Advertisement
X

'Judges Not Deities But Servers Of People': CJI Chandrachud Speaks On 'Constitutional Morality' In Indian Judiciary

Underlining the country바카라s federal structure that바카라s 바카라marked by a great deal of diversity바카라, the CJI focused on the role of judges in 바카라preserving the diversity of India바카라.

PTI

Espousing the importance of implementing 바카라Constitutional Morality바카라 in Indian jurisprudence, Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud on Saturday insisted on the commitment of courts to ensure diversity, inclusion and tolerance.

Speaking at the inaugural session of the two-day East Zone II Regional Conference of the National Judicial Academy, the CJI also focused on the importance of technological advancements in the justice delivery system.

CJI Chandrachud elaborated on the notion of 바카라Constitutional Morality바카라 as a restraining factor on the state that should derive from the Preambluar values of the Constitution.

Underlining the country바카라s federal structure that바카라s 바카라marked by a great deal of diversity바카라, the CJI focused on the role of judges in 바카라preserving the diversity of India바카라.

바카라I am reticent when people call courts a temple of justice. Because that would mean the judges are deities which they are not. They are instead servers of the people, who deliver justice with compassion and empathy,바카라 CJI Chandrachud said at the conference titled 바카라Contemporary Judicial Developments and Strengthening Justice Through Law and Technology바카라.

Calling judges 바카라servants and not masters of the Constitution바카라, the CJI warned the judiciary of the pitfalls of personal values and belief systems of judges interfering with judgments that are opposed to values enshrined in the Constitution.

바카라We could be masters of Constitutional interpretation, but a just society is established with the court바카라s vision of Constitutional Morality,바카라 he said.

While speaking on the need for technological assistance in ensuring the effective delivery of justice to citizens, the CJI said, 바카라The idea is to not modernise for the sake of modernisation. It is a step to aid something else we want to achieve.바카라

CJI Chandrachud spoke of AI-assisted software aiding the work-in-progress to translate the 37,000-odd Supreme Court judgments delivered since Independence from English into all Constitution-recognised regional languages.

Making available digitised formats of Supreme Court judgments free for all, decentralised access to courts to provide travel relief to litigants, using technology to create awareness of court procedures and categorisation of cases are also some of the technology-driven measures in aiding effective justice which the CJI spoke about.

Delivering a special address at the programme, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee appealed to members of the judiciary to ensure that political bias should not interfere with the justice delivery system.

Advertisement

바카라Judiciary should be pure, honest and sacred. I believe that the judiciary is of, by and for the people. If the judiciary cannot deliver justice to people, who can? It바카라s the ultimate frontier for getting justice and the last recourse to save our country바카라s democracy and our Constitution,바카라 Banerjee said.

Chief Justice of Calcutta High Court TS Sivagnanam was also present at the programme which was organised in collaboration with the Calcutta High Court and West Bengal Judicial Academy.

Show comments
KR