“Pro-people policies have empowered the poor, women and the marginalized. Laws and laws are simplified. The judiciary is taking many significant steps towards timely justice. The Supreme Court’s electronic initiatives and attempts towards the simplification of justice must be continued,” the Prime Minister said during the Constitution Day function at the Supreme Court to commemorate the adoption of the Constitution on 26 November 1949. “The system delivery of justice must be accessible to all, the judiciary must guarantee it. Challenges require dedicated action. India’s judiciary has taken several reform measures ‘to bend the arc of the moral universe towards justice’ as stated by Martin Luther King Jr,” CJI said, pledging to give more representation to women and the marginalized in the judiciary .
There has been little sign of the recent battle between the executive and the judiciary over the collegiate system of appointing judges, as the Prime Minister and the CJI have steered clear of the issue. Law Minister Kiren Rijiju had described the system of judges appointing judges as “opaque”, in the aftermath of the SC seeking the legal secretary’s response to the stalled judge appointment process.
“Today the world looks to India for its rapid development, booming economy and India’s influential position on the international stage. The world is looking forward to India, a country for which there were fears that it would not be able to remain independent and would become extinct due to its vast diversity,” the prime minister said. India’s G20 presidency , he added, is a great opportunity for young people to showcase why India’s growth story is grabbing the world’s attention and how the “mother of all democracies” has united all its citizens while respecting their diversity to overcome problems.
“Today, with all its energies and proud of its diversity, this country is moving forward. Behind this success, the most powerful tool is the Constitution. ‘We the People’ is not just three words, it is an exhortation, a promise and a faith. This constitutional ethos is rooted in the Indian ethos embedded in everyone since ancient times and that is why India is known as the mother of all democracies,” he added.
While the PM and CJI made no mention of the fracas over the college system, SC Bar Association chairman Vikas Singh continued on Friday and called the college “an extremely flawed system” and suggested drastic reforms to ensure that the right people are selected as constitutional court judges, two of whom had the power to strike down legislation passed unanimously in parliament. However, the CJI, which had given a statesmanlike response to Singh on Friday, stayed away from the controversy and focused on initiatives it undertook to improve the infrastructure to bring the justice system to the doorsteps of the marginalized and the poor in villages and community levels. taluk. .
