PM Modi bats for use of local languages in courts, says will improve access to justice

New Delhi, April 30: Prime minister Narendra Modi has made a strong pitch for use of local languages in courts, highlighting that it will increase the confidence of common citizens in the justice system and they will feel more connected to it.

 

 

Modi passed these remarks while inaugurating the joint conference of Chief Ministers and Chief Justices of the High Court at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi.

 

"We need to encourage local languages in courts. This will not only increase the confidence of common citizens in the justice system but they will feel more connected to it," the prime minister said.

 

He also appealed to chief ministers and chief justices of high courts to give priority to cases related to undertrial prisoners languishing in jails and release them, as per law, based on human sensitivities and asserted that judicial reform is not merely a policy matter.

 

 

 

Human sensitivities are involved and they should be kept in the centre of all deliberations, Modi said. In every district there is a committee headed by the district judge, so that these cases can be reviewed and wherever possible, such prisoners may be released on bail, the prime minister said. "I would appeal to all CMs and CJs of high courts to give priority to these matters on the basis of humanitarian sensibility and the law," he said.

 

PM Modi said as India celebrates the 75th anniversary of Independence, focus should be on creation of a judicial system where justice is easily available, is quick and for everyone.

 

"In our country, while the role of the judiciary is that of the guardian of the Constitution, the legislature represents the aspirations of citizens. I believe that the confluence of these two will prepare the roadmap for an effective and time-bound judicial system in the country," he said.

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