The will of the people cannot make just that which is unjust

The will of the people cannot make just that which is unjust. Anjali Sondhiya, 15 year old girl, lost her father and she has not even recovered from this shock, another tragic event happened in her life. Her relatives has fixed her engagement, she was not ready for it, she wanted to study and fulfill the dream of her demised father. But it was opinion of large section that she should get settled by marrying a successful boy. This is the story of almost every 2nd girl even in 21st century.

Role of female is considered to cook, clean, obey the order of male counterparts. The question arises who has decided their role? It is the society or better to say it is 'will of the people' that women should do this? Is this just with them to impose societal will ignoring their own desires? Then, Article 21 and 19 of the constitution will require amendment to clear that Right to Life and Freedom of Expression is restricted for half of population of the country. It means that, presently no such bar has been imposed on women by our constitution or any other law. Then it will not be wrong to mention that women are deprived of justice and it is unjust to impose 'will of people' on them. It can be said that, "THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE CAN'T MAKE JUST THAT WHICH IS UNJUST". BOUNDARY OF JUST & UNJUST A clear understanding of what is just and unjust will help in better analysis of the topic. One aspect we have seen in previous part, just & unjust can be differentiated using constitutional values and rules & regulations. If something / someone is compliance of laws & such values, his/her action / speech can be considered as just. The second worth noting factor is the impact of decision or action and its long term influence can assist in classification of justful & unjust. The example of present climate change can be considered here. The large strata of society wishes to develop & have economic growth at the cost of environment. The ignorance of long term impact of present actions like emissions of fuels / GHGs, deforestation, indiscriminate consumption of natural resource can make them appear just. But in actuality, disasters which world has to face in coming years need emphasis and make such actions unjust. Further, to distinguish between just & unjust, the major consideration should be precedent it is likely to set. We have seen the imposed role on women by society where they are deprived of having their own recognition. It will make them dependent, deprive our countries from benefit of demographic dividend, reduces our international competitiveness and provide stereo to coming generation to follow. Apart from all above factors, it is not deniable that people's will should be considered and valued but it should not be sole decisive factor to act/govern/behave. Such single oriented focus can have disastrous consequences for future. We have seen how blindly following 'will of people' can make the go ahead with unjust activities and have just and unjust needs to be demarcated to avoid vagueness.

We will further see why there is trap of appearance of just due to large will of people. Moving ahead, we will analyse the cause of being unjust despite of having wider acceptance and how these causes should be mitigated to promote justice. WILL OF THE PEOPLE : TRAP OF JUSTICE We don't operate in vacuum, this realisation move with everyone at every stage of life. It inculcated/developed a mindset that 'will of people' is only 'what will be done'. In that rigid mindset, we fails to distinguish between 'what will be done' and 'what should be done'. Before independence, widow's head used to shaved and she was made to burn with dead body of her late husband. Why so? Because, it was what everyone knows about she became widow that 'what will be done next with her. No one used to think 'what should be done' like made her to study or remarriage or even she can leave alone respectfully. Latter could have been considered as injustice while former seems right to society because of our mindset of being surviving in society. 'Unity is strength', this is what we have been taught since childhood. Here unity can be equated with 'will' of the people. This unity can have strength but it cannot make what is wrong as right. As we know, concept of trade union is prevalent in industries. Many times, these union resort to strike to get their demand fulfilled. Whether all their demands are correct just because it is represented by all employees of organisation - No, that's not true, these union can have strength but not justice on their side. Similarly, re-emphasis of one point have vast psychological impact on others that what all are saying is correct morally and procedurally. The same phenomenon our country follows in choosing its ruler also i.e. government. In democratic system, govt. is choose by will of the people. There is no second opinion on view that govt. always doesn't take justful actions. Even govt itself are alleged of corruption, promoting their own interest ignoring societal goals, prioritizing the necessities as per their own will. These are the reasons which led to change in govt and rise in coalition political parties. We have analysed here will of the people compels us to believe in its just-fulness. Let's see why such larger will fails to promote justice. REASONS OF UNJUST WILL OF PEOPLE People are self-centred where they don't mind ignoring values and morals for their personal gains. These individual centricity compels one to ignore larger interest and adopts biased approach. This is one of major cause where will of people fails to deliver justice. The another foremost cause is lack of one's knowledge on all aspects before generation and development of will. This promotes focus on 'what one knows' rather that 'what actually is'. As we have previously seen example of trade union, employees are not told about perspective of management which culminated in opting even for unjust demands too. The third worth noting reason is prioritization of short term gains over long term impact. During elections, cash benefits, free alcohol, exaggerated manifestos are used to influence will of people. Then, people fail to analyse larger impact of policies and manifestos and keep dreaming of cash benefits & alcohol they are receiving at the moment. In other words, use of money & muscle power can also be said to have influenced the will of people. The last cause could be adoption of rigid attitude by people and closing their mindset to alternate perspectives. This cause seems hard to believe in this present age of social media where echo chambers can easily be broken. But, our older generation which still comprises of large population along with section not open to social media can be grouped in this category. These are one of major cause behind continuation of social evil practices even in this modernized century. The most important question arises here is how to resolve this problem and ensure decision is just either by will of people or without their will.

The same phenomenon our country follows in choosing its ruler also i.e. government. In democratic system, govt. is choose by will of the people. There is no second opinion on view that govt. always doesn't take justful actions. Even govt itself are alleged of corruption, promoting their own interest ignoring societal goals, prioritizing the necessities as per their own will.