Justice NV Ramana requires modernisation of judicial infrastructure

Supreme Court Judge Justice N V Ramana on Saturday pressured the necessity for modernisation of judicial infrastructure and referred to as for organising of a National Judicial Infrastructure Corporation for this.
“Talking of impediments in the path of modernisation, financial constraints must never come in the path of progress. There is a need for the Centre and States to co-operate and create a National Judicial Infrastructure Corporation, as a one-time measure, to cater to the need for judicial infrastructure in the country. Such a corporation would bring the uniformity and standardization required to revolutionize judicial infrastructure”, Justice Ramana, who’s subsequent in line to be Chief Justice of India, stated on the inauguration of the brand new constructing of the Bombay High Court in Goa.
Justice Ramana identified that the beliefs of “access to justice” and “speedy justice” kind the bedrock of rule of regulation and that “for access to justice, there needs to be sufficient infrastructure to cater to the ever-rising number of disputes”.
“Strengthening judicial infrastructure is the most important tool to reduce pendency of cases and clear the backlog”, he stated and added that “the understanding of judicial infrastructure has to transcend beyond the issues of pendency, vacancy or the number of courtrooms. It should involve modernisation, upgradation and creating a “barrier free-citizen friendly nvironment”. We can assert true accessibility when the particular person with the utmost drawback can nonetheless knock on the doorways of the courtroom of justice”.
Speaking of the infrastructure enhancements, he stated that “after independence, the judiciary in general, has not progressed at an equal pace in comparison with other branches of the State. The judiciary is usually considered rigid in its ways of working due to the procedural requirements. While science and technology have affected all walks of life, integrating the same into the judicial system has been an uphill task.”

Justice Ramana rued the pitiable situation of many courts and stated “although, every district has courts, however, I must state that they need to be updated to enable them to meet the…challenge” of entry to justice and speedy justice.
“We have all witnessed courts operating from dilapidated old structures and rented premises, without proper record rooms or even staff. There are premises without washrooms, waiting rooms, creche services, or disabled friendly infrastructure for litigants and lawyers. Situations like this have an adverse impact on the qualitative dispensation of justice”, he stated including it’s due to this fact “important to concentrate…efforts on modernization of judiciary”.

Justice Ramana additionally cautioned that such ‘T must be undertaken after a careful stakeholder analysis and must portray the needs of changing times. He called upon scholars and experts to provide a sustainable and inclusive model for modernization of the country’s judicial infrastructure.