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Justice or Jastice?
This expression means that justice is impartial and objective. There is an
allusion here to the Greek statue for justice, wearing a blindfold so as not to
treat friends differently from strangers, or rich people better than the poor ones

Have you ever wonder why justice is blind? why is it blind? is it not good that

justice should have eyes so it can see how much crime is happening in front of
her? and how many times criminals escape.

Here we will know what is the meaning of the justice statue, why the statues
eye covered with ribbon, and why actually justice is blind?

let’s start from lady justice, usually, in movies and dramas, we get to see a

statue with a ribbon covering her eyes. and there is a very amazing story
behind this.

let me first clearly tell you about the statue, it is a statue of a woman. She got

blindfold on the eyes, a sword in the right hand which is double-edged and a
balance scale in the left hand.

In some places, the position of sword and balance scale may switch. She wears

a special type of clothing which is called Toga. and sometimes you may find a
snake beneath the feet of the lady justice statue.

She got a balance scale in her hand because she can differentiate truth or lie

based on facts and evidence. The person who got more facts and evidence will
get justice from the lady justice.

Lady Justice wears a Toga because in the time of Romans this type of dress

considers as a scholarly dress and even today these types of dresses were worn
by judges but with some modification.

The sword represents that the lady justice not only makes the decision but also
make it enforce and have the power to enforce it.The snakes under the feet

represent to crush the evil under the feet. This means the lady justice crushes
the evil and evilness along with giving justice and make it enforce.

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