Saturday, August 04, 2007

[QOTM] Judicial Activism Vs Judicial Absenteeism

"A society that has more justice is a society that needs less charity."
Ralph Nader, Former Green Party Candidate for U.S. President (2000).

This seems so apt in Sanjay Dutt;s case that the importance of that statement cannot be more emphasized.
The HC Judge set a precedent by saying he was doing his duty.

It goes Without saying the kind of pressure the High court judge must be under after all Sanjay Dutt was a reigning Movie star and progreny of a stalwart actor and CONGRESSMAN.
It also made a bold statement. If the HC Judge found the facts or prima facie evidence and pronounced a verdict of 6 years. It meant the that it was a total honest and upright judgement.

If the star still goes to the Highest Echelon(Supreme Court) the judge may actually give a bigger sentence but i feel it cannot be less than 6 yrs RI certainly.

If at all the sentence is reduced It would mean the judge
maybe pressurised by the CONGRESS government and that a lesser sentence is nothing short of Judicial Absenteeism.

~P

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