However, we have become inured, and courts and governments have
routinely condoned excesses without comment.
Again, the Indira Gandhi case furnishes an apt example.
At the spot of the incident both Beant Singh and Satwant Singh are alleged to have thrown their arms
The Supreme Court judgement records a cold-blooded murderous assault by the security forces on unarmed persons, one of whom died on the spot:
"At the spot of the incident, the two assassins are alleged to have thrown their arms and said: "I have done what I have to do. Now you do what you have to do." The personnel of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) pounced on them and took them off to the guard room. What happened inside the guard room is not on the record. The fact, however, remains that both the assassins had been shot by the ITBP personnel. They were soon removed to the hospital where Beant Singh was pronounced dead and Satwant Singh was found to be critically injured."
The incident described above constitutes offences of murder and attempt to murder, and the rule of law requires that the culprits be punished, but in total abdication of judicial responsibility the Supreme Court looked the other way and kept silent.
routinely condoned excesses without comment.
Again, the Indira Gandhi case furnishes an apt example.
At the spot of the incident both Beant Singh and Satwant Singh are alleged to have thrown their arms
The Supreme Court judgement records a cold-blooded murderous assault by the security forces on unarmed persons, one of whom died on the spot:
"At the spot of the incident, the two assassins are alleged to have thrown their arms and said: "I have done what I have to do. Now you do what you have to do." The personnel of the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) pounced on them and took them off to the guard room. What happened inside the guard room is not on the record. The fact, however, remains that both the assassins had been shot by the ITBP personnel. They were soon removed to the hospital where Beant Singh was pronounced dead and Satwant Singh was found to be critically injured."
The incident described above constitutes offences of murder and attempt to murder, and the rule of law requires that the culprits be punished, but in total abdication of judicial responsibility the Supreme Court looked the other way and kept silent.
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