Judiciary and the changing world! PM Modi hails judiciary for striking balance between development and society
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New Delhi, February 22: "No country or society in the world can claim to achieve holistic development as India does", asserted PM Narendra Modi on Saturday while addressing the delegates at the inaugural function of the International Judicial Conference 2020 'judiciary and the changing world' at the Supreme Court. He hailed the Indian judiciary for redefining environmental jurisprudence to strike a balance between development and ecological protection.
Referring to laws on transgenders, 'triple talaq' and on the rights of 'Divyang' (persons with disabilities), he said that the government has also taken steps to give rights to women in military services and in providing paid maternity leave for 26 weeks to women. Further to the use of technology, Modi said it can help in procedural management of courts and benefit the justice delivery system to a large extent.
हाल में कुछ ऐसे बड़े फैसले आए हैं, जिनको लेकर पूरी दुनिया में चर्चा थी।
— PMO India (@PMOIndia) February 22, 2020
फैसले से पहले अनेक तरह की आशंकाएं व्यक्त की जा रही थीं।
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"In addition, in the changing times, issues like data protection, cyber-crime pose new challenges for the judiciary," he said. Also to recent judicial verdicts by Indian courts, the PM said 1.3 billion Indians have wholeheartedly accepted them despite there being several apprehensions expressed about the consequences.
Addressing an International Judicial Conference in New Delhi. https://t.co/N1gTEcF6fN
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) February 22, 2020
Speaking at the occasion, Chief Justice of India S A Bobde noted that India is a melting pot of cultures and has assimilated cultures of Mughals, Dutch, Portuguese and English. "Constitution has created a strong and independent judiciary and we have strived to keep this basic feature intact," the CJI said.
तमाम चुनौतियों के बीच, कई
— PMO India (@PMOIndia) February 22, 2020
बार देश के लिए संविधान के तीनों Pillars ने उचित रास्ता ढूंढा है।
और हमें गर्व है कि भारत में इस तरह की एक समृद्ध परंपरा विकसित हुई है।
बीते पाँच वर्षों में भारत की अलग-अलग संस्थाओं ने, इस परंपरा को और सशक्त किया है: PM @narendramodi
Also Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad referred to apex court judgements and said terrorists and corrupt people have no right to privacy and such persons should not be allowed to abuse the system. Prasad said governance must be left to elected representatives and delivering judgements should be left to judges. He said populism should not infringe upon the settled principles of law.