Apex court inspires film scripts

The filmmakers, who are busy aping Hollyood, can take a break and make films on stories written in the Supreme Court.

The cases in Supreme Court in the year 2004 should make stereo-type script writers in Bollywood sit up and take note to infuse some fresh masala in new films.

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Dhananjay Chatterjee's death sentence, Pappu Yadav's "illegal" antics, Shankaracharya's fervent appeal for bail, night viewing of Monument of Love Taj Mahal, tainted Ministers, Best Bakery case, Punjab's daring water law and, last but not the least, the arrest warrants against the President and Chief Justice of India.

No other institution, not even Parliament, produced big and an eventful year which culminated with a strong message from Chief Justice of India RC Lahoti - "there is no place for corrupt in Judiciary".

While emotions - oscillating between two extremes - ran high across the country on whether Dhananjay Chatterjee should be hanged or given life imprisonment for raping and murdering a school girl, the Supreme Court held its nerve and decided that the extreme penalty is just the right punishment for the perpetrator of a heinous crime.

But the "illegal" antics of RJD MP Rajesh Ranjan alias Pappu Yadav from inside the Beur Jail in open collusion with officials made the Court to crack the whip. It had cancelled his bail twice in the Ajit Sarkar murder case and directed authorities to lock him up.

Yet, the Court to its horror found that Yadav was getting "five star" treatment inside the prison, where he takes over the Jail Administrative block every now and then to hold his "Janata Darbar". It will definitely be a brand new script for Yadav in the new year, this time written by the Court.