Balance of justice
THE WEEK India|April 23, 2023
Challenge for Gehlot to bring justice to terror victims
NAMRATA BIJI AHUJA
Balance of justice

NATWAR GOPAL MALPANI, 76, still remembers the horror of the Jaipur serial blasts in 2008. He and his wife, Bhagwati Devi, 54, had just become grandparents. Bhagwati was shopping at Johri Bazaar when the explosions happened, abruptly ending the new chapter in her life.

“A shrapnel hit her head and she fell; she writhed in pain for 45 minutes. I will get justice only when the perpetrators are meted out the same treatment for killing innocents,” said Malpani, who runs an import-export business.

He had one question for the police, courts and politicians: “Why do we give the terror-accused a long rope, allowing them to take advantage of the system and the loopholes in the investigation?”

Malpani wants the real perpetrators to face the noose. “If the four accused are not the actual culprits, then the police should tell us who carried out the terror attacks,” he said.

On March 30, the Rajasthan High Court acquitted all four accused in the 2008 Jaipur blasts case, pointing at “systemic failure” leading to “inadmissible evidence”, “ignoring material contradictions’’, and “not properly considering the legal provisions in the Indian Evidence Act, Information Technology Act and the Code of Criminal Procedure” to prove beyond reasonable doubt the involvement of the four terror accused in the dastardly terror attack that killed 71 people.

The trial court had earlier convicted the accused and sentenced them to death. Last February, they were also sentenced to death by a trial court in the 2008 Ahmedabad blasts case.

Bu hikaye THE WEEK India dergisinin April 23, 2023 sayısından alınmıştır.

Start your 7-day Magzter GOLD free trial to access thousands of curated premium stories, and 9,000+ magazines and newspapers.

Bu hikaye THE WEEK India dergisinin April 23, 2023 sayısından alınmıştır.

Start your 7-day Magzter GOLD free trial to access thousands of curated premium stories, and 9,000+ magazines and newspapers.

THE WEEK INDIA DERGISINDEN DAHA FAZLA HIKAYETümünü görüntüle
William Dalrymple goes further back
THE WEEK India

William Dalrymple goes further back

Indian readers have long known William Dalrymple as the chronicler nonpareil of India in the early years of the British raj. His latest book, The Golden Road, is a striking departure, since it takes him to a period from about the third century BC to the 12th-13th centuries CE.

time-read
3 dak  |
November 17, 2024
The bleat from the street
THE WEEK India

The bleat from the street

What with all the apps delivering straight to one’s doorstep, the supermarkets, the food halls and even the occasional (super-expensive) pop-up thela (cart) offering the woke from field-to-fork option, the good old veggie-market/mandi has fallen off my regular beat.

time-read
2 dak  |
November 17, 2024
Courage and conviction
THE WEEK India

Courage and conviction

Justice A.M. Ahmadi's biography by his granddaughter brings out behind-the-scenes tension in the Supreme Court as it dealt with the Babri Masjid demolition case

time-read
2 dak  |
November 17, 2024
EPIC ENTERPRISE
THE WEEK India

EPIC ENTERPRISE

Gowri Ramnarayan's translation of Ponniyin Selvan brings a fresh perspective to her grandfather's magnum opus

time-read
4 dak  |
November 17, 2024
Upgrade your jeans
THE WEEK India

Upgrade your jeans

If you don’t live in the top four-five northern states of India, winter means little else than a pair of jeans. I live in Mumbai, where only mad people wear jeans throughout the year. High temperatures and extreme levels of humidity ensure we go to work in mulmul salwars, cotton pants, or, if you are lucky like me, wear shorts every day.

time-read
2 dak  |
November 17, 2024
Garden by the sea
THE WEEK India

Garden by the sea

When Kozhikode beach became a fertile ground for ideas with Manorama Hortus

time-read
4 dak  |
November 17, 2024
RECRUITERS SPEAK
THE WEEK India

RECRUITERS SPEAK

Industry requirements and selection criteria of management graduates

time-read
3 dak  |
November 17, 2024
MORAL COMPASS
THE WEEK India

MORAL COMPASS

The need to infuse ethics into India's MBA landscape

time-read
5 dak  |
November 17, 2024
B-SCHOOLS SHOULD UNDERSTAND THAT INDIAN ECONOMY IS GOING TO WITNESS A TREMENDOUS GROWTH
THE WEEK India

B-SCHOOLS SHOULD UNDERSTAND THAT INDIAN ECONOMY IS GOING TO WITNESS A TREMENDOUS GROWTH

INTERVIEW - Prof DEBASHIS CHATTERJEE, director, Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode

time-read
3 dak  |
November 17, 2024
COURSE CORRECTION
THE WEEK India

COURSE CORRECTION

India's best b-schools are navigating tumultuous times. Hurdles include lower salaries offered to their graduates and students misusing AI

time-read
8 dak  |
November 17, 2024