“The sensitivity of the people is linked to speedy justice and it should never be forgotten. There are about 3.5 lakh undertrial prisoners in India, most of whom are either commoners or from poor families,” Modi said at the 11th Conference of Chief Ministers and Chief Justices. Huh.”
“Every district should have a committee under the chairmanship of district judge to investigate each of these cases and release them on bail wherever possible. I am appealing to all CMs and HC CJs to give priority to this issue. I am … without compromising on legal requirements.”
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PM and both Chief Justice NVs were on the same page on the conduct of court proceedings in a language accessible to the litigants. The PM said, “Today, every HC proceedings are in English. I liked it when the CJI said that the judiciary is trying to conduct proceedings in the local language. We have to make the proceedings people-friendly by adopting the local language.”
The Prime Minister said that a committee has been constituted to explore the possibility of enacting a law, the text of which can be easily understood by the common citizens.
“Many countries are making laws in two versions, one in a legal language and the other in a language that citizens can understand. This way the common man does not have to approach the court or legal expert to understand what the law is. We are also studying a similar model for the enactment of laws in India: one version in the legal language and the other in a language familiar to the people. Both should be passed simultaneously by the state legislatures and ParliamentHe said at the 11th Conference of Chief Ministers and Chief Justices of High Courts.
The PM also stressed on freeing citizens from the web of obsolete laws. He said that the central government has repealed 1,450 such old laws. But the states together have repealed only 75 such laws so far.
Advocating court proceedings in local languages, the PM also spoke of education in the mother tongue. “Why can’t medical and technical education be in the mother tongue of the students? When Indian students go abroad, they learn the language of that country and study medical or technical courses. We can do that in our country. Some states has taken initiative in this regard. It will also open medical and technical courses for students from poor rural families.”
He said that the judiciary and the executive should plan and empower the justice delivery system with appropriate technology to provide timely and affordable justice to all by the time India celebrates its centenary of independence in 2047.