The Indian legal system is not the best known for delivering justice swiftly and hence is a sparkling specimen of the saying, "justice delayed is justice denied". But that is not all, justice is denied or delivered in India on the basis of the celebrity status, political clout or financial status of a person as well.

9. Manu Sharma

On 29th April, 1999, Manu Sharma shot dead Jessica Lal, at a party in Delhi, in front of 32 eye witnesses. He did that because he knew he would get away owing to his father DP Yadav's political clout. Though he was acquitted initially after witnesses turned hostile, a public outrage forced the court to look into the case again, resulting in a conviction.


Source: News24

Navjot Singh Sidhu:

The former hot blooded cricketer has been entertaining (torturing) television audiences with his unnerving laughter and incessant barrage of Sidhuisms. But he has been convicted of a much more serious offence, murder. Despite being convicted of beating one Gurnam Singh to death in 1988, the Supreme Court stayed his conviction allowing Sidhu to contest and win the 2007 Lok Sabha elections from Amritsar.

Source: SNS