The newly appointed practicing judges, who are under training in the Chhattisgarh law Academy Bilaspur, on Monday called on Governor Shekhar Dutt at Raj Bhavan in the city.
Principal Secretary law Akhil Kumar Samant Ray, Principal Secretary to the Governor Amitabh Jain, legal Advisor to the Governor Prabhat Kumar Shastri and Chhattisgarh State law Academy, High Court Bilaspur director RCS Samant were also present on the occasion.
After introduction, the Governor collected information about their training from the trainee legal officers.He said that judiciary is the main pillar of any country. Constitution would be successful only with good coordination and effective and efficient implementation of the three pillars of legislature, Judiciary and Executive. Information is the most important factor for the skillful conduct or planning of any work, he added.
The Governor said that there were so many minor Acts, information about which was very less, because of which they were not being used. Such Acts needs to be studied and should be brought into practice. For the strengthening of the State, it is necessary that the State and its officers should use the power of law, he added.
The Governor said, “We should study and practice the law well so that rule of the law be seen everywhere. It is a matter of proud for us that rule of the law is established in India to a large extent. In this view, our country us ahead of several countries of Asia and Africa and China,” he said.
He said, in judiciary, traditions, customs etc have important role and that should be honoured and codification of customs should be done. It is necessary that every level of judiciary, victory of affected and exploited should be ensured, besides fixing the responsibility of those who violate or breaks the rules. It is also necessary that a good judicial environment should be created in the state as well as the country and legal rights of every person should be ensured. Zero tolerance policy should be adopted against the lawbreakers, he added.
Director RCS Samant said that 34 judicial officers (entry level) of 2013 batch were being imparted training at the Chhattisgarh State law Academy Bilaspur. Besides imparting institutional training, these officers have been posted in districts for training, he added.