Now what, publicity hunting ?

The Supreme Court of India while staying the arrest warrant on Richard Gere said that the complainants brought a bad name to the country. Such an utterance is a serious joke. It is not the complainants but the magistrates who brought a bad name to the country when they presided the case and granted a non-bailable arrest warrant. They should have known at the initial stage that the case is not maintainable and should have dismissed it with exemplary costs on the complainants.

Shilpa Shetty,an Indian Citizen was harassed by the orders passed by these magistrates. Richard Gere, was forced from visiting India. It is awful to note that the Supreme Court did not apologize for such abuse of the law. Finally, the magistrate who admitted the case goes scot-free,is justice well served?

The Supreme Court should have fired and restricted pension and perks of those magistrates who over stepped the authority by acting as an immigration officer and did not care about any of the constitutional provisions. After all, it is these magistrates who determine who live inside and outside a prison.

If one of actor Kushboo's case goes to the Supreme Court, no sane person would like a similar judgment. Is it too much to ask for?