How did Mancini and his fellow Italians in the Delhi mission vote?

by Rishi Sun Mar 17, 2013 10:28 pm

The surprise is that the Supreme Court proved so gullible. Let us assume, for a moment, that the future of Italy did indeed rest on whether the marines voted for either a somber jester called Beppe Grillo, leader of the Five Star Movement, or Silvio Berlusconi, who practices at night what the Kama Sutra merely preaches by day. The marines could have sent in their decision by postal ballot. How did Mancini and his fellow Italians in the Delhi mission vote? Did the Italian government send business class tickets to Mancini so that he could go to a booth in his neighbourhood parish? Or should we believe that Italian boys, like the young marines, never vote without consulting their mamma; and mamma never discusses what Berlusconi has been up to on the phone?

The Supreme Court gave marines four weeks of furlough . That does seem a bit excessive for a duty that takes a day. Has the court, in this case, operating on two sets of law, one for Italians and one for Indians? The marines were permitted to go home for Christmas last year. By this precedence, every Indian accused of murder , not to mention lesser crimes like rape, should be allowed to go home to mummy for Holi, Easter, Id and Diwali.

http://blogs.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/TheSiegeWithin/entry/falling-for-yet-another-comic-con

by Merlot Daruwala Mon Mar 18, 2013 1:53 am

High time the judiciary is questioned on its decisions all along in this case. By using an ultimate insider like Harish Salve, the Italians have played the SC for fools. And for all of Mr Salve's pretend-outrage today at the Italian perfidy, the fact remains that he is the sole reason the SC took such a lenient view and he's just as culpable as the Italians.

If by this weekend, the two accused don't show up, the Italian ambassador and his former counsel should both be hauled up in prison for contempt of court until the marines present themselves.

by southindian Mon Mar 18, 2013 9:50 am

Merlot Daruwala wrote:High time the judiciary is questioned on its decisions all along in this case. By using an ultimate insider like Harish Salve, the Italians have played the SC for fools. And for all of Mr Salve's pretend-outrage today at the Italian perfidy, the fact remains that he is the sole reason the SC took such a lenient view and he's just as culpable as the Italians.

If by this weekend, the two accused don't show up, the Italian ambassador and his former counsel should both be hauled up in prison for contempt of court until the marines present themselves.

I don't know, but I guess that will be a first in India. Highly unlikely. I'll be surprised if the Italian ambassador is put behind bars.

by Merlot Daruwala Mon Mar 18, 2013 10:02 am

southindian wrote:
Merlot Daruwala wrote:High time the judiciary is questioned on its decisions all along in this case. By using an ultimate insider like Harish Salve, the Italians have played the SC for fools. And for all of Mr Salve's pretend-outrage today at the Italian perfidy, the fact remains that he is the sole reason the SC took such a lenient view and he's just as culpable as the Italians.

If by this weekend, the two accused don't show up, the Italian ambassador and his former counsel should both be hauled up in prison for contempt of court until the marines present themselves.

I don't know, but I guess that will be a first in India. Highly unlikely. I'll be surprised if the Italian ambassador is put behind bars.

Its equally a first that a country solemnly pledges to the highest court in the land to bring back two of its nationals to face justice and then blithely reneges on its word. Slimy dagos need some time in an Indian slammer to straighten them out.

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