Gandhi spoke about the importance of questioning the judiciary. He also said that it is a high time for a change and the court should start recording the proceedings.
A symposium was presented by the National Lawyer's Campaign at the Press Club, Mumbai on Saturday. The main issue of the symposium was the initiation of audio video recording of the court proceedings. Concerns about delay in justice, wrong use of the Contempt of Court Act, corruption due to collegium system for selection of the judges and high number of undertrials in court were also raised. The key note speaker was honorable Shailesh Gandhi, former commissioner, CIC while justice ML Tahaliyani was the chief guest. While Gandhi delivered an astounding speech, the chief guest couldn't make it to the function due to high fever.
Gandhi spoke about the importance of questioning the judiciary. He also said that it is a high time for a change and the court should start recording the proceedings. The court can no longer hide under the robe of the constitution and deny the same just because of the absence of any law. Just like the proceedings of the Parliament are not only recorded but are also telecasted, court should do the same to truly make it an 'open court'. Such a step would further broaden the scope of the right to information and therefore it will enhance a poor man's faith in judiciary.
He further said that it is true that justice delayed is justice denied. A litigational matter can go on for years and years and still an effective judgment wouldn't be given. It increases the backlog which increases year after year. Due to this, a lot of undertrials stay in jail for years for crimes they haven't even committed. This also results in overcrowding of the prisons. Prisoners aren't given proper treatment which is a violation of their human rights. According to Gandhi, as many as 2.9 lakh undertrials are in jail who haven't been convicted yet.
But the problem isn't without a solution, and the solution is very simple: increasing the number of judges by simply filling all the vacancies. There is a total 21 per cent vacancy for judges. Digitisation is also crucial to speed-up the process and the recording of the proceedings would make people the ultimate watchdogs which would strengthen our democracy.
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