The All India Lawyers Association for Justice (AILAJ) staged a protest near the City Civil Court Complex in Bengaluru on Friday, raising concerns about the three new criminal laws that will be implemented from Monday.
Yet the decision of the Chief Judicial Magistrate of Surat to convict and sentence a prominent Indian politician like Rahul Gandhi to two years in prison is unique and, in a sense, a denial of the Supreme Court's concept.
Speaking at an event in Jaipur in the presence of Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju and senior judges of the Supreme Court, the Chief Justice of India N V Ramana expressed concern over the high ratio of undertrial prisoners and said the “process is the punishment.”