( 1 ) "fiat justitia, ruat caelum" Let justice be done, though the heavens should fall. "let justice be done" was the sole cry of this Harijan sweeper, a thinly fleshed skeleton with folded hands entreated for mercy before mighty autocratic employer and unfortunately this employer-Dhandhuka Nagar Panchayat acted in the same manner as Emperor Piso acted while wrongly applying this "fiat Justitia". How wrongly the phrase was used by Piso is quoted by Lord denning in his book "the FAMILY STORY" in following words : "in my coat of arms, I took as my motto, Fiat justitia-Let justice be done believing it to have a respectable origin. I have since discovered that it was first used to excuse the most outrageous injustice. It comes from a story told by Seneca. Piso sentenced a soldier to death for the murder of Gaius. He ordered centurion to execute the sentence. When the soldier was about to be executed, Gaius came for- ward himself alive and well. The centurion reported it to Piso. He sentenced all three to death. The soldier because he had already been sentenced. The centurion for disobeying orders. And Gaius for being the cause of the death of two innocent men. Piso excused it b