Yet another VIP goes berserk

Yet another VIP goes berserk.

Intolerant behavior is an attempt to assert one’s superiority without really deserving it.

Quite a few VIPs in this country are under the delusion that they are above the law. They think that the law of the land is applicable only to the common man. When anything goes against their wishes and interest, they will adopt any means including physical abuse of the helpless citizens.

In this particular case, a security guard was beaten up for doing his duty. Here the pertinent question is not whether the IPS officer was right in trying to enter the club without the entry sticker or the identity card. The more serious issue is his assumption that rules, regulations and the laws of the country are not applicable to him. It is the assumption that nobody should question him because he is a senior police officer.

It is this assumption which emboldens VIPs to violate the law and cross all limits of decency, whenever they come across any obstacle that punctures their super inflated ego. With every passing day, such behavior is becoming common among VIPs especially the politicians and the police.

Will the Commissioner of Police and the Home Minister take action? If not, the common man will have no other option than to conclude that they too approve of this culture of exclusive rights and privileges for the few.

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JUDICIAL REFORM- THE NEED OF THE HOUR

The first requisite of civilization is that of justice.

SIGMUND FREUD

The failure of the State to halt the increasing crime and violence in the society seems to be, at least to some extent, due to its inability to evolve a mechanism which can ensure justice in a prompt and effective way. The overburdening of the judiciary and the consequent delay in the delivery of justice, is leading to a situation similar to anarchy. Though this realisation has been there for long, there is hardly any serious attempt to remedy the malady. Hence we feel sometimes, that the lethargy and inaction on the part of the concerned authorities is deliberate.

Unless those indulging in crime and violence are made to feel that the law will catch up with them surely and promptly, there will be no fear of the law.

Though it is true that lasting solution to crime and violence involves the larger issue of changes in the economic and political sphere, judicial reform is important because compared to other reforms it is easier to achieve in the immediate future. What is coming in the way of reform is the indifference of those who are supposed to initiate the process.