Are Judicial Proceedings in India More Biased Towards Celebrities??

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                                                                                                                                       Rober Frost.

Indian Judiciary from its inception has followed the principle of favoritism and this deeply rooted stigma affected the most pious organ of the Indian System. Yes, the most pious and honorable system “Judiciary” which is the third strongest pillar of Democratic Government. Sometimes judiciary is known as the guiding/hoping ray for those who are incapable to see the light in a dark tunnel but what when the guiding authority astray from its own path?? Indeed in such situation justice is impossible and especially when the culprit/offender is a well known celebrity of our great nation. In a country like India, which is a mixture of poor and rich citizens and the proportion of these two classes are highly different. In such incidents justice to a common man becomes impossible. The path to stardom favours for several celebrities but for certain of them the fame and wealth springs from criminal case rather than their success in films. Some of these celebrities slapped with criminal charges including A-Listers like Mr. Sanjay Datt, Mr. Salman Khan, The former Chief Minister Mr. Lalu Prasad Yadav and Mr. Shiney Ahuja etc.

       A very famous and well known celebrity Mr. Sanjay datt, who was arrested and had spent eighteen months in jail and was booked under TADA (Terrorist and Disruptive Activities Act) ever since he was sentenced to five years of Imprisonment for illegal possession of 9MM pistol and an AK-56 assault rifle during the 1993 Mumbai Blasts. However he was acquitted from the TADA- related offences but yet a long gape of approximately 20 years for pronouncing the judgment is the crystal clear incapacity of Indian Judiciary and the biased nature of Indian Judicial Proceeding when the offender is a famous celebrity.

    The unforgettable “Black Buck Case” in which a superstar Mr. Salman Khan was convicted with his co-stars Ms. Tabbu, Mr. Saif Ali Khan & Mrs. Sonali Bendre, unfortunately to say the case from 1998 to till date still in continuation. Such a long delay is simply a miscarriage of justice and judicial proceedings, Indian Judiciary which boast around the world for its legal reforms and understanding of liberal judicial thinking was/is always denied when the punishment was given to one celebrity and one layman. The specs of judiciary biased at each pace of justice and the most significant, unforgettable “Negligent Driving Case” of Mr. Salman Khan occurred on 28^th September 2002, still pending. Justice to that deceased person and his family was just kept at the stake of the biased judicial proceedings.  

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     Following the chain of Judicial Bias the one very famous corruption case which cannot be left without mentioning here “The Fodder Scam”. The chronology of  the Fodder Scam in which former Bihar Chief Minister “Mr. Lalu Prasad” had been convicted by a special court in Ranchi. In the year of January 1996, fodder scam surfaces after Deputy Commissioner “Mr.Amit Khare” raided the office of Animal Husbandry Department. In march 1996 Patna High Court Directed CBI to investigate the scam. Apparently after a long period of more than 5 years Mr. Prasad found guilty and awarded 5 years of Imprisonment. Again unfortunately to say the biased Judiciary accepted his Bail Plea on about December 13, 2013 and just after two months of his Imprisonment he was released from the jail. Sarcastically to say the bench of Law court composed of Chief Justice and other Puisine Judges released Mr. Prasad on some Terms and Conditions. Being biased towards the different sections of society, surely a pleasant habit of our Independent Judiciary and effected common man loses his belief from the worship of judiciary and its traditional Legal system. The remarkable Trauma encourage the common man to do justice by own and consequently it gives birth to another offence which turns to aspersion on the face of society and our great laws. The highly increasing demand to make judicial proceeding smooth, speedy and impartial is the current reform which is require to be made out in present Judicial system. Being a part of a democratic country, it is the duty of citizens to look after the affairs of country and Judiciary the guardian of such rights and liabilities make such miscarriage of laws then country can/will not become an ideal Nation.       

  

      Whether it is Mr. Suniel Shetty’s Stunt-Man-Case” or Mrs. Shridevi’s Cheque bouncing case Mr. Madhur Bhandarkar and Mr. Shiney Ahuja’s rape case justice is always delayed by the Indian Judicial Proceedings and such incapacity/inability makes the travesty of Indian Laws which does the partiality with these two different sections of society. The special treatment to the celebrities was supported by the judicial proceeding and a common man without any source or reference was always denied by the legal system. However some eminent and Hon’ble Judges has taken a radical pace to eradicate such issues and it will not be a favoritism to salute those judicial heroes of our great nation but yet, the contribution was not too effective to make a drastic change in the life of a common citizens of our great nation but a hoping ray can always be alive for judicial reforms throughout the country, which is the current need of judiciary and legal system. Judicial proceedings being biased towards celebrities is surely an Anathema of God. 

Justice Delayed means Justice Denied and Justice Hurried means Justice Buried.-                                                                                                       

                                                                                                                           William Gladstone.