All that the Court has done is to introduce one more step ahead of FIR by way of preliminary enquiry to protect the rights of this group under Article 21 of the Constitution. And the Court has ordered that the same should be completed within a week — in some cases even within an hour, it has said. How does this “delay” of a week go against the principles of social justice even as it renders natural justice to the accused?
It is incorrect to suggest that Court has made the process of justice delivery ‘indistinguishable’. And it is mischievous and misconceived to hint that the judges involved were not ‘caste-neutral’ but the inclusion of an SC/ST judge could have. All this just because it does not meet the approval of the interested party.
Lastly, the apex court did well to assert that it will not be swayed by agitations except the merits of the case. The Indian executive has already become a laughing stock by succumbing to public pressures (including this case) but if the judiciary also joins the herd, anarchy and pressure groups will run the country.
Y G Chouksey, Pune
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