There can be no separate law for rich and poor in the country: Supreme

(PTI) New Delhi, Ta. 22
The Supreme Court made important remarks while hearing the murder case of MP Congress leader Devendra Chorasia. The Supreme Court said there could be no separate law for the rich and the poor in the country. The same law that applies to the poor also applies to the rich.
A bench of Justice DY Chandrachud and Justice MR Shah heard the case of murder of Madhya Pradesh Congress leader Devendra Chorasia. The lower court had granted bail to the accused. Dismissing it, the apex court said that the same law that applies to the common man in the country applies to the rich and politically affluent. If there is political power then the law cannot be relaxed.
The lower court had earlier granted bail to the husband of a Madhya Pradesh Bahujan Samaj Party MLA in connection with the murder of Devendra Chorasia. In that regard, the apex court said that the principles of the judiciary should not be violated in taking personal decisions of a judge and proceeding under the relevant law. The division of the judiciary and the executive should not be violated. The judiciary should be free from political interference. The tendency to exert political pressure on the judiciary is not at all appropriate.
The Supreme Court judges said that the law is the same for the rich and the poor. In a case where the bail of a poor accused cannot be granted, it is not appropriate to grant bail to a rich accused in another case. The attitude of the British towards the district level judiciary has to be changed by the influential people. When the judiciary stands with the truth, many influential people also target their people, which is not fair at all.
The apex court added in an important remark: "Many people in the country still live in the mindset of the British and believe that the rich will get relief by contacting the top." But that is no longer possible in the country's constitution. The politically wealthy, the wealthy and the well-to-do will have to follow the same law as the ordinary poor and marginalized people of the country.