NEW DELHI: President Draupadi Murmu on Sunday strongly batted for creation of All India Judicial Services, on the lines of civil servicesto open up this stream to talented youth studying in different streams of education, including management and engineering.
Speaking at the annual Constitution Day celebrations organised by the Supreme Courtthe President said during her interaction with students in the IIMs and IITs she has come across many talented youth who want to have a career in judiciary.“If they can compete in the All India Civil Services Examination and become IAS, IFS or IPS, why not give them an opportunity to enter thejudiciary,” she asked.
She said the judiciary and the government must devise ways and means to create All India Judicial Services to give these talented youth a chance to achieve their aspiration for a career in judiciary. “Harnessing and nurturing these talented youth in the judiciary could strengthen the justice delivery system,” she said while underlining the importance of diversity in democracy, both of which are important for the survival of India as a nation.
In presence of SC judges and advocates, Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud said the SC has always acted and would continue to be a people’s court, which is exemplified by thousands approaching the court with the expectation and faith of getting justice.
He said the SC has acted decisively in furthering actions for abolition of bonded labour, prevention of sexual harassment of women at workplace, abolition of manual scavenging, ensuring right to food and right to clean air. Minister of state for law and justice Arjun Ram Meghwal agreed with the CJI on this score.
The CJI said, “These cases resemble the expectations of the people from the Supreme Court, as well as the Court’s own commitment to deliver justice to the citizens. Our Court is perhaps the only Court in the world where any citizen, no matter who they are or where they come from, can set in motion the constitutional machinery of the Supreme Court simply by even writing to the Chief Justice of India, be it by a postcard or an e-mail.”
Speaking at the annual Constitution Day celebrations organised by the Supreme Courtthe President said during her interaction with students in the IIMs and IITs she has come across many talented youth who want to have a career in judiciary.“If they can compete in the All India Civil Services Examination and become IAS, IFS or IPS, why not give them an opportunity to enter thejudiciary,” she asked.
She said the judiciary and the government must devise ways and means to create All India Judicial Services to give these talented youth a chance to achieve their aspiration for a career in judiciary. “Harnessing and nurturing these talented youth in the judiciary could strengthen the justice delivery system,” she said while underlining the importance of diversity in democracy, both of which are important for the survival of India as a nation.
In presence of SC judges and advocates, Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud said the SC has always acted and would continue to be a people’s court, which is exemplified by thousands approaching the court with the expectation and faith of getting justice.
He said the SC has acted decisively in furthering actions for abolition of bonded labour, prevention of sexual harassment of women at workplace, abolition of manual scavenging, ensuring right to food and right to clean air. Minister of state for law and justice Arjun Ram Meghwal agreed with the CJI on this score.
The CJI said, “These cases resemble the expectations of the people from the Supreme Court, as well as the Court’s own commitment to deliver justice to the citizens. Our Court is perhaps the only Court in the world where any citizen, no matter who they are or where they come from, can set in motion the constitutional machinery of the Supreme Court simply by even writing to the Chief Justice of India, be it by a postcard or an e-mail.”
