Rapists' remission
The Speaker of our Parliament loses no opportunity in denigrating the Supreme Court and the judiciary in general, accusing it of ‘judicial activism’ when all the Hon’ble Court does is upholing the Constitution and rectifying the errors of the Executive when it tries to subvert the Constitution.
There is small news item on page 4 of today's The Statesman (12 March) “PIL against rape convicts’ remission” which states that a PIL has been lodged with the Haryana High Court against the Punjab State Government because it has been remitting the sentences of convicted rapists, and has already released ten such convicts. One convicted rapist sentenced to ten years of prison has been released after he served only one day !
As this amounts to subverting the process of justice, what will the Hon’ble Speaker say ? Should the court intervene or not? And if it does, will it amount "judicial activism"? Does he advise the High Court to let the rapists have a good time in order that it may avoid censuring the Executive?
There is small news item on page 4 of today's The Statesman (12 March) “PIL against rape convicts’ remission” which states that a PIL has been lodged with the Haryana High Court against the Punjab State Government because it has been remitting the sentences of convicted rapists, and has already released ten such convicts. One convicted rapist sentenced to ten years of prison has been released after he served only one day !
As this amounts to subverting the process of justice, what will the Hon’ble Speaker say ? Should the court intervene or not? And if it does, will it amount "judicial activism"? Does he advise the High Court to let the rapists have a good time in order that it may avoid censuring the Executive?
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