Expressing concern over the continued incarceration of his daughter Kanimozhi in the 2G spectrum case, DMK chief M Karunanidhi today said if courts"hesitated" to provide legal rights, it could cast a question mark on the country's democracy.

"If courts, one of the pillars of Indian democracy, hesitated to provide legal rights and protect the basics of the law, a question will rise in everybody's mind where Indian democracy is going and about its future," he wrote in hisparty's organ Murasoli.

"Let us hope for the best," he said while referring to the Delhi High Court adjourning Kanimozhi's bail plea to December 1.