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Press Freedom: As FIRs Fly In From all Corners, the Supreme Court Must Intervene
The law is meant to provide justice and not harass citizens, and if it does so, it must be struck down or read down to a more pragmatic interpretation, as was done with cheque bouncing matters.
Supreme Court of India. Photo: The Wire
Rights06/Feb/2021
The rampant misuse (if not abuse) of the Indian criminal justice system certainly calls for an interventionist approach from our Supreme Court (SC). A hands-off approach is no good and, in fact, seems to be encouraging those who want to take advantage of the law to inconvenience anyone who is perhaps an annoyance to them. I refer to the spate of First Information Reports (FIRs) filed by different people in different parts of the country so that the accused is harassed and made to run from one state to another and from one court to another.