Justice in Ceylon

Some monks observed that certain judges accepted bribes and adjudged cases unjustly.
Hearing the matter, Buddha described the state of the true justice.

Dhammapada verses 256 and 257.

He is not thereby just because he hastily arbitrates cases.
The wise man should investigate both right and wrong.

The intelligent person who leads others not falsely but lawfully and impartially, who is the guardian of the law, is called one who abides by the law (Dhammatta).

It is time for us to reflect and not to let and slip the law into the hands of the ordinary.

It is very slow process in Ceylon.

We need to be patient and bring the culprits to the courts of law.
If they abscond or leave the country they should be tried in absentia.
They judgements should be recorded for posterity as a deterrent for would be aspiring to grab power when the current political pot is boiling like in hell.