Cuttack: Chief Justice of India Surya Kant on Sunday stated know-how ought to amplify human judgment and never exchange it.
He was addressing a symposium on ‘Making certain justice for the widespread man: methods for decreasing litigation prices and delays’ right here.
Justice Kant stated know-how was very helpful through the COVID pandemic. He, nonetheless, stated that one can’t afford to neglect that know-how comes with its personal shadows.
“In an age of deep fakes and digital arrests, courts can’t afford naive optimism… A reform that excludes the poor, aged, or digitally unfamiliar isn’t reform in any respect, it’s regression. That’s the reason I’ve at all times maintained that know-how should stay a servant of justice, not its substitute. It ought to amplify human judgment, not exchange it,” the CJI stated.
He stated that pendency of instances in courts clogs each degree of the judicial construction, from the trial courtroom to the constitutional courtroom. And when a blockage happens on the prime, the stress solely intensifies beneath, he stated.
Whereas expressing concern over delays within the justice supply system, he famous that there are two main boundaries between widespread residents and justice. The primary, he famous, is the excessive value concerned in litigation, and the second is the extreme time taken to eliminate instances.
“Individuals usually communicate of the vicious cycle of pendency, extra instances resulting in extra delay, main solely to extra frustration. I wish to reverse that. I need a virtuous cycle when pendency falls, belief rises; when belief rises, respect for regulation deepens; when respect deepens, disputes diminish,” the CJI stated.
Narrating his expertise in courts, the CJI stated that maybe the best speedy potential to clear backlogs is the Various Dispute
Decision (ADR), particularly mediation.
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