Justice, Not Just Rule of Law

Hands on prison barsA  MAN SPENT  ALMOST  A year in  a Telangana jail though he was not convicted. He was only ‘suspected’ to have stolen a few sarees. A police official thought it was a case fit for arrest under the Preventive Detention Act.  It was only after a court order that he was released.

Releasing him was rule of
law. A democratic, civilised, nation is supposed to follow rule of law. But could justice be done in this case? No power on earth can bring back the year he had lost.  No compensation paid to him can be Continue reading Justice, Not Just Rule of Law