Battle Ground 2024 – Justice delivery, Jugaad & Non-Compliance
Three of the major impediments to India’s sustainable development and faster socio-economic growth could be listed as (i) Blatant disregard for the law due to a pathetic justice delivery system; (ii) Jugaad mindset of people and (iii) total disregard for the social and regulatory compliance norms. Let me explain my point with the help of the following examples: Bail is acquittal I recently visited Chaubeypur Village in the Varanasi district of Uttar Pradesh. A decent sized urbanized village located about 25 km from Varanasi city, Chaubeypur is representative of the unplanned and unsustainable urbanization of numerous Indian villages. In Chaubeypur, I met Chote Lal (name changed) who is accused of 2 murders, arson, land grabbing, extortion, and rape of a middle-aged woman. Presently out on bail, he gleefully boasted to have committed some of these crimes. When I tried to discuss the law and order situation in the area with Vimal Saxena (Name changed), a lecturer at Law Col...