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Of delays and dead-ends

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Devangshu Datta New Delhi

Why is the justice system in the country such a drag

One fine December day in 1992, a random horde pulled down an elderly and dilapidated structure. There were lakhs of people on the spot, including thousands of government employees.

Journalists had also been camped there for days, listening to a succession of inflammatory speeches as the excitement orchestrated to a crescendo.

Dozens died that day, and thousands have died since, as a direct result of what happened on December 6, 1992. The repercussions changed Indian politics forever.

There were, as mentioned before, a plethora of credible witnesses, as well as ample electronic and photographic evidence of the final hours of the Babri Masjid.

 

It took 11 years for the agency concerned with the investigation to file charges against some of the people, who may have been instrumental in inciting the mob. It could be decades before those charges are upheld or dismissed.

The chargesheeted individuals have spent the interim between demolition and chargesheet living in large bungalows with Z-class security, doodads and salaries paid for by taxpayers.

They will continue to enjoy that lifestyle until the verdict comes in. Since none of them is in the first flush of youth, there

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First Published: Sep 24 2003 | 12:00 AM IST

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