THE MUCH awaited trial-court verdict after a quarter century is not only justice denied because of being late, but is otherwise also justice denied in real sense when people responsible for world’s biggest industrial disaster killing over 15000 persons were ordered to be mildly punished. And they were granted bail at a supersonic speed as if they the conviction was a mere formality. Slow pace of judicial proceedings in the matter may hardly see any guilty person face the punishment even big or small till the case gets ultimately decided by Supreme Court.
It is regretted that despite all the concerned people calling for modifying the system and even Union Law Minister mincing no words in criticising such verdicts by confessing flaws in system, yet no concrete step is taken to plug out loopholes to ensure really just and speedy court-trials. This verdict is a challenge for Union government to ensure passing of complete package of reforms in judicial and legal system in forthcoming monsoon session of Parliament.
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