The Myth of Presumption of Innocence
Prima facie there appear two contrasting consequences of the #MeToo movement in India and both are distress signals indicating failure of the legal system- in dealing with legal injury of women having been victims of sexual harassment and beyond while, at the same time, in upholding one of the core values of an advanced society, the presumption of innocence. A principled approach would provide for a pause to all those partaking in the pleasure of the movement and ponder over the consequences of accusations which, fraught as I am with the desire to label as ‘mere accusations’, dare not do for fear of falling into the same pit of malice that so many others seem to have fallen prey to- of tearing apart benefit of the doubt. While most others seem to enjoy erring on the side of caution (and boy, do they err), I would prefer the sunnier side of doubt. It is unnerving the ease with which one can ruin careers sitting in front of screens and baffling how most instances of the accusa...