The law is loose in this regard in India since last several years.
What is happening
In sensational cases, police is under immense pressure by media to arrest criminals.
After arresting them, immediately police poses with arrested persons for photo ops by media.
Within hours everyone has seen the accused on TV and in Press.
How it destroys or weaken evidence in court
After arrests, an identification parade is held before Magistrate. Here, accused are mixed up with similar looking 10 to 12 persons.
From this group, eye witnesses are asked to point out the man whom they had seen..
If witnesses identify these accused, the evidence of Identification parade can lead to their conviction.
Effect of releasing photographs of Accused to public before identification parade is held
In such cases, DefenceLawyer can argue that evidence of Identification Parade be discarded from prosecution evidence because, accused's photographs were already shown to witnesses through press and TV.
Danger of Innocent being sent to jail
Since in such media cases, police is under immense pressure to catch criminals, sometimes they may arrest some innocent also. He may be criminal in some other crime but he may be innocent in present crime. Since his photograph is given to press and TV, these witnesses may easily identify them in Identification Parade and they may go to life Imprisionment on basis of such weak evidence.
Some guidelines need to be issued by courts or by governments.
Haresh Raichura
29/6/2014
June 29, 2014
Quotation Craze - Why you should not read quotations randomly thrust upon you - a brief note
I still vividly remember the day when I first came across a book of quotations.
The book was titled "Words to live by".. The quotes were amazing. I felt as if I can spend my whole life seeking guidance from and following these quotes.
This was about 40 years ago. Today I remember only title of this book and nothing else. None of those quotes accompanied in my life.
In years that rolled by I read hundreds and thousands of quotations.
In fact, this habit of keep reading quotations confused me a lot.
A Greek lawyer, recently tweeted me and explained words "Cognitive Dissonance".
He explained that if we put contradictory quotations in our head, it creates cognitive dissonance. Mind becomes confused. It becomes unable to go in any direction.
Then recently I read autobiography of a man who invented Microsoft Word. (not Bill Gate). This man was fully in charge of department which was responsible for developing software called "Microsoft Word".
He became so rich at age of 35 that he retired. He had not much work to do except to enjoy life and to go to various clubs at night. No worry to earn money. Just like living in heaven without worry to work or to earn.
Then he wrote his autobiography.
He dealt with issue of contradictory quotations or contradictory thumb rules.
He listed various contradictiory thumb rules and discussed how one should go about it.
For example, one quote can advise "Say Less Than Necessary".
Another quote can say ,"Speak More, to Sell More."
So, which quote to follow? He reached to conclusion that each quote is good for the context in which it is to be applied.
If situation is such that it is better to apply "Say less than necessary", then apply that. If situation is such that it is better to apply "Speak more to sell more", then apply that.
In brief, he said, use quotations or thumb rules which works for you in each situation.
In Supreme Court of India, I have a very senior and wise advocate friend M N Tandon. I often turn to him to resolve my philosophical confusions.
He said, "A man should sit down to strengthen his basic beliefs." He meant to say that whatever thumb rules or quotations we wish to apply in our life, we should sit down and make them strong. In life, we cannot progress much if our basic beliefs are not strengthened.
In book 'Feeling is the Secret', the author Neville Goddard opens the book by quoting some old saying that 'there is no end to books in this world, there is no end to reading materials in this world. Reading more leads to confusion. Zero down on few worthy reading, and read them many many times'.
This much, I have to say today to those who keep reading every day new quotes.
Contradictory view
Nani Palkhiwala, the eminent jurist wrote in his books "We, the People", that it helps a lot if daily morning before starting our day, if read few inspirational books.
It does help if in morning we read some good books, quotes etc. It prepares mind to beat dust of routine life.
Thus, reading some good quotes in early morning helps us to come alive.
Conclusion
It is okay to read good quotes /books in morning. But we should strengthen our basic beliefs first. Otherwise, reading diverse quotations can lead to cognitive dissonance.
Haresh Raichura
29/6/14
The book was titled "Words to live by".. The quotes were amazing. I felt as if I can spend my whole life seeking guidance from and following these quotes.
This was about 40 years ago. Today I remember only title of this book and nothing else. None of those quotes accompanied in my life.
In years that rolled by I read hundreds and thousands of quotations.
In fact, this habit of keep reading quotations confused me a lot.
A Greek lawyer, recently tweeted me and explained words "Cognitive Dissonance".
He explained that if we put contradictory quotations in our head, it creates cognitive dissonance. Mind becomes confused. It becomes unable to go in any direction.
Then recently I read autobiography of a man who invented Microsoft Word. (not Bill Gate). This man was fully in charge of department which was responsible for developing software called "Microsoft Word".
He became so rich at age of 35 that he retired. He had not much work to do except to enjoy life and to go to various clubs at night. No worry to earn money. Just like living in heaven without worry to work or to earn.
Then he wrote his autobiography.
He dealt with issue of contradictory quotations or contradictory thumb rules.
He listed various contradictiory thumb rules and discussed how one should go about it.
For example, one quote can advise "Say Less Than Necessary".
Another quote can say ,"Speak More, to Sell More."
So, which quote to follow? He reached to conclusion that each quote is good for the context in which it is to be applied.
If situation is such that it is better to apply "Say less than necessary", then apply that. If situation is such that it is better to apply "Speak more to sell more", then apply that.
In brief, he said, use quotations or thumb rules which works for you in each situation.
In Supreme Court of India, I have a very senior and wise advocate friend M N Tandon. I often turn to him to resolve my philosophical confusions.
He said, "A man should sit down to strengthen his basic beliefs." He meant to say that whatever thumb rules or quotations we wish to apply in our life, we should sit down and make them strong. In life, we cannot progress much if our basic beliefs are not strengthened.
In book 'Feeling is the Secret', the author Neville Goddard opens the book by quoting some old saying that 'there is no end to books in this world, there is no end to reading materials in this world. Reading more leads to confusion. Zero down on few worthy reading, and read them many many times'.
This much, I have to say today to those who keep reading every day new quotes.
Contradictory view
Nani Palkhiwala, the eminent jurist wrote in his books "We, the People", that it helps a lot if daily morning before starting our day, if read few inspirational books.
It does help if in morning we read some good books, quotes etc. It prepares mind to beat dust of routine life.
Thus, reading some good quotes in early morning helps us to come alive.
Conclusion
It is okay to read good quotes /books in morning. But we should strengthen our basic beliefs first. Otherwise, reading diverse quotations can lead to cognitive dissonance.
Haresh Raichura
29/6/14
"Wake up and Live" by Dorothea Brande
Some books change us the moment we read them.
The books written and published 75 years ago had different styles.
The author used to labour hard in writing. Everyone did not get his or her work published.
The publishers used to hire best editors to select books to be published.
Thus those books have different qualities.
One such book is "Wake Up and Live" by Dorothea Brande.
From the first line in Forward, the author talks about a one line formula which changed her life instantly.
It turned her from failure to success. It turned her instantly in active mode. It transformed her life.
But up to 4th chapter, the author does not disclose this formula. Nor gives any hint.
The author just keeps ploughing our mind.
In fourth chapter, she discloses the formula and we feel as if we have conceived something. It looks as if a seed has been down in our mind.
In rest of the book, it looks as if author is adding Fertilizers in our mind so that the seed can grow into a plant.
At the end of book, we feel automatically changed. No effort seems required. No affirmations. Nothing.
If we wake us up from a sleep, we need to do nothing further to remain awake.
At least, this is how I felt after reading this book.
Haresh Raichura
29/6/2014
The books written and published 75 years ago had different styles.
The author used to labour hard in writing. Everyone did not get his or her work published.
The publishers used to hire best editors to select books to be published.
Thus those books have different qualities.
One such book is "Wake Up and Live" by Dorothea Brande.
From the first line in Forward, the author talks about a one line formula which changed her life instantly.
It turned her from failure to success. It turned her instantly in active mode. It transformed her life.
But up to 4th chapter, the author does not disclose this formula. Nor gives any hint.
The author just keeps ploughing our mind.
In fourth chapter, she discloses the formula and we feel as if we have conceived something. It looks as if a seed has been down in our mind.
In rest of the book, it looks as if author is adding Fertilizers in our mind so that the seed can grow into a plant.
At the end of book, we feel automatically changed. No effort seems required. No affirmations. Nothing.
If we wake us up from a sleep, we need to do nothing further to remain awake.
At least, this is how I felt after reading this book.
Haresh Raichura
29/6/2014
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