KAFKAESQUE IN INVESTIGATION LAWS IN INDIA

Best Citation – Sanath S B, KAFKAESQUE IN INVESTIGATION LAWS IN INDIA, 1 IJLR 8, 2022.

ABSTRACT

The play “The Trial” was written by German-speaking Bohemian novelist Franz Kafka. The play starts on a fine morning of Joseph K’s thirtieth birthday, a man whom he never saw knocks and enters the bedroom and, another waits in the next room. The men informed him that he was arrested and had to remain in the room. This play is all about Joseph K, the protagonist who suffered the bewildering procedures and series of vague laws where neither the cause of his arrest nor the nature of the judicial proceedings is made clear to him. Joseph K was then summoned to meet the inspector, where again he did get to know what was happening. The inspector says that K is free to go for now and let K. continue with his work. This play revolves around a terrible situation faced by a man who is being framed and made to suffer for a mistake that he has not committed. Every trial has to be in accordance with the law, which will have to be in a justified and rational manner. But due to the irrationality in the system of law, innocent people such as the protagonist, Joseph K as portrayed by Franz Kafka had to face injustice until his death. This tale of the struggle faced by common people by the despotic administration, restricting them with their rights and an impediment to their progress in life. In this research paper, the main emphasis will be given understanding the similar struggle faced by Joseph K and problems faced by the common people under the law.

Keywords: Kafkaesque, bewildering legal system, injustice, unfair trial.