The broken arm of the law

I dont understand the Indian judicial system, not because its laws are complicated but because it has the tendency to go insane at times! Navjot Singh Sidhu’s case has been on trial (at least in principle) for long enough. How long are we talking here? 1988- 2007. Its about the time from when I first started going to school. Innocent or guilty its sheer stupidity for a judicial system to sleep over a case for this long. It all finally ended when Sidhu was convicted and everyone went about handing excessive praise to the way the judiciary has transformed and isn’t afraid of convicting the so- called ‘men of power’. I think most spoke too soon. All it took was an appeal to the Supreme court (link). It almost seems like cricket, where the umpires on the field are inclined to say that the batsman is out, the third umpire intervenes unnecessarily from his stand. The irony is unmistakable. Aaaargh! What a horrible way to start my day!