In his first visit to the UAE, Chief Justice of India NV Ramana on Thursday suggested the organizations of the Indian diaspora in the Gulf nation to think about creating a legal assistance center to help those in need of such assistance in India.
“As the Chief Justice of India, I cannot make any promise to you but I can suggest to organizations, such as the India Social and Cultural Centre, to think about creating a legal assistance center to help those in need of legal assistance in India,” Justice Ramana said. The CJI said the national and state legal services authorities in India, which takes care of the legal service needs of 70 per cent needy population totally free of cost, would extend all possible help in dealing with the legal problems of the needy persons in India.
He was speaking at a felicitation function organised by the Indian community in UAE at the India Social and Cultural Centre, Abu Dhabi.
India's Embassy in Abu Dhabi tweeted that Justice Ramana held a meeting with Abdullah bin Sultan bin Awad Al Nuaimi, the UAE's Minister of Justice, and Mohammad Hamad Al Badi, President of the UAE's Federal Supreme Court. India's Ambassador to the UAE Sunjay Sudhir was present during the meeting. This is the first-ever visit by the CJI to the UAE in official capacity. Justice Ramana said the growing strong relationship between the two countries will only grow in the times to come and the strong bonds of friendship are bound to flourish and achieve new heights.
He said one of the major reasons for the strong ties between the two nations is that Indians constitute one of the largest ethnic groups in the UAE and they have significantly contributed to the development of the UAE over the years.
Justice Ramanna, the 48th Chief Justice of India, is scheduled to address the fourth edition of an international conference - Arbitration in the Era of Globalization in Dubai on Saturday.