Former Chief Justice of India UU Lalit said that nowadays judges pay more attention to showing their talent than being justice-oriented.
The former CJI used a term quotational jurisprudence, which he said was nothing, but the latest trend of judgments being delivered, which have quotations delivered by different courts, including the High Courts and trial courts.
Lalit mentioned how the talent was merely used or exhibiting the talent with words and less focus was put on justice, which was of more importance. The former CJI expressed his concern over this trend.
He was commenting on the growing impact of media on the judiciary.
Lalit mentioned that it seem to him sometimes that the judges think that their judgment would be the last judgment on the point and therefore, it would be ‘helpful’ for those who come out with ‘digests’ on that issue.
The former CJI made these remarks during a dialogue titled “Conversations on Justice,” which was organised in honour of recently-retired Supreme Court judge Justice S Ravindra Bhat, by his family and friends, along with current and former law clerks.
The programme witnessed the presence of Justice Mukta Gupta, Justice S Muralidhar, Justice Badar Ahmed, and Justice R Basant. It was moderated by Senior Advocate Raju Ramachandran and Advocate Malvika Prasad.
The event was held at India Habitat Centre in New Delhi.