It is collapsed. No matter how much we sought, it is not going to be on right track ever. I am talking about the Indian judicial system. It has becomes so corrupt and useless that often forcing people to take up gun and go for vigilante justice. It has become a rogue institution which has been stinking badly for last couple of decades. Renovation won’t work. It just needs to be shut down and instead put in place a complete new system based on IT drives, where people can lodge FIR by clicking the mouse of their computer and appear before the court through videocam sitting at home. Justice should not only be done, but it should seen to be done. Speedy justice is what we need to work on. We should not be giving culprit time to find out the way out. Speed itself will solve the most of the corruption issues.
Everyone is quite surprised to see the result of Jharkhand elections. Nobody had expected Sibu Soren to come back with so many seats. But he did…and there is very solid reason behind that. Most of the seats for him have come from Santhal Pargana , a tribal area…and home to naxalites. His entire campaign was based on single issue. He publicly denounced government drive against maoist. He gone on promising to stop government troops to enter into santhal pargana if he is given power. But his win is not an issue here at all. The issue is how could he manage to pursue tribals of Santhal Pargana to vote him unanimously and why tribals have more faith in moist institutions than in government one. The only reason behind all these is corrupt and collapsed Indian judicial system. Moist judges not only deliver speedy justice, they see to it that punishment is incurred by the culprit as soon as possible. The tribal and poor have lost faith in Indian judicial system and bringing the credibility back to the institution is going to require revolutionary changes. And we should go for it asap.
I must mention the story of a tribal girl from Jharkhand who was raped by a policeman a decade ago. She had been going to court almost everyday for last 10 years for the justice. As usual nothing happened. Finally frustrated she approached Maoist for the justice. Next day itself a court was called for. That policeman who was transferred by now forced to appear in the Maoist court. And once he accepted the charge made by the victim, judge immediately made the pronouncement. In this case girl was given offer to demand either policeman’s head or monetary compensations. Girl went for monetary compensations. That is the reason why Maoists are so popular among tribal and poor and no force of Mr. Chidambram is going to change that. Unless he first decides to change India’s judicial system.
In one of my previous blog I had mentioned that how Mrs. Whyte from Jamshedpur is waiting for justice for last 30 years. Hearings have finished 15 years ago but judge refuses to pronounce his judgment. TATA even after being such a big name in corporate world has cut off her electricity and water supply for last 20 years. She is still living in that dark house surviving on water given by some neighbors waiting for justice to happen. TATA itself has been involved in making her suffer like dead animals. And in this case i must mention that ironically her father was a chief of security in TISCO ( A TATA OWNED COMPANY).
Ruchika’s case is recent example. We might get solace in blaming politicians. But in fact it is judicial system and corrupt judges who are the real culprit. We are already running out of time. Lets change it or be ready to suffer forever.
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