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Chief Justice of India NV Ramana on Friday said that strengthening the subordinate judiciary is the need of the hour and the most crucial issue affecting the Indian judiciary is the issue of pendency.
Speaking at the inaugural session of the Conference of Telangana State Judicial Officers, the CJI said the purpose behind organizing the Conference is to introspect about various factors governing the administration of justice and to discover ways and means to bring qualitative improvement in the system.
“Strengthening the subordinate Judiciary is the need of the hour. The performance of any organization delivering any form of service must be assessed in terms of its effectiveness in achieving its goals. The goal of the justice delivery system is to deliver timely justice, as contemplated in the Constitution,” he said.
The CJI added, “Talking about the effectiveness of achieving the goal of justice delivery, the most crucial issue affecting the Indian judiciary, and particularly the subordinate judiciary, is the issue of pendency.”
“I understand that your functioning is adversely affected due to lack of infrastructure and the large number of judicial vacancies. However, I assure you that I am giving my best, to address these issues on priority. It is my firm belief that better judicial infrastructure and filling up of judicial vacancies is essential for improving access to justice.”
CJI Ramana said that it has been his endeavour to fill up all the judicial vacancies at all levels and with cooperation from all the stakeholders considerable progress could be made on this front.
“In the case of Telangana, we could go a step ahead. The strength of the High Court has gone up from 24 to 42. The working strength has gone up from 12 to 29. After I assumed office, so far 17 fresh appointments were made. You all know, out of those 17, 11 are from your fraternity. In the latest round, out of the 12 recommended, 10 were already appointed. I am trying to get the remaining two names also cleared,” said Ramana.
