Chief Justice of India Justice N.V. Ramana on Saturday addressed the inaugural session of the joint conference of Chief Ministers and Chief Justices of High Courts at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi. Prime Minister Narendra Modi along with many other legal luminaries were present to grace the occasion.
Indian judiciary continues to be 'feudal' and can be 'modern and futuristic only if mindsets change', said Supreme Court judge Justice DY Chandrachud in Kevadia Sunday
Lok Sabha was informed by the Ministry of Law and Justice that disposal of cases is the work of the judiciary and the Government has no role in the cases being resolved, disposed or upheld.It also made the lower house of the parliament aware that no stipulated time frame has been prescribed for the disposal of various kinds of cases by the respective courts.
Though PILs are meant to help the poor, they are being increasingly misused by vested parties. This has overburdened the judiciary and led to delays in disposal of bonafide cases.
As the judiciary is the spine of the democratic framework, it has to be protected from attacks, threats and blackmail. It is time to put in place a highly trained police force catering to this pillar of governance.
According to the petition filed in the last 70 years, there has been no proper allocation of funds with the corresponding increase in pulation judiciary legal awareness, increase in legislation and the same is a clear violation of the basic structure of the Constitution as well as basic human rights.