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| Sep 06, 2008 6:43 pm |
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The Idiot |
Ritu
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An idiot is one who (as per the new definiton by the supreme court):
~is unable to count up to 20.
~is unable to list the days of the week.
~do not know their fathers or mothers or the like.
said the judgement by Justices Arijit Pasayat and M K Sharma. (The court was dealing with a case from Madhya Pradesh where Hari Singh Gond murdered his grandfather-in-law and then claimed innocence on the grounds of idiocy.)They added that it was for the accused to prove they were idiots or otherwise of unsound mind.
This test does strike as rather bizarre considering that idiocy/insanity is a defence in murder etc...kinda rather easy for the accused to plead insanity. Is it not?? n what was the definition of insanity hitherto?? 'Cos the court felt that the earlier definition was too harsh on the accused & 'It is almost impossible for a person to qualify as an idiot, says the Court and therefore, few can expect to get a reprieve for an offence.'(???????)
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