Guest guest Posted August 18, 2012 Report Share Posted August 18, 2012 A man was passing by a vendor selling bananas. He could not resist this sight and picked one banana. After inspecting it for its quality, the man promptly ate it. The vendor was watching the prospective customer all this while. He did not like it when the man who ate the banana started walking away. When asked for the price of the banana, the man slapped the vendor. This rogue was reported to police….. It sounds like a story, but it is not.  This was a case reported by a newspaper. The man who ate the banana and refused to pay up was tried for assaulting the vendor. The trial lasted eight years. Yes, eight years. I also did not believe it. I read the report again. After the eight-year long trial, he was sentenced to six-month imprisonment. Is it justice?  There cannot be a more telling example of travesty of justice. It takes real ingenuity to keep a case alive for eight years to decide whether the accused was guilty for not paying for a banana. On the other hand, such a farce is possible only if there is some stupidity in the justice system involved.  The judge must have had a special reason to admit this case for a trial despite the fact that the courts throughout the country are clogged with countless cases pending for years.  Unfortunately, no one realizes, especially in the judiciary, that the system has become ineffective. It is almost irredeemably bad. Perhaps they are aware of the malady but are hopelessly unequipped to correct things. It is probably sheer callousness; nobody is bothered. A great wisdom is attributed to judiciary. Regrettably, this wisdom is just equated  with judgments running into scores of pages, using pompous language. Real wisdom is required to make the system fair and fast.  Unless the judicial system acts wisely and urgently, courts will continue to dispense ‘banana justice’.  Bharat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 19, 2012 Report Share Posted August 19, 2012 The sacred cow! My brother went to the High Court to get justice because the govt was not following a Supreme Court order ( Banana Leaf) in his case. The case reached the Hon'ble Supreme court, lingered there for 8 yrs and then the judgement came, " Case dismissed because the officer has already retired. "  Ashok Sinha >________________________________ > >To: mgims <mgims > >Sent: Saturday, August 18, 2012 11:07 PM >Subject: Banana Justice > > > >A man was passing by a vendor selling bananas. He could not resist this sight and picked one banana. After inspecting it for its quality, the man promptly ate it. The vendor was watching the prospective customer all this while. He did not like it when the man who ate the banana started walking away. When asked for the price of the banana, the man slapped the vendor. This rogue was reported to police….. It sounds like a story, but it is not. > > >This was a case reported by a newspaper. The man who ate the banana and refused to pay up was tried for assaulting the vendor. The trial lasted eight years. Yes, eight years. I also did not believe it. I read the report again. After the eight-year long trial, he was sentenced to six-month imprisonment. Is it justice? > >There cannot be a more telling example of travesty of justice. It takes real ingenuity to keep a case alive for eight years to decide whether the accused was guilty for not paying for a banana. On the other hand, such a farce is possible only if there is some stupidity in the justice system involved.  The judge must have had a special reason to admit this case for a trial despite the fact that the courts throughout the country are clogged with countless cases pending for years. > >Unfortunately, no one realizes, especially in the judiciary, that the system has become ineffective. It is almost irredeemably bad. Perhaps they are aware of the malady but are hopelessly unequipped to correct things. It is probably sheer callousness; nobody is bothered. A great wisdom is attributed to judiciary. Regrettably, this wisdom is just equated  with judgments running into scores of pages, using pompous language. Real wisdom is required to make the system fair and fast. > >Unless the judicial system acts wisely and urgently, courts will continue to dispense ‘banana justice’. > >Bharat > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 19, 2012 Report Share Posted August 19, 2012 Your short story reminds me of an article from my blog dated 21/09/2011. I am reproducing it here: " I got it wrong. The world is so much flatter..... But Technological advances were not accompanied by Changes in the legal and regulatory system, And the political system got corrupted. " Said Friedman, author of 'World is flat', The British have left. They have gone. It is nice to keep using their language. But it is a pain to keep following the rules they made to control the natives. While the British left India more than six decades ago; we follow outdated rules & regulations written by the British (to control the Slaves). Our Bureaucrats truly follow the dictum, “Hum Angrez ke zamane ke afsar hai.!†We have inherited from our former colonial masters an edifice of “prior approvals†required from the state for too many economic activities. We are also burdened with a tradition of opaque rules with the caveat that “notwithstanding anything contained in these rules, the collector/commissioner/secretary/minister can provide an approval if he…thinks it properâ€. And there’s the rub! Opacity and discretion! Our erstwhile rulers found it a useful tool to ‘control’ us and to make sure their favorites (usually British companies) got the coveted approvals. It is high time we as free citizens change the system. Otherwise we will be doomed to low growth, increasing inequity that favors’ crony capitalists and endless moral corrosion of our society. While Economic reforms initiated in 1989 by P V Narasimnha Rao (oops Manmohansinghji !) Were relatively easy to implement & very easy for the general public to understand, we need a large number of Structural reforms. These Structural reforms have long term implications, are difficult for the general public to comprehend and hence agitate and demand for them. This there is no demand from the ‘Civil Society†it is difficult for the Political Masters (The Legislative) to implement these structural reforms in the true spirit. The new Laws will have to limit the power of the State and not expand it. Regulations that don’t care for its people or for the rule of the law need to be systematically and urgently weeded out. While Liberalization 1.0 was designed by an Economist; Liberalization 2.0 will need visionary administrator with legal knowledge Structural reforms: 1. Taxation reforms ( Direct tax: DTC; Indirect Tax: GST 2. Land (Title and Survey) reforms, 3. Land acquisitions and rehabilitation 4. Education reforms 5. Agri marketing: Procurement, Ware housing and distribution 6. Labour reforms 7. Mining reforms 8. Judiciary accountability bill 9. Police reforms 10. Revamp of PDS ( Public distribution system) 11. Revamp of Fuel /Food/ Fertiliser Subsides. Guiding Principles for Structural reforms: 1. Transparency, minimum discretionary powers to executive 2. Reduction of Bureaucratic interpretation and intervention. 3. Minimum interaction between Bureaucrat and public (e-auctions / computerization) 4. Accountability Every time there is a problem a Gandhi, a Jai Prakash Narayan and an Hazare cannot be pulled out of the woodwork. Systems must be strengthened – Systems or redress and systems of appraisal. Hope we get someone as shrewd as P V Narasimha Rao to lead us through liberalization 2.0. Someone who rises above petty politics for personal gains and takes actions those are right for the country. doctorparagshah.blogspot.com Till we see structural changes in our regulation we will be witness to, 2G, K - G, Coal allotment, Airport usage etc., etc............00000000000000000000000000000 India invented the zero, Our politicians have invented infinite zeros, It is difficult to keep a count on the number of zeroes in each scam. There is a race it seems amongst the politicians, “ Uskae zero mere zero sa jyada kyu hai.†Parag 1980 Banana Justice > > > >A man was passing by a vendor selling bananas. He could not resist this sight and picked one banana. After inspecting it for its quality, the man promptly ate it. The vendor was watching the prospective customer all this while. He did not like it when the man who ate the banana started walking away. When asked for the price of the banana, the man slapped the vendor. This rogue was reported to police….. It sounds like a story, but it is not. > > >This was a case reported by a newspaper. The man who ate the banana and refused to pay up was tried for assaulting the vendor. The trial lasted eight years. Yes, eight years. I also did not believe it. I read the report again. After the eight-year long trial, he was sentenced to six-month imprisonment. Is it justice? > >There cannot be a more telling example of travesty of justice. It takes real ingenuity to keep a case alive for eight years to decide whether the accused was guilty for not paying for a banana. On the other hand, such a farce is possible only if there is some stupidity in the justice system involved. The judge must have had a special reason to admit this case for a trial despite the fact that the courts throughout the country are clogged with countless cases pending for years. > >Unfortunately, no one realizes, especially in the judiciary, that the system has become ineffective. It is almost irredeemably bad. Perhaps they are aware of the malady but are hopelessly unequipped to correct things. It is probably sheer callousness; nobody is bothered. A great wisdom is attributed to judiciary. Regrettably, this wisdom is just equated with judgments running into scores of pages, using pompous language. Real wisdom is required to make the system fair and fast. > >Unless the judicial system acts wisely and urgently, courts will continue to dispense ‘banana justice’. > >Bharat > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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