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Chief Justice of India Surya Kant on Sunday stated know-how ought to amplify human judgment and never substitute it.
He was addressing a symposium on ‘Guaranteeing justice for the frequent man: methods for decreasing litigation prices and delays’ right here.
“Pendency of circumstances in courts clogs each degree of the judicial construction, from the trial courtroom to the constitutional courtroom. And when a blockage happens on the high, the stress solely intensifies beneath,” he stated.
He additionally burdened the necessity to strengthen judicial infrastructure to cut back pendency.
“It’s because with out adequate courts, even essentially the most honest judicial system will collapse beneath logistical pressure,” he stated.
Justice Kant stated know-how was very helpful through the COVID pandemic.
He, nevertheless, 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 will not be reform in any respect, it’s regression. That’s the reason I’ve all the time maintained that know-how should stay a servant of justice, not its substitute. It ought to amplify human judgment, not substitute it,” the CJI stated.
He stated a system the place the chief, legislature and judiciary don’t transfer in concord resembles a tricycle lacking a wheel — the rule of legislation can’t stability, not to mention transfer ahead.
“And the implications are stark — legal guidelines could also be enacted, offences registered, even liberty curtailed, but the citizen is left ready for the one factor that completes the promise of justice: a well timed trial that the infrastructure is just too frail to ship,” he added.
Amongst others, Orissa Excessive Courtroom Chief Justice Harish Tandon, and judges from excessive courts throughout India attended the occasion, which was additionally joined by Advocate Basic Pitambar Acharya.
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