The writer would do well to exercise due diligence with words before pretending to be a know-all. French word "merde" does not mean murder; it means sh*t (excrement).
What has law got to do with "...in recognition of the warm relations between India and United States, that a just resolution of this case also needed to be mutually respectful". He talks like a Desi politician
Will we ever have such a judgement from Indian courts. US courts could have similiarly decided Bhopal tragedy case but for idiotic action of Rajiv Gandhi.
The damages are puny by any standard, more so by US standard and especially given the trauma inflicted on this hapless victim. Her attorney Batra has failed her miserably. She should have hired a better attorney.
Re: Too little too late.
by Bharat Prashar on Sep 18, 2014 10:08 PM
Did you actually read the article properly before reaching your conclusion about the alleged "puny"of these damages? Because the fact that even the New York Civil Liberties Union after 10 long years of litigation, that too in a class action case had to settle for $6,400 for each of the claimants suggests otherwise.
Re: Such blatant racism!
by Bharat Prashar on Sep 18, 2014 10:11 PM
So how much would a Foreigner would have got for a similar case wrongful arrest in India? Nothing at all is one estimate. But then some Indians will always shamelessly whine about the alleged wrong doings of the others
Re: Re: Such blatant racism!
by S M on Sep 19, 2014 01:57 AM
She was a diplomats daughter. What are the chances that india would arrest a foreign diplomats daughter on trumped up charges
Re: Re: Re: Such blatant racism!
by lakjsd lsadjalsk on Feb 03, 2015 07:46 AM
The answ to ur question:
ZERO chance, but that's not because India's better, it's because the corrupt officials in India aren't as protected as shameless Union-protected Teachers, Principals and Cops in NY. If cops in the US (especially New York) can get away with murder by choking a man to death on camera and then smiling about it after the fact, do you really think that these shameless, unaccountable and untouchable types of American civil servants would care about a mere arrest and interrogation of a foreigner?
Have you not seen the news lately? Google "I can't Breathe".
Re: Moderators turned Extremists
by lakjsd lsadjalsk on Feb 03, 2015 07:49 AM
Very True! Also notice the pathetic standards Rediff is slowly degrading to: The article has an embarrassingly obvious error (incorrect translation of the French word Merde to Murder, when the word means, "excrement/dung/etc". The staff is too arrogant or unaccountable or sloppy to fix such a laughable error.
