Courts:Temple of Justice or Den of Corruption & Injustice

Today, I had privilege to hear the views of the international and national figures  on ‘INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON TRANSPARENCY & ACCOUNTABILITY IN JUSTICE ADMINISTRATION SYSTEM: CHALLENGES & SOLUTION’ The Chattani or Mix-Fruit Chat of the whole day deliberations is: Judiciary is the last hope of people, so it must be independent and for the independent Judiciary the ‘Independent Minds’ are required. The Judges should be the men of integrity and propriety. Corruption is not only in terms of money; it has different shades...Discovery of the Fundamental Right ‘Right to Know’ was by Supreme Court, but now this same court is fed-up with its own discovery. All the three organs of State are agents of people. Act and conduct of Lawyers etc. etc. etc. Sounds very nice, but when we enter into court room; all the aforesaid discussions & principles vanishes into air and the competent lawyers, the so called ‘Officers of the Court’ fight for their survival in front of the corrupt and incompetent judges and the Senior Advocate, siblings of Judges/Bureaucrats/Politicians have last laugh in the court. And, the competent and knowledgable lawyers are the worst victim, because if an incompetent lawyer is spontaneous humble & diplomat towards judges, because he knows that he is ignorant of law and therefore he has to be at the mercy of judge. But the real problem of the knowledgeable and competent lawyers; because they try to stand on the legs of knowledge and talent; which is rarely appreciated.

             After hearing the nice talks of the Conference the very vivid pictures of the repeated injustice, corruption, hollow arrogance, incompetency etc. of the judges floats before eyes. How can I forget the personal experience of an honour killing of a girl during the pendency of habeas corrupts petition before the High Court and Supreme Court, only because of the casual and callous approach of a judge? How can I forget the cases which were admitted (means which will come-up for hearing after 15-20 years) due to the personal vengeance of a judge towards a lawyer, despite fully knowing well that the client, due to 70+ age will be no more alive to see the verdict? How can I forget the last laugh of the incompetent lawyers getting undue relief in cases only because of their so called humbleness or connections? How can I forget the insecurity and jealous of judges with the budding intelligent lawyers? How can I forget the misery of a jail inmate who couldn’t come out of jail only because his family members refused  to pay the hefty amount of Rs. 5000/-, in contrast to the legal fee of Rs. 100/-, to the clerk of a lawyer for getting order and the Bail order was not provided; due to the nexus between the Govt. Staff & Lawyers’ clerk?

            With little bit experience I come to conclusion that the courts have become only the source of the livelihood of the judges, lawyers and subordinate staff,, by and large, surviving on corruption,  where justice is only coincidental.