NO MAN IS WISER THAN LAW
LEAVING aside the debate on legitimacy of death penalty, the concern herein is the authority of an Institution. The Supreme Court of India after hearing contention and arguments advanced by counsel for Yakub held him guilty and punished him with Death penalty for Bombay Blast in year 1993. After the verdict, many people stated that the Supreme Court has not followed proper procedure and some of them gave it a communal colour by stating that Yakub has been hanged because he belongs to a minority community. Such things are unfortunate and strictly speaking one should not have questioned the institution and its honesty. If we look around the world, there is massive distrust in the Institution and Masses feel joyous whenever someone questions the integrity of the Institution. For any society to survive and grow, it has to believe in Rule of Law as every human being is inherently possess different behavioral patterns and act differently in a given situation and Rule of Law provides ...