Let’s make India better!

Manjunath’s murderers were convicted yesterday. After a 18 months struggle, the court convicted all 8 culprits. Now the Indian judiciary will do its magic! The accused will milk the inefficiency of the Indian judiciary. The judgement will be challenged in the higher courts and it will be a long time before the culprits are actually punished.

The Great Indian Dream talks about the inefficiency of our judiciary and I quote, “Such a judiciary helps the unjust have complete control over the lives of vulnerable citizens”. The Naked Economics also makes fun of Indian judiciary. It mentions a case where it took 39 years for a case hearing and both the parties were dead. Another innocent person released from the jail after waiting for 37 years to be tried for murder charges. One more example of the delays in judgement is that of Bombay bomb blasts accused. It took more than 12 years for them to get convicted and they haven’t been punished!

The procedural delays in our judiciary are insurmountable. We must invest money to have much more courts and judges. USA has 10 times the judges per million population compared with India. A dysfunctional judiciary fosters crime and corruption. It is one of the pillars to have a successful democracy and it MUST be taken care of.

It’s been more than year when Manjunath was murdered by Oil mafia of UP. The court hearing is supposed to be today. The media kept running the Bob Woolmer story, the “The Namesake” making and other stories but did not give enough air time to the hero who fought for the justice and gave his life. Should not we (and the media) be more responsible, empathetic and concerned for our heroes?

Here is a blog dedicated to Manjunath and his bravery.

Links to more stories on Manjunath murder -
Manjunath inspected Mittals Petrol Pump the day he was killed
Manjunath murder
Manjunath case verdict on March 23, 2007