To legitimise right from wrong, fair from unfair, constitutionally moral from one that diminishes constitutional morality, India increasingly looks not to its elected representatives in assemblies (as they should in a democracy) but to its ‘unelected’ oracles in judicial robes.
Ravindra Shrivastava called mediation the need of the hour. Mediation should be the order of the day and the norm of complete disposition towards administration of justice, he contended.
The people are gradually losing their trust and confidence in the judicial system. They feel disregarded and eluded while running from pillar to post in want of justice and on time.
Emphasizing on reforms in the judicial system, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said laws should be written in simple and regional languages so that even the poorest of poor can understand the new legislation.
"It should not be like chanting of mantras in a wedding which most of us do not understand," Ramana said.
Most big defaulters are well-connected tycoons and have the money to employ legal eagles who can play the judicial system ~it is here the law flounders. India has some of the most draconian laws in books; they are ineffective against powerful dodgers. We keep producing new laws when the existing ones are adequate and just need more teeth to obtain results.
The President was happy to note that the use of technology in the judicial system has increased rapidly.
Referring to Gandhiji’s talisman, Naidu said that the “the poorest man in want of justice” must be the prime motivator of legal practitioners in their thoughts and actions.
A judge in the Nawaz Sharif case admitting to being blackmailed highlights the crisis in Pakistans judiciary, says ZAHID HUSSAIN.
Speaking at an event ‘Role of Bar and Bench in Social Engineering,’ organised by the Youth Bar Association of India, Justice Gogoi, who will take over as the 46th CJI on 3 October, said on Saturday that he has a plan to deal with the backlog of cases and he will “unfold” it soon.
