We as Indians should feel proud of being part of democracy and the system that gives us so many rights but at the same time, a similar approach cannot be applied to the Indian judiciary. Thanks to the umpteen number of laws and legal clauses, even a single case of theft takes years to get completed.
So, one can imagine the marathon of a bomb blast resulting in the death of more than 250 people. We are referring the Mumbai blasts case and the latest verdict of Supreme Court on actor Sanjay Dutt. Yes, justice has been delivered but at what cost and time. After twenty long years, Dutt is sentenced to five years imprisonment.
A lot can happen within the next five years in terms of bail. What happens to all those families of the victims who are waiting since twenty years, what will be the common man’s confidence if the judiciary takes such an approach. It is a situation which leads us to confusion on whether we should celebrate the judgement has been given or stand perplexed for the time it has taken.
The existence of law is to serve its people and ensure that justice is delivered on time and not at a time when the victims have burnt out their last tear and have lost faith and hope in seeing a ray of satisfaction. It is not just about Sanjay Dutt, the same applies to Kasab, Afzal Guru, the victims of Dilsukhnagar Bomb Blasts and several thousand cases that are still rotting in the files of our honorable legal houses.
The law may not feel answerable to the anger of the victim but it has a moral responsibility to answer the anguish of its citizen and if that is not done then the whole purpose of having a judiciary fails.
