{"id":9808,"date":"2024-01-28T11:43:53","date_gmt":"2024-01-28T11:43:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/?p=9808"},"modified":"2024-01-28T11:43:53","modified_gmt":"2024-01-28T11:43:53","slug":"cji-says-judiciary-needs-to-begin-difficult-conversations-address-issues-of-adjournment-culture-long-vacations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jammubulletin.com\/site\/cji-says-judiciary-needs-to-begin-difficult-conversations-address-issues-of-adjournment-culture-long-vacations\/","title":{"rendered":"CJI Says Judiciary Needs To Begin \u2018Difficult Conversations\u2019, Address Issues Of Adjournment Culture, Long Vacations"},"content":{"rendered":"

New Delhi, Jan 28: Chief\u00a0<\/span>Judge\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>India\u00a0<\/span><\/span>DY\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/a>Chandrachud<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>identified\u00a0<\/span>problems\u00a0<\/span><\/span>like\u00a0<\/span><\/span>“adjournment\u00a0<\/span><\/span>culture”\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>extended\u00a0<\/span>vacations,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>saying\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>judiciary\u00a0<\/span><\/span>must\u00a0<\/span>face\u00a0<\/span><\/span>difficulties\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>have\u00a0<\/span><\/span>“difficult\u00a0<\/span><\/span>conversations”\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>order\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>stay\u00a0<\/span><\/span>relevant\u00a0<\/span><\/span>as\u00a0<\/span><\/span>an\u00a0<\/span>institution.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>In\u00a0<\/span>addition,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>he\u00a0<\/span><\/span>emphasised\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>importance\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>giving\u00a0<\/span><\/span>first-generation\u00a0<\/span><\/span>lawyers\u00a0<\/span><\/span>equal\u00a0<\/span>opportunities\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>boosting\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>representation\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>underprivileged\u00a0<\/span>groups.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>CJI\u00a0<\/span><\/span>was\u00a0<\/span>addressing\u00a0<\/span><\/span>at\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>gathering\u00a0<\/span><\/span>hosted\u00a0<\/span><\/span>by\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Supreme\u00a0<\/span><\/a>Court<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>occasion\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>start\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Diamond\u00a0<\/span>Jubilee\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Year\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>foundation\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>supreme\u00a0<\/span>court\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>country.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>main\u00a0<\/span><\/span>guest\u00a0<\/span><\/span>at\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>event\u00a0<\/span><\/span>was Prime\u00a0Minister\u00a0Narendra\u00a0Modi<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>Chief\u00a0<\/span>Justice\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>India\u00a0<\/span><\/span>also\u00a0<\/span><\/span>emphasised\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>demographic\u00a0<\/span>shifts\u00a0<\/span><\/span>taking\u00a0<\/span><\/span>place\u00a0<\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>country,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>pointing\u00a0<\/span><\/span>out\u00a0<\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>women,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>who\u00a0<\/span><\/span>have\u00a0<\/span>historically\u00a0<\/span>been\u00a0<\/span>underrepresented\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>legal\u00a0<\/span>field,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>now\u00a0<\/span>make\u00a0<\/span><\/span>up\u00a0<\/span><\/span>36.3%\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>district\u00a0<\/span><\/span>judiciary’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>workforce.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Calling\u00a0<\/span><\/span>attention\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>fact\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>representation\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Scheduled\u00a0<\/span>Castes\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>Scheduled\u00a0<\/span>Tribes\u00a0<\/span><\/span>\u201cis\u00a0<\/span><\/span>quite\u00a0<\/span>low\u00a0<\/span><\/span>both\u00a0<\/span><\/span>at\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Bar\u00a0<\/span><\/span>as\u00a0<\/span>well\u00a0<\/span>as\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Bench,\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/span>CJI\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Chandrachud\u00a0<\/span><\/span>advocated\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>admission\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>varied\u00a0<\/span><\/span>segments\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>public\u00a0<\/span><\/span>into\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>legal\u00a0<\/span>profession.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>CJI\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Chandrachud\u00a0<\/span><\/span>described\u00a0<\/span><\/span>it\u00a0<\/span><\/span>as\u00a0<\/span>a\u00a0<\/span><\/span>“momentous\u00a0<\/span><\/span>occasion”\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>history\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>country\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>stated\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span>women\u00a0<\/span><\/span>are\u00a0<\/span>now\u00a0<\/span>seen\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>prominent\u00a0<\/span>positions\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>India.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>goal\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>include\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>disadvantaged\u00a0<\/span>groups\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>society\u00a0<\/span><\/span>more\u00a0<\/span>fully.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>younger\u00a0<\/span><\/span>generation’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>self-assurance\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>their\u00a0<\/span>ability\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>excel\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>workplace\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span>equally\u00a0<\/span><\/span>motivating,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>he\u00a0<\/span><\/span>added.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>Indian\u00a0<\/span>Supreme\u00a0<\/span>Court\u00a0<\/span><\/span>was\u00a0<\/span>established\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>January\u00a0<\/span>28,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>1950.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Before\u00a0<\/span><\/span>relocating\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>this\u00a0<\/span><\/span>current\u00a0<\/span><\/span>facility,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>it\u00a0<\/span><\/span>operated\u00a0<\/span><\/span>out\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Parliament<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>House\u00a0<\/span><\/span>at\u00a0<\/span><\/span>first.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>“Traditionally,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>legal\u00a0<\/span>profession\u00a0<\/span><\/span>was\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>profession\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>elite\u00a0<\/span><\/span>men,”\u00a0<\/span><\/span>CJI\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Chandrachud\u00a0<\/span><\/span>stated.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>times\u00a0<\/span><\/span>have\u00a0<\/span>evolved.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Women,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>who\u00a0<\/span><\/span>have\u00a0<\/span>historically\u00a0<\/span>been\u00a0<\/span><\/span>underrepresented\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>field,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>currently\u00a0<\/span><\/span>make\u00a0<\/span>up\u00a0<\/span><\/span>36.3%\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>district\u00a0<\/span><\/span>judiciary’s\u00a0<\/span><\/span>workforce.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>CJI\u00a0<\/span><\/span>also\u00a0<\/span>highlighted\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>structural\u00a0<\/span>problems\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>court\u00a0<\/span><\/span>is\u00a0<\/span>facing,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>including\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>backlog\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>cases,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>outdated\u00a0<\/span>practices,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>culture\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>adjournments,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>emphasising\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>need\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>address\u00a0<\/span><\/span>these\u00a0<\/span>problems\u00a0<\/span><\/span>soon.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>As\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>district\u00a0<\/span><\/span>judiciary\u00a0<\/span><\/span>serves\u00a0<\/span>as\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>initial\u00a0<\/span>point\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>contact\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>people,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>it\u00a0<\/span>is\u00a0<\/span><\/span>imperative\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>we,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>as\u00a0<\/span><\/span>judges\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>administrators,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>make\u00a0<\/span><\/span>every\u00a0<\/span>effort\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>uphold\u00a0<\/span><\/span>its\u00a0<\/span>dignity.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>“We\u00a0<\/span><\/span>must\u00a0<\/span>identify\u00a0<\/span><\/span>challenges\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>start\u00a0<\/span><\/span>tough\u00a0<\/span>conversations\u00a0<\/span><\/span>if\u00a0<\/span>we\u00a0<\/span><\/span>want\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>be\u00a0<\/span><\/span>relevant\u00a0<\/span><\/span>as\u00a0<\/span>an\u00a0<\/span><\/span>institution,”\u00a0<\/span><\/span>he\u00a0<\/span><\/span>stated.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>According\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>CJI,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>it\u00a0<\/span>is\u00a0<\/span><\/span>critical\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>shift\u00a0<\/span><\/span>from\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>culture\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>adjournment\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>one\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>professionalism.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>“Secondly,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>we\u00a0<\/span>need\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>make\u00a0<\/span><\/span>sure\u00a0<\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>duration\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>oral\u00a0<\/span>arguments\u00a0<\/span><\/span>doesn’t\u00a0<\/span>cause\u00a0<\/span><\/span>judicial\u00a0<\/span>decisions\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>be\u00a0<\/span><\/span>delayed\u00a0<\/span><\/span>indefinitely.”<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>In\u00a0<\/span>addition,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>he\u00a0<\/span><\/span>said,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>“Let\u00a0<\/span><\/span>us\u00a0<\/span><\/span>begin\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>conversation\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span><\/span>long\u00a0<\/span>vacations\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>whether\u00a0<\/span><\/span>alternatives\u00a0<\/span><\/span>such\u00a0<\/span>as\u00a0<\/span><\/span>flexitime\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>lawyers\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>judges\u00a0<\/span><\/span>are\u00a0<\/span><\/span>possible.”\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Third,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>legal\u00a0<\/span>profession\u00a0<\/span><\/span>needs\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>level\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>playing\u00a0<\/span>field\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>first-generation\u00a0<\/span><\/span>lawyers,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>which\u00a0<\/span>includes\u00a0<\/span><\/span>men,\u00a0<\/span>women,\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>people\u00a0<\/span><\/span>from\u00a0<\/span><\/span>marginalised\u00a0<\/span><\/span>segments\u00a0<\/span><\/span>who\u00a0<\/span><\/span>have\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>drive\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>work\u00a0<\/span><\/span>hard\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>potential\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>succeed.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>He\u00a0<\/span><\/span>emphasised\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span><\/span>over\u00a0<\/span>50%\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>candidates\u00a0<\/span><\/span>chosen\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Junior\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Civil\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Judge\u00a0<\/span><\/span>recruitment\u00a0<\/span><\/span>exam\u00a0<\/span><\/span>were\u00a0<\/span><\/span>women.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>exam\u00a0<\/span><\/span>was\u00a0<\/span>held\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>multiple\u00a0<\/span><\/span>states,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>including\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Andhra\u00a0<\/span>Pradesh,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Arunachal\u00a0<\/span>Pradesh,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Chhattisgarh,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Delhi,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Himachal\u00a0<\/span>Pradesh,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Karnataka,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Madhya\u00a0<\/span>Pradesh,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Maharashtra,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Odisha,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Rajasthan,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Sikkim,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Uttar\u00a0<\/span>Pradesh,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Uttarakhand.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>CJI\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Chandrachud\u00a0<\/span><\/span>further\u00a0<\/span>emphasised\u00a0<\/span><\/span>how\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Supreme\u00a0<\/span>Court\u00a0<\/span><\/span>has\u00a0<\/span>named\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>record\u00a0<\/span><\/span>number\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>women\u00a0<\/span><\/span>as\u00a0<\/span><\/span>senior\u00a0<\/span><\/span>lawyers.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>“As\u00a0<\/span><\/span>administrators\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>judges,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>we\u00a0<\/span><\/span>cannot\u00a0<\/span>ignore\u00a0<\/span><\/span>these\u00a0<\/span><\/span>growing\u00a0<\/span><\/span>ambitions.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>In\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>74-year\u00a0<\/span><\/span>history\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Supreme\u00a0<\/span>Court,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>only\u00a0<\/span>12\u00a0<\/span><\/span>women\u00a0<\/span><\/span>have\u00a0<\/span>been\u00a0<\/span><\/span>named\u00a0<\/span><\/span>“Senior\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Advocates”\u00a0<\/span><\/span>prior\u00a0<\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>start\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>2024.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Eleven\u00a0<\/span><\/span>women\u00a0<\/span><\/span>representing\u00a0<\/span><\/span>various\u00a0<\/span>regions\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>nation\u00a0<\/span><\/span>were\u00a0<\/span>named\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Senior\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Advocates\u00a0<\/span><\/span>by\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Supreme\u00a0<\/span>Court\u00a0<\/span><\/span>last\u00a0<\/span>week,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>he\u00a0<\/span><\/span>said.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>Aside\u00a0<\/span><\/span>from\u00a0<\/span><\/span>lawyers\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>law\u00a0<\/span>students,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>event\u00a0<\/span><\/span>was\u00a0<\/span>also\u00a0<\/span>attended\u00a0<\/span><\/span>by\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Union\u00a0<\/span>Minister\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>State\u00a0<\/span><\/span>for\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Law\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>Justice\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Arjun\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Ram\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Meghwal,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>as\u00a0<\/span>well\u00a0<\/span>as\u00a0<\/span><\/span>active\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>retired\u00a0<\/span>judges\u00a0<\/span><\/span>from\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>highest\u00a0<\/span>court\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>lower\u00a0<\/span>courts.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Adish\u00a0<\/span><\/span>C.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Aggarwala,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>President\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Supreme\u00a0<\/span>Court\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Bar\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Association,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Attorney\u00a0<\/span>General\u00a0<\/span><\/span>R.\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Venkataramani,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Manan\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Kumar\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Mishra,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Chairman\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>Bar\u00a0<\/span>Council\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>India,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>spoke\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>audience\u00a0<\/span><\/span>as\u00a0<\/span>well.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>“Our\u00a0<\/span><\/span>legitimacy\u00a0<\/span><\/span>will\u00a0<\/span>endure\u00a0<\/span><\/span>from\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>inclusion\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>diverse\u00a0<\/span><\/span>sections\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>population\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>our\u00a0<\/span><\/span>system,”\u00a0<\/span><\/span>CJI\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Chandrachud\u00a0<\/span><\/span>stated\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>his\u00a0<\/span>speech.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>As\u00a0<\/span><\/span>a\u00a0<\/span>result,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>we\u00a0<\/span><\/span>must\u00a0<\/span>work\u00a0<\/span><\/span>harder\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>encourage\u00a0<\/span><\/span>people\u00a0<\/span>from\u00a0<\/span><\/span>all\u00a0<\/span>walks\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span>life\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>pursue\u00a0<\/span><\/span>careers\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span><\/span>law.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>For\u00a0<\/span>example,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>there\u00a0<\/span>is\u00a0<\/span><\/span>very\u00a0<\/span>little\u00a0<\/span><\/span>representation\u00a0<\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Scheduled\u00a0<\/span>Tribes\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Scheduled\u00a0<\/span>Castes\u00a0<\/span><\/span>on\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Bench\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>in\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Bar.<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>He\u00a0<\/span><\/span>continued\u00a0<\/span><\/span>by\u00a0<\/span>saying\u00a0<\/span><\/span>that\u00a0<\/span>it\u00a0<\/span><\/span>has\u00a0<\/span>been\u00a0<\/span><\/span>75\u00a0<\/span>years\u00a0<\/span><\/span>since\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>founding,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>which\u00a0<\/span><\/span>has\u00a0<\/span>given\u00a0<\/span><\/span>us\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>chance\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>overcome\u00a0<\/span><\/span>these\u00a0<\/span>obstacles\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>go\u00a0<\/span><\/span>forward\u00a0<\/span><\/span>while\u00a0<\/span>taking\u00a0<\/span><\/span>an\u00a0<\/span>honest\u00a0<\/span>look\u00a0<\/span><\/span>at\u00a0<\/span><\/span>our\u00a0<\/span>development.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>CJI\u00a0<\/span><\/span>declared,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>“We\u00a0<\/span><\/span>must\u00a0<\/span>take\u00a0<\/span><\/span>stock\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>path\u00a0<\/span><\/span>we\u00a0<\/span><\/span>have\u00a0<\/span>travelled\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/span><\/span>reaffirm\u00a0<\/span><\/span>our\u00a0<\/span>commitment\u00a0<\/span><\/span>to\u00a0<\/span>protect\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Constitution\u00a0<\/span><\/span>both\u00a0<\/span>inside\u00a0<\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>outside\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>courtrooms.”<\/span><\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span>The\u00a0<\/span>Chief\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Justices\u00a0<\/span><\/span>of\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Bangladesh,\u00a0<\/span>Bhutan,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Mauritius,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>Nepal,\u00a0<\/span><\/span>and\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/span>Sri\u00a0<\/span><\/a>Lanka<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/span>were\u00a0<\/span>also\u00a0<\/span>present\u00a0<\/span><\/span>during\u00a0<\/span><\/span>the\u00a0<\/span>programme.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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