If the courts are not capable of delivering justice, then they should be locked up 😡
The chains of oppression are breaking one after the other, and its first link fell on individuals like *Maulana Qamar Ghani Usmani and Sharjeel Imam*, and now this blow has reached *Abdullah Salim Chaturvedi* with greater intensity. These three incidents are not worth keeping in separate boxes, but are a continuation of the same thinking, the same agenda, and the same organized political revenge, in which the police, the government, the media, and some hypocritical classes are all involved.
*Maulana Qamar Ghani Usmani's* only crime was that he was not among those who bowed down to the government. He raised questions, spoke of the constitution, and raised his voice against oppression. In return, he was subjected to such cases whose purpose was to silence his voice. The same fate befell Sharjeel Imam. Despite being a researcher and student, he has been imprisoned for years on such charges in which no practical evidence has been presented in court to date. He neither set fire, nor rioted, nor was found involved in any violence, yet imprisonment, yet prejudice, yet political revenge. This is a clear violation of Article 21, the fundamental right to life and liberty.
And now the latest example of oppression is *Abdullah Salim Chaturvedi*, an arrest on a two-year-old video? The police remained asleep for two years, but as soon as the political need arose, action was taken immediately. Not only arrest but also torture by the police, making a video of him limping, and then making it viral is not just oppression, it is humiliation, it is not just action, it is a spectacle, it is open Islamophobia. Abdullah Chaturvedi also clarified, apologized, even clearly stated that he was not talking about Yogi Adityanath's biological mother, but was commenting on the religious belief of calling the cow *Mata*, still arrested? Still beaten? Still video viral? If there was really an objection to his statement, then why didn't the police take action two years ago? The meaning of suddenly waking up after two years is only that all this happened on political orders.
Legally, this is also sheer oppression: the article says that the law is equal for all, but the reality is that no action is taken on the open hate speeches of Hindu leaders, while a Maulvi is arrested even after giving an explanation. Article 19, freedom of expression, is only available to the majority, if the minority speaks, it is considered a traitor. Article 21, life and liberty, is violated by police torture and video leaks. Violating Article 22, action is suddenly taken on a two-year-old case without prior notice, without procedure. All this is an open game with the constitution, and when this is the game to be played, then what are the courts for? Lock these courts, don't waste our money, we have established the court for justice, when there is no justice then lock them up.
The question is why are the courts silent? When the police torture, when the innocent are defamed, when every principle is trampled, where is the court? Will the people sitting on the seat of justice still be called competent when oppression continues in front of them and they close their eyes even after seeing it? Why don't the judges ask why action was taken after two years? Who is responsible for police torture? Who leaked the video? Why is no case filed on Yogi Adityanath's hate speeches? As far as AIMIM is concerned, some people are trying to link this entire action to AIMIM, but this is baseless. Abdullah Chaturvedi certainly had differences with AIMIM, but this does not mean that the party got him arrested. This is the result of collusion between the Yogi government, its police, and the hypocritical class. It is hoped that these same political people, these same voices, despite these differences, will also become the means of Chaturvedi Sahib's release.
And the clear thing is that Yogi Adityanath is openly violating the law, and the courts are standing by as silent spectators. When a blindfold is put on the eyes of justice, then oppression begins to consider itself the law, and this is exactly what is happening in India today. When the courts lose the ability to decide with justice, then the national emblem on them is also ashamed. If the courts cannot hear the cry of the oppressed, then the same black words should be engraved on their high pillars *Here only the order of the government prevails, not the seller of justice*. The court in which justice dies, it is better to lock its doors, because there is no justice there, only curses are born, and if the judge starts writing judgments by looking at the face of the government instead of the law, then this building should not be called a court but *the office of the oppressor*. When the courts bow down to the oppressor, then the nation has the right to say that this is no longer a court but an empty building. Lock it up, maybe silence will speak some truth, where there is no justice, there are no courts, only lifeless walls, and it is better to lock such walls.
If the court starts speaking the language of the oppressor and considers the plea of the oppressed as noise, then such a system is hateful, and it is appropriate to close such doors. A court without justice is a dead body, and keeping a dead body only spreads stench. It is necessary to lock it up and save the nation from this stench. The court that cannot deliver justice is itself the greatest oppression—it is better for such a court to be closed than open, and when the courts do not give verdicts but bury the verdicts, then surely the time has come to close their doors forever.
*Our demand is that Maulana Qamar Ghani Usmani, Sharjeel Imam, Maulana Abdullah Salim Chaturvedi and all the innocent should be released. If it cannot be done, then the court should be locked, according to the Constitution of India*
*✍️Mutallem Al-Jamia Al-Ashrafia✍️*