Thursday, April 18, 2013

What is humanitarian?

Supreme Court has allowed Sanjay Dutt to delay getting into prison by four weeks on "humanitarian" grounds!

The word 'humanitarian' refers to promotion of human welfare or alleviation of human misery. Permitting Dutt to complete his shooting engagements by postponing his reentry into jail is certainly not a humanitarian act. This is a blatant misuse of court's discretion resulting in disgrace to justice. Supreme Court deserves better judges.

It used to be said that howsoever high you may be, the law is above you. That hallowed principle has been undone.

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