Was invasion of the temple the only way to get back law and order in Punjab? What about the riots that ensued after Indira Gandhi’s assassination? How does one justify killing of thousands of people for an act committed by just two people (I.G’s Bodyguards)?
The common man has finally found his voice in action. Cheers to Jarnail Singh!
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Showing posts with label Law. Show all posts
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Monday, April 6, 2009
Preventive Detention and Blasts
News this afternoon: Just days after the communal unrest in Kyathmarana Halli in Mysore, our very famous Pramod Muthalik decided to visit the place. Fortunately he was taken into preventive detention. It’s nice to know that the police force has taken the pre election safety measures seriously.
Later in the evening news channels were reporting blasts in Assam and ULFA is suspected to have its hand in this operation. Again the government had been warned about ULFA’s threats to disrupt peace given that tomorrow is the founding day of the organization. Again the government didn’t take appropriate steps to prevent the attacks.
Later in the evening news channels were reporting blasts in Assam and ULFA is suspected to have its hand in this operation. Again the government had been warned about ULFA’s threats to disrupt peace given that tomorrow is the founding day of the organization. Again the government didn’t take appropriate steps to prevent the attacks.
Monday, February 23, 2009
The Balancing Act
What is the matter with our country? As I am soon going to be swallowed into the realms of the judicial system, I feel what is happening in Chennai is wrong and that, the advocates should get back to work. Protests can be made in a more refined, calculated and orderly way. Resorting to physical violence is not the answer. The fact that ADVOCATES set a police station on fire is appalling. The country would be better off if the judiciary just concentrated on dealing with cases before it. With a sky rocketing number of cases still pending, disposing them and moving on, on one hand and simultaneously voicing their support for a “just cause” by way of a petition is a far better way of achieving their ends. Their current portrayal as hooligans is only going to make the general public loose its faith in the judiciary all over again.
I have been battling between what I should finally get into, should I join the corporate sector when recession is around or should I join litigation when the court is not functioning half the time? Well the balance ain’t tipping!!!!!
I have been battling between what I should finally get into, should I join the corporate sector when recession is around or should I join litigation when the court is not functioning half the time? Well the balance ain’t tipping!!!!!
Monday, August 25, 2008
The Blame Game
People always blame the law, lawyers and the judges . This is a shame in today’s day and age considering that most people are born prudent enough to judge right from wrong. Recently I read an article in times of India about a 16 year old girl who killed herself because she got in to social networking so as to make friends which went terribly wrong when she got sexually involved with one of her internet friends. Who as anybody can guess took advantage of her and she decided to end her life. The article blames the law for being flimsy.
Let’s go back a few decades when mothers used to warn their children about talking to strangers and divulging information. How different is it today? Fine, the internet exposes us to more people, but that’s a risk we take up on ourselves. But does that mean we ought not to be cautious as to whom we talk to and what we talk about? So when one is in one of these networks one can use their god given brains and exercise caution. But if people are on the net for all the wrong reasons, there is no helping them.
People always find it easy to blame someone else for their wrongs because then they are not answerable for the consequences. In this instance, the author of the article is blaming the law. For me the girl is the wrong doer. Why? Because, in spite of knowing the dangers she indulged in activities which resulted in her ending her life.
Reading about such deaths is disheartening but at the same time it could have been prevented. A life lost. For what?Predators are everywhere, and the only tool we have is CAUTION.
Now coming to the lawyers, the BMW case after the NDTV expose has resulted in two lawyers being barred from practice for 4 months and have been slashed with a fine for Rs.2,000. My non lawyer friends have been telling me that, the fine and punishment are way too light for the offence committed and that they should have had a more severe punishment. At a certain level I do agree, but the expose has done the two lawyers more harm than one can possibly measure by way of punishment. So the punishment may be light on the face of it, but facts are contrary to the general public’s belief.
Now coming to the judges, the recent case of the mother in her 26th week of pregnancy found her child had a congenital heart problem and wanted to abort the child.Unfortunately for her, the law does not permit abortion after 20weeks of pregnancy. Making this woman an exception would have resulted in an abortion rampage by the not so willing parents (in cases where the child is a girl). But everyone looked down upon the judge’s decision and criticism flew from all corners. People, People, People… before you blame anyone please stop for a minute and be the devil’s advocate before you reach an opinion.
Let’s go back a few decades when mothers used to warn their children about talking to strangers and divulging information. How different is it today? Fine, the internet exposes us to more people, but that’s a risk we take up on ourselves. But does that mean we ought not to be cautious as to whom we talk to and what we talk about? So when one is in one of these networks one can use their god given brains and exercise caution. But if people are on the net for all the wrong reasons, there is no helping them.
People always find it easy to blame someone else for their wrongs because then they are not answerable for the consequences. In this instance, the author of the article is blaming the law. For me the girl is the wrong doer. Why? Because, in spite of knowing the dangers she indulged in activities which resulted in her ending her life.
Reading about such deaths is disheartening but at the same time it could have been prevented. A life lost. For what?Predators are everywhere, and the only tool we have is CAUTION.
Now coming to the lawyers, the BMW case after the NDTV expose has resulted in two lawyers being barred from practice for 4 months and have been slashed with a fine for Rs.2,000. My non lawyer friends have been telling me that, the fine and punishment are way too light for the offence committed and that they should have had a more severe punishment. At a certain level I do agree, but the expose has done the two lawyers more harm than one can possibly measure by way of punishment. So the punishment may be light on the face of it, but facts are contrary to the general public’s belief.
Now coming to the judges, the recent case of the mother in her 26th week of pregnancy found her child had a congenital heart problem and wanted to abort the child.Unfortunately for her, the law does not permit abortion after 20weeks of pregnancy. Making this woman an exception would have resulted in an abortion rampage by the not so willing parents (in cases where the child is a girl). But everyone looked down upon the judge’s decision and criticism flew from all corners. People, People, People… before you blame anyone please stop for a minute and be the devil’s advocate before you reach an opinion.
