Indian Judiciary System - An old one

This blog from me comes in the heels of the judgements passed by our courts in some high profile cases, the Bombay blast case and Daboo case and many other high profiles one too.

People are happy (generally) with the verdict. But at what cost has this come about. The bombay blast case verdict has taken 13 yrs in coming and the Daboo case about 8 yrs. And another point of note is that these have been passed only in the lower courts, so many convicted persons have the chance to appeal again in higher courts. The general consensus is that if you are convicted in lower courts appeal in higher courts, the case shall come up only after another 10 yrs or so, if it isnt that important, so you can scout free until that time. This has lead to a backlog of about 27,000 cases (at around 2004) in the Supreme court. I dont have an idea about the backlog scenario presently.

So, I would like to ask is in general the Indian Judicial System creaking slowly. The system is an old one. Does it need to be replaced or atleast modified. Will the people have the courage to change the system?

Everywhere and everything change is inevitable, but the sooner the better...

A Black Day Revisited

Today 6th Dec, is a black day (a real black one...indeed) in the history of india. On this very date, 14 years ago a historical monument (about 300 yrs old) was grazed to dust. The monument I am talking about is called Babri Masjid. It was alleged that about 300 yrs ago, the same place where the Babri Masjid was standing, a Ram temple was present. This Ram temple was destroyed and upon which the Babri Masjid was built, by the then Babur`s commander in chief Mir Baki.

This was not a concern at all for the people of India as they lived in harmoniously for the next 300 yrs. Then an important event occured in the Indian History, the freedom from the British Raj. An event which was marked by huge bloodshed, due to the partitioning (the causes for which are still not publically known, but a large debate rages on). Many parties mushroomed up for control of state and centre, in the due course of time. These parties started playing on casteism too. They began to garner votes by saying they represent a particular caste. They plied on the innoced minds and began to influence them as to what should be done.

This led to the Babri Masjid issue being revisted. People dont know exactly what led them to think that this very place was a place where a Ram temple stood 300 yrs ago. These parties, with vested interests, mesmerized people saying that the Mosque must be demolished and in that very same place, a Ram temple must be built. A very big politician, who could not come to power for very long time, thought this could be his truimph card to the throne, instituted a Yatra (a walk to garner support). And many people, mainly the uneducated, who were duped by him into joining the rally. This ultimately led a very large gathering of people who were bent on destroying the mosque and in its place to build a temple.

This culminated in the destruction of the mosque on 6th Dec, 1992. This incident is still freshly etched in people`s mind. So, what if there was a temple there previously? There are many other places where we can go and pray. It doesnt mean that there has to be a temple at the same place, only where we can offer our prayers to god. Our Hindu religion is the only one which allows of acceptance. Its main goal is the philosophy of oneness, without any violence. Fanatism does not have any place in original scripts of the Hindu religion. The political power game played by them lead to the destruction of an age old monument.

As, we dwell on the past, which has occured and cannot be changed. The people of India, arise above the petty politics. This can be only done by education, which is still a distant dream to many. The politicians dont want to educate the masses fearing questioning and also jeopardising their position as the saviour of the people.

Let this incident be etched in people`s mind, for to which amount can politicians corrupt minds of the people. The monument was an architectural beauty which was lost forever.


Finally, god is in everybody`s heart. A shrine is a congregation of like minded people so that they can share their insights. It can be even in our own homes.