09 March 2011

Justice denied to Aruna Shanbhag???

Recently in the news came the story of Aruna Shanbhag, and the Supreme Court verdict dealing with it. Definitely the court had proved several times that it was inhumane and the worst ever to be found among all the judicial systems. But letting away the criminals is a crime less considered. Here is the story of justice denied to a helpless woman.
Aruna Shanbhag was a pretty lady in the year 1973. She was attacked by the man named Walmiki while she was changing clothes in the hospital basement. He choked her with a dog chain causing the cut off oxygen supply to her brain resulting in partial brain death and corneal damage. Later she was anal raped and left to die. Later on Walmiki was caught and charged with robbery and attempted murder, but was sentenced only for robbery. He was to be sentenced for much more, but well, India is a country where many criminals have escaped.
What is the significance of this 38 year old tale? I am not interested in the escaped criminal, but in this lady, who is now old and in a vegetative state. She still lives, expecting death to show mercy on her. Death seems to wait for someone else to finish the task for him. And so was the plead for mercy killing given to the Supreme Court of India.
The pain was increased when the verdict came, when only partial euthanasia was allowed and nothing more. She was not allowed to be killed by any medicine, but only by leaving her to her fate, by not feeding her or giving her any medicine.
Now how cruel could the court get? Would they do the same for their loved ones? The question is simple, what makes them punish this lady in such a cruel manner. She lived as a practical vegetable for around 40 years, and the court says she isn’t allowed to die. This is the land where the murderer of Soumya still prevails. This is the land where Kasab will come out any second. This is the land where the destroyers of the Jumma Masjid still rules. Let all the criminals prevail, but why not show justice to a lady who simply wishes to either move a thumb, or die in an instant?
The Supreme Court itself has proved itself to be a vegetable, a rotten one that knows nothing of humanity and justice. It is high time voice be raised for a lady, who could have been our mother, sister or daughter.
Now I ask you, my friends. What is right? What should be given to Aruna? Justice, or injustice? What is your term on justice? What is your term on the verdict of our court? The questions are many, to the high authorities and to the simple peasants. The question is about performing the rights and wrongs.

1 comment:

  1. justice should be given to those who suffer mercilessly..... i think people's heart move only when a hero like hrithik roshan enacts the same situation and we watch it on a 35 mm screen..nd sob for him and be happy with the ending of it .... and ruthlessly turn our face when an even more critical situation happends to a common man....

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