Former SC judge stresses on judge-lawyer cooperation for speedy justice

PUNE: Former judge of Supreme Court justice Tarun Chatterjee has emphasised the need for judges to cooperate with lawyers in order to have faster decision of cases and provide proper justice to common individual. Justice Chatterjee was addressing the inaugural session of the `Surana and Surana National Trial Advocacy Moot Court and Judgment Writing Competition' at the Bharati Vidyapeeth's New Law College on Saturday.
He observed that moot court competition and trial advocacy competition provide a lot of motivation, experience and knowledge to the students and the same can help them transform into good lawyers and judges. Justice Chatterjee said, "Study of law and practicing in courts are totally different things. A lawyer ought to be well versed with the knowledge of law, facts of the case and interpretation of the law." He encouraged more and more students to go for hands on experience of witnessing litigation process in courts.
On judgment writing, he said that judgments should be precise and to the point. Even a page or two pages judgment can become a good judgment if written in proper context, he added. Dean of Bharati Vidyapeeth law faculty Mukund Sarda said, "Quality in law schools is essential to have quality in students, lawyers, judges and judgments. Creativity, connectivity, competition, credibility and composition are the five `C's which are important for any individual to prosper in the field of law. Trial advocacy is best for students to build appropriate fact finding techniques and application of law."
Vice chancellor of Bharati Vidyapeeth Shivajirao Kadam, Justice M S Murti of Andhra Pradesh high court, Justice Anu Siaraman of the Kerala high court and Justice A V Sesha Sai from the Andhra Pradesh high court were among the prominent persons present. A total of 20 teams from law colleges and institutions across the country are participating in the moot court trial advocacy and judgment writing competition.