The Hindu : NHRC move

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Tuesday, Aug 05, 2003

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NHRC move

Sir— It is all very well to ask why the National Human Rights Commission did not act earlier in the Best Bakery case. When the first reports came in of witnesses turning hostile in the fast track court, the NHRC asked the Gujarat police about the steps taken to protect witnesses. The Commission chose not to act when action would have been ineffectual. It has now enlarged the issue into something that affects the entire country's justice system. In not seeking to prevent a miscarriage of justice with the knowledge that it would have a better chance of setting things right later, the NHRC has shown remarkable astuteness.

Mukul Dube,
Delhi

Sir, — The NHRC action is welcome. But it could have waited till the time for appeal in the case was over, without inviting the criticism that it had a preconceived notion that no appeal would be filed.

N. R. Sathyamurty,
Cuddalore, T.N.

Sir, — The NHRC's move to appeal the Best Bakery case in the Supreme Court is not surprising. In India, the NGOs, media, and others are dedicated only to protecting the interests of the minorities. In fact, it has now become fashionable among secularists to do so. In the case relating to the 1984 anti-Sikh riots, even prominent Congress leaders escaped the clutches of law, and in Marad, where 8 persons were killed by Muslims, the NHRC did even seem to notice.

Vithalrao Kulkarni,
Gulbarga, Karnataka

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