Prime Minister Manmohan Singh releasing the edition of the Bombay High Court, at the concluding function of the Sesquicentennial celebrations of the Bombay High Court, in Mumbai on August 18. Chief Justice of India Justice S.H. Kapadia and Union Minister for Law and Justice and Minority Affairs Salman Khurshid are also seen.
MUMBAI ? Affirming his government?s commitment to working with judiciary for improving delivery of justice, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Aug 18 said the Law Commission is looking at improvements required in the court procedures for a better criminal judicial system. He also said an Inter Ministerial Group was examining what changes were needed in the Negotiable Instruments Act along with other measures to check increasing litigation arising out of cases of bouncing cheques.
?We have taken a number of initiatives to bring about improvements in the justice delivery system? A group under the Chairman of Law Commission is looking at improvements that are required in court procedure and processes for a better criminal judicial system,? he said in his address at the concluding ceremony of sesquicentennial celebrations of the Bombay High Court.
The Government launched National Mission for Justice Delivery in 2011 with the twin objectives of increasing access by reducing delays and arrears and enhancing accountability. A Constitution Amendment Bill for raising the age of retirement of Judges of High Courts is before? Parliament, Manmohan Singh said.
Also, a comprehensive proposal has been formulated for establishment of an All India Judicial Service, Prime Minister told a distinguished gathering of legal luminaries including former and current judges of High Court and Supreme Court.
?I believe that our Judiciary has acquitted itself with distinction in shouldering its onerous responsibilities,? he said.
?The Bombay High Court is and has been a spectacular bulwark of freedom in independent India. Its landmark decisions have contributed to a legal and jurisprudential architecture of fairness, freedom, social justice and human rights,? the Prime Minister said. He said its celebrated judgements in specialised branches of law such as intellectual property, cyber laws, securities and banking law, corporate laws and international commercial arbitration had vastly enriched the understanding of evolving legal regime in these areas.
The Bombay High Court, he said, had demonstrated time and again that the judicial process was ?neither cold nor impersonal? and through creative and dynamic interpretations worked for the continuing relevance of laws to the realities of the present times.
?Lokmanya Tilak?s statement in Bombay High Court, now contained in a marble tablet outside the Central Court room from where he was tried, and the proceedings of the trial of Mahatma Gandhi before Judge Broomfield stand as two out of the many examples of an unrivaled legal and judicial heritage which continues to inspire succeeding generations of Indians?.
Mahatma Gandhi, Babasaheb Ambedkar, Bhulabhai Desai, K M Munshi, Sir Phirozeshah Mehta, who were the heroes of the freedom movement, honed their skills in the practice of law in the Bombay High Court. Stalwarts of legal profession like Sir Jamshedji Kanga, H C Coyajee, M A Jinnah and Sir Dinshaw Mullah strode the halls of this building as legal geniuses of their age, he said. Some of the finest legal minds of India including H M Seervai, M C Setalvad, C K Daphtary, Nani Palkhiwala and N P Engineer perfected their art in the Bombay High Court. Over the last 65 years, 22 judges of this Court have been elevated to the apex Court and as many as eight of these have adorned the office of Chief Justice of India including one as the longest serving Chief Justice ever, the Prime Minister noted.
In the more recent past, two lady judges of the Supreme Court have been from this High Court. ?That is truly a breathtaking set of statistics for any judicial institution and one to be proud of,? he said. ????????????? ???(PTI)
Source: http://www.indiajournal.com/?p=27593
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