'The society is not so endangered by the sinners as much by the inefficiency and corruption of the upholders and custodians of law and justice.' For the latter not only gives perpetrators of crime a free lease but also creates an impotent system that gives the smelling scum-minds waiting on the rink a reason to unleash their dirty monstrous deeds. Such an inefficient and corrupt system succeeds in achieving just the opposite of what it was envisaged to do through its establishment. It creates fear in hearts and minds of innocent and unarmed citizens and emboldens the criminals on the prowl.
Unfortunately we live in a society and a nation that nests such a system. The outcomes of the same are visible all around us. Look around and you may find a politician who got a bail in an cognizable offence, an accused who got a freewheel because his case never came up for hearing owing to huge backlog of cases, a criminal who was never arrested because of his local clout, a innocent who was wrongly accused and fights for his honour all his life since his case hearing-dates keep coming for 20 years...by the time he gets justice it means nothing to him for he has lost his youth, money and peace of mind.
As if the fact that India's legal system has 30 million case judicial backlog, the highest anywhere in the world was not enough to weigh us down that a former justice of the apex court of the nation recently alleged misappropriation by the highest offices of the nation in appointment of judges in Indian courts.
Engagement is built on the fabric of trust. Will the innocent be protected and the criminal be punished? Can a ordinary citizen have the same chance of getting timely justice as the rich, powerful and influential? Can the most vulnerable be protected? Would a deserving get justice or it will be delayed or denied? Trust will depend on answers of these questions.
Do the answers build trust? If not, will answers change in future?
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