> The fact that the Maharashtra govt. came up with the idea to >handle the riot related petty cases is >commendable.
*** When you set the standard so low, even excreta could be said to smell wonderful. The IDEA is not NEW by any standard. It has been going around for decades. So it took fifteen years to set this up? Where has desi-demokrasy been so far? If you can wait long enough , everything will be fine some day. Unfortunately THOSE who only live ONCE, that could be a bit late, don't you think? Did you see the following? > "My date would come up every two weeks. I'd go to court, sign my name, and >then be told that the case was adjourned. I'd return home by evening, >a day's earnings lost," said Ghaffar. > >"I was in custody for two and a half months. They beat me up >and tortured me in ways that I cannot tell you," *** That was summary punishment meted out, which continues to remain the centerpiece of Indian justice! Imagine that. That is desi-demokrasy for you. At 5:43 AM -0700 3/27/08, Dilip/Dil Deka wrote: >O"Mahanta, > Did you read the whole story? The case was pending for 15 years >since 1993. The special court disposed off the case in one hour of >hearing, in stead of sending Mr. Ghaffar home again. In my estimate >that is a lot of progress. > The court itself was set up last year - when last year the report >does not say. Did it take one year for the court to start its >business? Probably. The magistrate/s had to be appointed, court >house had to be established, priority list of the cases had to be >prepared. > The fact that the Maharashtra govt. came up with the idea to >handle the riot related petty cases is commendable. Real success >will be evident only if the court disposes off all assigned cases in >a record time. It will be interesting to know if the special court >has been given a deadline. If there is a potential that the >magistrate/s get recognition for meeting the deadline, there is a >likelihood that it will be met. > O'Deka > ================================================================== > > >Chan Mahanta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > *** If I am not mistaken these 'special' courts were designed to >provide fast justice, weren't they? > >cm > > > >14 yrs in courts, 1 hour to walk free >27 Mar 2008, 0155 hrs IST,Rukmini Shrinivasan,TNN >Print Save EMail Write to Editor > >MUMBAI: The much hyped but much delayed special courts, which the >Maharashtra government set up last year to try 1992-93 riots cases, >disposed of the first case on Tuesday: a man accused of stealing two >cans of groundnut oil 14 years ago was acquitted. > >Metropolitan magistrate R C Bapat Sarkar took a little over an hour >to acquit Abdul Ghaffar, whose case was one of the "priority" cases >specially selected by the government to be tried in the new courts. > >Ghaffar (45), a sherbet seller on Mohammed Ali Road, was arrested in >May 1993 for "breaking into" and "stealing" two cans of oil from a >godown near his house in December 1992. > >"Dozens of us were rounded up during those days and charged with >offences ranging from theft to murder depending on our 'look'," >Ghaffar said during a break from work at his house near Suleman Usman >Bakery. "I was in custody for two and a half months. They beat me up >and tortured me in ways that I cannot tell you," he added. > >Ghaffar was charged under Sections 380 (robbery) and 454 (trespass) >of IPC. His trial began at the Mazgaon magistrate's court. "My date >would come up every two weeks. I'd go to court, sign my name, and >then be told that the case was adjourned. I'd return home by evening, >a day's earnings lost," said Ghaffar. > >For the past two years, there was no hearing and Ghaffar was told by >police that his case had been put in the dormant file. > >_______________________________________________ >assam mailing list >assam@assamnet.org >http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org > >_______________________________________________ >assam mailing list >assam@assamnet.org >http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org _______________________________________________ assam mailing list assam@assamnet.org http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
