Pious Platitudes “Moral Turpitude”
By
Shantimal Jain
Conceptually, notionally and imaginatively, the concept of “moral turpitude” refuses to be defined precisely still it can be perceived in limph nodes of corruption and unethical indulgences in our society by politicians and high-ups who have given new dimensions to this mercurial idea of moral turpitude. In Indian society moral turpitude these days is omnipotent and omniscient but formless and shapeless, it surfaces only when a judicial incision is given to locate it. It is time when we should rid the society of moral turpitudes by politicians by ostracizing them. Corruption has become so widespread in society and incurable that our Apex Court had to observe as to why Government should not legalise it and prescribe price of each job to be done.
The concept of moral turpitude is, by its very nature, nebulous. Unlike legal norms, moral norms are generally somewhat vague. They do vary from time to time, from society to society and from individual to individual large ....