Embodiment of Extra ordinary Justice

Embodiment of extraordinary justice- A touching story.

Long back in 1993 a 7 tear boy died in a road accident. His father filed a case in the Motor Accidents’ claims Tribunal. (MACT). After 4 years the court ordered a compensation of Rs. 98700/= along with interest. An amount of Rs 20000/=was directly paid through court and another amount of Rs 90308/= was put as a fixed deposit in a nationalized bank. Due to a clerical mistake, the amount was deposited in the account of some other person. Having got the amount through an error the recipient Mr. Radhakrishnan should have returned the amount in all humility. However with the help of some lawyers he withdrew the money in 3 installments.

Unaware of all these happenings, the boy’s father continued to fight the case with the insurance company in the court. Seeking justice to his deceased son, his father virtually became a regular visitor of the court. In the mean time the person who surreptitiously got the amount died in a road accident.

Two years ago Mr. Manohar Kini took charge as the MACT Judge at Palakkad. He was not even remotely related to this case. But having realised the agony and pain of a person who is fighting the case for last 2 decades he decided to take the moral responsibility of the incident just because he is also a part of the system. Taking moral responsibility is not by mere words but by action as he gave Rs 1 lakh to the family of the victim from his personal account. Such unprecedented gestures are unparalleled and unheard of in the annals of judicial history. At a time when many people even in highly responsible positions are reluctant or refuse to take responsibility of their own mistakes and actions, Mr Kini’s gesture needs to be recorded in golden letters in the judicial history of the country.

A Big salute to Mr. Kini a great human being and a true Judge. Let his tribe increase. Day in and day we see and hear bad news and rarely do we get an occasion to eulogies the magnanimous and philanthropic deeds. The least we can do is to propagate such great deeds so that these Samaritans will remain in the hearts of millions of the people across the country, if not across the globe. Let this type of act also inspire the people to do great humanitarian works.