The first reaction of the Government of India to any problem old or new is to draft a new law and enact it. We have laws against dowry, atrocities against minorities and more recently, sexual harassment. We also have laws that specify the requisite number of spittoons that every factory needs to install.
Unfortunately, the government has been found lacking in enforcement of law. We have often lamented on how criminals make merry while the constabulary is busy with bandobast duties and escorting VIPs from the airport lounge to the loo. The police force is not the only component of the enforcement mechanism, however. The judicial system is critical too, lest we rapidly devolve into a police state.
It is not often that we pause to consider the weight of new laws on the already overburdened judicial system. Lawmakers would do well to consider the incremental requirement in capacity of the justice system with the new laws they intend to pass. The result of not heeding this advise is all too obvious with the long delay in administration of justice in our system.
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