Varun vindicated

Updated on: 18 May,2009 11:47 AM IST |
Dr Mookhi Amir Ali |

Dr Mookhi Amir Ali says the Apex court should have taken the call on the NSA on Varun much earlier

Varun vindicated

Dr Mookhi Amir Ali says the Apex court should have taken the call on the NSA on Varun much earlier

Irrespective of what one thinks of Varun Gandhi, all politicians, media, legal experts and intelligentsia agree that slapping the National Security Act (NSA) against Varun was a misuse of the Act.

Though the Apex court's decision revoking the NSA against Varun was expected, an irreversible damage was done in the meantime. Who will compensate for the 20 precious days the young politician needlessly spent in the jails of Pilibhit and Etah?

If the legal fraternity and the Delhi High Court Bar Association can take law in their hands and scuttle the notification of a good law passed by the Parliament, as they did with the Amendment to Section 41 of the Criminal Procedure Act, why can't they protest against the existence of draconian laws in our statute-book?

Surely, they are aware that laws like POTA and MCOCA have been rampantly misused for harassing the innocent.

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