Faith in modern institutions is shaken

The truth and the ideal are very different. The Supreme Court makes laws, but they are not implemented. Various sexual harassment cases are, and they are kept pending in court for a very long time. The committees constituted fail to give reports. A senior retired judge has been named as harassing an female intern and this is shocking. Laws like the Vishaka judgement in 1997 or domestic violence Act 2007, cannot help women, when their women's rights are transgressed by those who make the laws themselves. Many times the Supreme Court helps the "upper privileged class" For instance the Flats of Campa Cola Society at Mumbai were going to be demolished on November 15,2013 as they were built illegally. But the occupants who wee from the privileged class had made protests, and had appealed, and it was postponed till May 2014. This gives them enough time to find a proper solution. Thousands of time, lower class citizens living in slums were forced out of their homes and were never given time to find alternate arrangements. Their cries were never heard by Supreme Court or any court. The law should be same for all, whether upper class citizens or lower class people. There is lack of coherence. The uncertainty in the process of making laws. There is double standard for different kind of citizens and this shakes our faith in the judicial system. People have lost faith in the democratic institutions, including the legal courts. Now people have taken other methods of resolving conflicts. As only the rich can afford lawyers and courts, and the courts give favourable judgements to those who have best lawyers, the poor cannot afford best lawyers and they never get the right judgements. The time taken by courts to resolve makes the whole process unworthy. Extra legal methods have emerged, like "khap panchayats", "kuchery" village courts etc. People believe in activists more and more now. Some have resorted to violence of the Naxals now, the resolution is speedy. This is very sad, that we have no faith in the law making bodies, no faith in democratic institutions. This is actually a step backwards in civilization. What will the future be like when no one believes in courts? We must believe that God will teach us how to live......