The Odisha Nagarika Samaj (ONAS) held a workshop on “Need for Judicial Reform in India” at the CYSD here on Sunday.
The society expressed concern over the present standoff between the Executive and the Judiciary after scrapping of the National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC) and continuance of the old Collegium system for appointment of judges by the Supreme Court.
Convener of ONAS law advisors’ committee Srinivas Mohanty said that in order to provide speedy and quality justice to common citizens, there is an urgent need to reform the judicial system.
ONAS members also decided to submit a draft proposal to the Supreme Court on the basis of views that emerged from the deliberations. ONAS president Jantrana Parikhita presided over the meeting. ONAS member secretary Subash Chandra Panda and joint secretary Sachhikant Pradhan coordinated the programme.Former Minister Panchanan Kanungo, Nibedita Nayak, former police DG Bipin Bihari Mishra, former bureaucrat Aravind Behera, Sudhir Mohanty and lalit Mohan Patnaik attended the workshop, among others.