Delhi High Court acquits man in 2006 rape case, says names do not define character
In an unusual preface to a judgment acquitting a man in a 2006 rape and kidnapping case, the Delhi High Court has observed that a person’s name does not determine his character or conduct, remarking that not every person named ‘Ram Chander’ embodies the virtues of Lord…
- ▪In an unusual preface to a judgment acquitting a man in a 2006 rape and kidnapping case, the Delhi High Court has observed that a person’s name does not determine his character or conduct, remarking that not every person named ‘Ram Chander’
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In an unusual preface to a judgment acquitting a man in a 2006 rape and kidnapping case, the Delhi High Court has observed that a person’s name does not determine his character or conduct, remarking that not every person named ‘Ram Chander’ embodies the virtues of Lord Ram.Drawing from William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, the teachings of poet and saint Kabirdas, and the philosophy of ‘Karmyog’ in the Bhagavad Gita, Justice Vimal Kumar Yadav observed that people should be judged by their deeds rather than their names.
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