It is not an exaggerated statement if someone remarked, “Either get indigestion by watching morning news or get insomnia by watching night news!” I can’t say whether it’s a status of pity or a curse which haunts our country that all the news being classified in the similar pattern highlighted in the opening statement.
Many a times, in the comments section of my various blogs, it was mentioned that unless we have our people educated, such situations are bound to occur. I had always refused to buy this argument. The reasons are many. One among them is that an Indian Education system does not teach value to the learners.
What happened in Chennai High Court two days back is shocking. This is not the first time that Tamil Lawyers are taking the law in their hands. They have done this many times earlier and they are notorious for such acts. Ever since the Dravidian parties climbed to power, the law college is fully politicized and bifurcated centrally. It is a bitter truth that only those with rowdy-background join the Law College of Madras. Lawyers turning hooligans? What’s happening around us? What is the legacy we are leaving to the generations that follow? The morality of the country is shaken.
It started with some lawyers throwing eggs on Dr. Subramaniam Swamy, Ex-Minister of our country, within the premises of the Court. Court is a place where common people still believe that justice is maintained and delivered to poor in the rich-biased society. When the police arrested the one who threw eggs, lawyers turned violent and went to the extent of burning the entire police station?
¨ How intolerant we have become? We can’t respect others’ sentiments but are ready to force ours down others’ throats?
¨ If it were rowdies who did this act we can control but if this is done by none other than lawyers who are supposed to fight for justice within the legal norms as specified by IPC, what should one think?
¨ Who gave the authority of taking the law in their hands to these lawyers?
¨ Under what norms, we can call these hooligans as educated ones?
¨ In what way they differ from the anti-social elements?
¨ Simply by having a piece of paper that states these men have scored sufficient marks to pass through the exam, they are different?
¨ What is the value they add to them, the institution, the society and the country?
¨ What is the link of Srilankan Tamils (reportedly some lawyers raised slogans related to this issue) issue to this episode?
The reason being, senior experienced advocates have shied away from taking the responsibilities of the BAR association. The reasons are many, prime one being the politicization of the entire activities. With politics stooping to such low levels, the educated elites, instead of fighting it, shied away from it. This gave way for the less experienced, politically biased lawyers to be at the helm of affairs. They lack the wisdom to guide others and they believe that they can behave like Cine-heroes and get away with it.
Here in this episode Police also should have behaved reasonably. Last time when such violent things happened in Madras Law College, policemen were severely criticized for being a mute spectator. Hence, this time they did not want to give a chance for complaint. While I am not protesting their act, I would have appreciated had they taken the confidence of several other lawyers by protecting them (who were reasonable). Policemen would have got their support too. When they went beserk, they lost support of the genuine ones and it became a lawyer versus policemen issue.
Ours is a country where Law-breaker becomes law-maker, dishonest ones become policemen, and Protectors become predators. It is high time we started respecting every individual.
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