Circle of Life?

Just came across this news of the 3 condemned assassins of the late Mr. Rajiv Gandhi again moving the Madras High Court for commuting their death sentence. A death sentence which was originally handed over by the special court, upheld by the Madras High Court and then upheld by the Supreme Court. And again the clemency petition was rejected by the President of India in August 2011.

TNN | Aug 29, 2011, 04.40PM IST, CHENNAI: The three convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case have moved the Madras high court challenging the rejection of their clemency pleas by President Pratibha Patil.

Now I figure they are moving the HC against the rejection of the clemency petition. I am no judicial expert and I don't need to be one to understand that it's some utter sham that is going on in here. So, what would they do if the HC again rejects the plea, move the Supreme Court again? And then a new President against the judgement of the earlier President. And I am sure they'd hope another 20 years to pass in this loop. That's one heel of a Circle of Life - a vicious Circle.

From the day of the assassination in 1991 till this day, 20 years have passed. Are we waiting for the killers to die a natural death instead of being punished for what they deserved? They were being punished for what the law of the nation deemed as rarest of the rare case and awarded them the death sentence. And there are some of these political scumbags who cannot rise above their regional interests, who are aiding and abetting this case to drag on forever.


My main peeve is against this setting up a precedence where every convict on death row keeps on utilising the loopholes in the system and drags on their cases for years. Tomorrow Afzal Guru might do the same if and when the honorable President rejects the clemency petition. I am sure there are well wishers for him too in our political class. And then I shudder to think about when Ajmal Kasab takes the cue.


The honorable Madras HC should once and for all end this here. Or some other authority should end this. This is all the more necessary for the people of India to have faith in their judiciary.


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Edit: The execution of the 3 convicts has been put on hold for a couple of months by the Madras High Court. There was a discussion about the topic in one of the Social Networking sites that I frequent. Please follow the link below if you'd like to listen in. It's a Google Plus link to my Public post on the matter.


https://plus.google.com/108587007911875191407/posts/A81spCbipyC