The Dhaka Times Desk Who will save from the fire - mother or girlfriend? A strange question that has been done in the test! Everyone is shocked by such a question.
Suppose there is a terrible fire in a house! The fire is spreading. Your mother and girlfriend are trapped in that fire. Who will you save in that situation? A question paper of a law exam in Beijing asked such a strange question. The law test also asked if a husband does not save his wife's life during the separation period before divorce, can it be called a crime?
Thousands of apprentice lawyers and judges are in such a state that they are confused by all these questions! But if they can't answer that question correctly, their way of practicing law in China will be closed!
The burning question was whether a man could be convicted of a 'crime of non-action' if he were able to save his mother in such a situation but chose his girlfriend.
The news media started writing extensively on such strange questions. After asking many questions through the media, recently the Ministry of Law of China also released the answer sheet of the questions. It is clearly said that if he chooses his girlfriend instead of his mother, that person will be found guilty in the eyes of the law! Why, according to Chinese law, a son is always responsible to his mother - but not to his girlfriend.
Regardless of what the law says, there has been a lot of criticism in China after the answer sheet was released. Most people say that the son will always be responsible to the mother - why the need for legislation? A mother raises a child from a small child, that debt can not be to a man's girlfriend! And then the girlfriend can try to save her life because of her age! But it is not possible for the old mother - it may be!
On the other hand, girlfriends claim that the value of everyone's life should be equal in the eyes of the law! The function of law is to ensure equal and fair rights to all. And so saving one's life is not a crime, saving another's is a crime - such a law cannot have any meaning! If the law is equal for all, then why such a law? Such a question of many.
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