<p class="title">Cases in which probe was being monitored by courts have shown a better outcome, Justice Dhananjaya Chandrachud has said while making an observation regarding the acquittal of all the accused in the Pehlu Khan lynching case.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"We see this repeatedly... This is one of the great torments of being a judge to have to decide on the basis of evidence as it stands," the Supreme Court judge said at an event here on Saturday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"And then you find the investigation by the police has been woefully inadequate either deliberately or just as a matter of incompetence, that it is going to result in acquittal," he said when asked about the acquittals in the case.</p>.<p class="bodytext">All six accused in the Pehlu Khan lynching case were acquitted last Wednesday by a court in Rajasthan after getting the benefit of doubt due to "serious shortcomings" in the police probe.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Cases where courts have been approached at an appropriate stage, and have been able to monitor (the) investigation, have perhaps shown a better outcome," Justice Chandrachud said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He cited the example of the Kathua rape-murder case, where the apex court had taken a number of steps to ensure the investigation was not "deflected".</p>.<p class="bodytext">The top court judge, however, added there were limitations to the number of cases that could be monitored by courts.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Delivering a lecture on 'Imagining Freedom through Art', Justice Chandrachud said freedom had become an avenue to spew venom on those who think, speak, eat, dress and believe differently.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"The danger lies when freedom is suppressed -- whether by the state, by the people or even by art itself," he said. "Ironically, a globally-networked society has rendered us intolerant of those who don't come to conform."</p>.<p class="bodytext">"We are facing a world of intolerance where art is suppressed, defaced or co-opted," Justice Chandrachud said, adding that art grants voice and narratives to the oppressed communities, and resists the majoritarian hegemony.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Art invites us to explore the crevices of our mind, instigating self-reflection on how we as individuals can make our society a better and kinder place," he added. </p>
<p class="title">Cases in which probe was being monitored by courts have shown a better outcome, Justice Dhananjaya Chandrachud has said while making an observation regarding the acquittal of all the accused in the Pehlu Khan lynching case.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"We see this repeatedly... This is one of the great torments of being a judge to have to decide on the basis of evidence as it stands," the Supreme Court judge said at an event here on Saturday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"And then you find the investigation by the police has been woefully inadequate either deliberately or just as a matter of incompetence, that it is going to result in acquittal," he said when asked about the acquittals in the case.</p>.<p class="bodytext">All six accused in the Pehlu Khan lynching case were acquitted last Wednesday by a court in Rajasthan after getting the benefit of doubt due to "serious shortcomings" in the police probe.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Cases where courts have been approached at an appropriate stage, and have been able to monitor (the) investigation, have perhaps shown a better outcome," Justice Chandrachud said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He cited the example of the Kathua rape-murder case, where the apex court had taken a number of steps to ensure the investigation was not "deflected".</p>.<p class="bodytext">The top court judge, however, added there were limitations to the number of cases that could be monitored by courts.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Delivering a lecture on 'Imagining Freedom through Art', Justice Chandrachud said freedom had become an avenue to spew venom on those who think, speak, eat, dress and believe differently.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"The danger lies when freedom is suppressed -- whether by the state, by the people or even by art itself," he said. "Ironically, a globally-networked society has rendered us intolerant of those who don't come to conform."</p>.<p class="bodytext">"We are facing a world of intolerance where art is suppressed, defaced or co-opted," Justice Chandrachud said, adding that art grants voice and narratives to the oppressed communities, and resists the majoritarian hegemony.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Art invites us to explore the crevices of our mind, instigating self-reflection on how we as individuals can make our society a better and kinder place," he added. </p>