Justice Delayed is Justice Denied

Today a high court bench in Portugal has orderd cancellation of extraction of Abu Salem to India and ordered Indian Government to return him back. He is one of the prime accused in 1993 Mumbai Blasts. He was given to India with an assurance that he will not be sentenced to death or serve jail term in excess of 25 years

He was given to India in 2005 and in these 6 years our government could have completed the trial and courts could have given him jail term for 24 years and 11 months. So lazy is our government, investigating agencies and courts that we are going to send back a dreaded criminal

Justice Delayed is Justice Denied

Jnanapith Awards

Jnanapith awards were announced last week and renowned Kannada writer Kambar has been honoured with the award this year. It is good to see that Kannada writers are getting this awards quite frequently, but my it is quite ironic that no one from the tamil literary world has been honoured with this award so far.

So good for a Classical language