It has been quite a roller coaster last week. First there was the Sessions court judgement holding Salman Khan guilty and then a couple of days later, the high court setting aside the verdict, questioning if homicide not amounting to murder was the correct charge to apply. And then yesterday, Jayalalithaa was given a clean bill by the Karnataka high court in the disproportionate assets case. She can go back to being Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu again. Phew!
The responses I have been noticing have been baffling to say the least. People had their faith in the Indian judicial system restored when Salman was convicted. Then there was a lot of shaking of heads when the verdict was overturned. It appears that most people wished for both convictions to be upheld by higher courts and demonstrated their disappointment rather vociferously.
People like us who work in banks and IT companies tut-tut when we read about the hordes painting MS Dhoni's wall black when the Indian team loses. We like to believe we are better, more civilized. We do not make biased decisions without complete information.
It's a good thing that people like us don't go around smashing windscreens or painting stuff black. It is not that we had perfectly complete information about events that happened circa 2002.
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