Singham's Imagery Of 'Instant Delivery Of Justice' Is A Wrong Message: Bombay High Court Judge
Films like Singham are sending the wrong message to people of our society, thinks?Bombay High Court judge Gautam Patel at an event organised by the Indian Police Foundation to mark the annual day and Police Reforms Day.
Is Singham giving the wrong message to society??
He said in such films like the Rohit Shetty directorial starring Ajay Devgn in the lead role, the hero delivers justice without bothering about the law and order - which in his opinion can make the audience impatient with the process of law in real life.?
Here's what the Bombay High Court judge Gautam Patel said
When the public thinks that the courts are not doing their job, it celebrates when the police step in, the judge said.
"This is why when a rape accused is killed in an encounter while allegedly trying to flee, people think it is not just alright but it is celebrated. Justice has been served, they feel, but has it?" he said.
"In movies, police rail against judges who are shown as docile, timid, thickly-spectacled and often very badly dressed. They accuse courts of letting the guilty go. The hero cop delivers justice single-handedly," he said.
About Singham, he said:
"Singham movie has especially shown in its climax scene where the entire police force descends on the politician played by Prakash Raj...and shows that justice has now been served. But I ask, has it. How dangerous that message is. Why this impatience? It has to go through a process where we decide innocence or guilt. These processes are slow... they have to be... because of the cardinal principle that the liberty of an individual is not to be confiscated," he added.
If this process was abandoned in favour of "shortcuts", then "we subvert the rule of law," Justice Patel said.??
Earlier, talking about police reforms, Justice Patel said that when going through the top court's 2006 judgment on police reforms in the Prakash Singh case, he comes away "with a distinct feeling that this was an opportunity missed".
"... The focus was perhaps too narrow...only on police reforms...there is a much wider dialogue...a broader conversation that we must have," he said.
Police reforms cannot be seen in isolation and there are other significant reforms that are necessary, Justice Patel said.
With inputs from PTI
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