On Tuesday 24 Apr 2012 9:21:28 pm Srini RamaKrishnan wrote: > In the Mughal and other Indian courts when a previously honorable man > was brought up on serious charges, his case would be heard with the > respect and decorum it deserved, with full regard to his mental state > and place in society. There was an interest in the truth, and not > merely in evidence. There's little to tell if better justice was meted > out under that system, but an evidence based approach appears fairer > to most, and so that's what we have today, consistent with the belief > that the appearance of justice is as important as justice.
This is simply not true. It is a show that was put on for us natives who lapped it all up eagerly and went gaga over British Justice . I know one Mr Nair, the author of a book called inside IB and RAW who was appointed to the Indian Police Service in the last decades of the Raj (He is in his 90s now). He writes of how the system had designated a "criminal caste" in Andhra from whome one scapegoat would be arrested and punished every time a crime was committed. The way Gen Dyer was let off after the genocidal massacre at Jalianwala bagh is more representative of the truth. It still happens today. The underdogs get their asses whupped. Think Trayvon Martin. shiiv
