prakharsingh
Jun 10, 2010
Writing Feedback / Laws should not end up in motley - should give the law makers enough flexibility [3]
The sands of time have witnessed injustice innumerably and those responsible have been castigated. Europeans discovered new worlds and brought with them their knowledge and traditions. Civilization settled and established laws for the smooth governing of the society. With the onset of modernization thinking changed and so did the need for changes in the way people are governed.
But with time these laws have seen a saturated stagnation. The injustice faced by the society demands more stringent punishment as changing times demand for a change in the antediluvian laws. E.g. the worst industrial disaster at the Union Carbide Plant(UCP) in Bhopal, India claimed 15000 innocent lives and maimed millions f others. Twenty five years later the apparition of the tragedy still scares the people. Recently the verdict was declared with 2 years imprisonment and $2000 fine to the seven culprits with the main accused still at large. This is a clear case of 'justice delayed is justice denied.' This amercement is in accordance with the laws formulated by the Britishers in India sixty years ago and cannot account for this act of genocide.
However, a defaulter in the stock exchange caught for unfair trade and embezzlement is imprisoned for 5 years with a fine of $ 20000. The question is, is the cost of human lives less than the monetary loss?
Laws all over the world consider homicide and a regular sex offence as an equal crime. There should be more transparency in the judiciary. There is a need for reforms in the laws. Law should not be fixed instead it should be flexible enough to account for various circumstances, times and places. Coming back to the UCP incident, more compensation should be given t the victims and only timely action will get them justice.
But the modern laws should not end up in motley, it should give the law makers enough flexibility and liberty to deliver timely and fare justice.
The sands of time have witnessed injustice innumerably and those responsible have been castigated. Europeans discovered new worlds and brought with them their knowledge and traditions. Civilization settled and established laws for the smooth governing of the society. With the onset of modernization thinking changed and so did the need for changes in the way people are governed.
But with time these laws have seen a saturated stagnation. The injustice faced by the society demands more stringent punishment as changing times demand for a change in the antediluvian laws. E.g. the worst industrial disaster at the Union Carbide Plant(UCP) in Bhopal, India claimed 15000 innocent lives and maimed millions f others. Twenty five years later the apparition of the tragedy still scares the people. Recently the verdict was declared with 2 years imprisonment and $2000 fine to the seven culprits with the main accused still at large. This is a clear case of 'justice delayed is justice denied.' This amercement is in accordance with the laws formulated by the Britishers in India sixty years ago and cannot account for this act of genocide.
However, a defaulter in the stock exchange caught for unfair trade and embezzlement is imprisoned for 5 years with a fine of $ 20000. The question is, is the cost of human lives less than the monetary loss?
Laws all over the world consider homicide and a regular sex offence as an equal crime. There should be more transparency in the judiciary. There is a need for reforms in the laws. Law should not be fixed instead it should be flexible enough to account for various circumstances, times and places. Coming back to the UCP incident, more compensation should be given t the victims and only timely action will get them justice.
But the modern laws should not end up in motley, it should give the law makers enough flexibility and liberty to deliver timely and fare justice.