Thursday, January 7, 2010
Pratibha Murthy Case:4 years gone,no justice yet
On December 13, 2005 Hewlett Packard BPO employee Pratibha Murthy was raped and murdered by her cab driver on her way back from work during night shift.However even 4 years after the heinous crime(the case has been languishing in a fast track court for the last 3 years) the driver has still not been punished.Why?Why is the Indian judicial system so lousy?Why do people who rape,molest and/or murder women go scot free?Who should the people of India turn to for justice?These criminals should , at the minimum level, be given a life sentence and not just for 14 years but for the rest of their lives.Everybody(myself included) had forgotten about the case but because of a news channel,the memory of this rape and murder came back.It seems only the power of the media can spur the judiciary into action like in the Jessica Lall murder case or the Ruchika Girhotra case.Punish these offenders severely so that people would think twice before murdering anybody or abetting to their suicide.NOBODY is above the law.
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I speak from a layman's perspective; for I have no formal education in law, and it wouldn't be right of me to criticize the judicial system without having the knowledge of its inner workings, blah blah...
That said, allow me to exercise my right to free speech over internet, and ask this question: Isn't a fast track court by definition a court that delivers speedy justice in straight forward cases? As far as i know the upper limit for the time frame that a case occupies in a fast track court is 6 months. So clearly whatever those inner workings are, they aren't working.
I agree with you Mr.Blogger, the questions you raise have been raised by many, but like every other question directed at the failure of the 'SYSTEM', they have been left unanswered.
As far as delaying tactics in court go, the only purpose they serve besides buying time for the accused, is for dust to cover the tracks, for the witnesses to forget their accounts, for people other than those related to the victim to care a little less.
In most cases it works; only because of media involvement, do the few cases that we hear about today have gained such limelight and public support.
We as the common masses are an emotional lot, but patience is a virtue that we do not possess in abundance; As time passes the anger subsides, the media moves on to a new story, until another such account of injustice comes to light and we start the process of pelting questions at the SYSTEM.
But neither the media nor us citizens have the right to pass judgement. It would seem that all we are allowed to do is shout out our case and hope it does not fall on deaf ears.
Bottom line is that the judicial system should be swifter, or at least modified to prevent the real criminals from finding loopholes in it. Sounds far-fetched, doesn't it? People have lost all faith in the judiciary, with the so called protectors of the law abusing it, and getting away with it. All the anger and frustration doesn't just go away, it adds up, ultimately leading to something far more regrettable.
There is no hero that will come and save us, the flaws in the system will not go away just by pointing at them; We make the SYSTEM, and it works, if we don't keep throwing wrenches in it. I am flawed like the rest of us, so i cannot offer a solution to this mess, but i refuse to believe, that a billion flawed minds put together cannot come up with one solution that works? Come on India!
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