CJI calls for ‘Indianising’ legal system

• Integrity Education, Delhi
• 20, Sep 2021

What is the issue ?

• Ordinary Indians felt out of place in courts, where proceedings were lengthy, expensive and in English.
• These days judgments have become lengthy, which further complicates the position of litigants.
• The systems, practices and rules of courts were foreign and sourced from our colonial days.

Advice of CJI

• Indianisation means the need to adapt to the practical realities of our society and localise our justice delivery systems.
• Rules and procedures of justice delivery should be made simple.
• It is crucial to make justice delivery more transparent, accessible and effective.
• Procedural barriers often undermine access to justice.