Bombay HC Judge Gautam Patel rules out films like Singham sends out dangerous message
Bombay HC Judge Gautam Patel rules out films like Singham sends out dangerous message
Bombay High Court judge Gautam Patel opines that blockbuster movies like ‘Singham’ sets a wrong precedent and sends out a dangerous message.
According to Justice Patel he implies that the cinematic imagery of “instant delivery of justice” by a hero cop not only sends a wrong message but also encourages “impatience” with the due process of law.
In the midst of addressing an event organised by the Indian Police Foundation to mark its annual day and Police Reforms Day, Justice Gautam Patel quotes that in movies, police rail against judges who are shown as docile, timid, thickly spectacled and often very badly dressed. The courts of law are accused of letting the guilty go scot free.The hero cop delivers justice single-handedly.
“Singham movie has especially shown in its climax scene where the entire police force descends on a politician played by Prakash Raj…and shows that justice has now been served.
Justice Patel adds that we should think “how dangerous that message is.”
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