Reiterating his government’s resolve to reduce pendency of cases Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that his government will make all efforts to reduce burden on judiciary.
“I listen to what Chief Justice of India said. I can understand his pain and anguish. It is our promise to reduce pendenecy of cases so that burden on judiciary could be brought down,” he said in his address at the sesquicentennial celebrations marking 150 years of the Allahabad High Court here on Sunday.
Prime Minister said that he could feel pain in the speech of CJI JS Khehar. “My government will ensure that dreams of Justice Khehar are fulfilled. “On our part we have repealed over 1200 archaic laws and efforts are on modernize the judiciary system. Infusion of technology in judiciary working is laudable and for this CJI should be praised,” he said.
The government is out to simplify the legal system for easy delivery of justice to the litigant, he said and added that for this a qualitative change is being worked out with the help of information technology.
He appealed to the judiciary, the government and the people to make 2022, the 75th year of Independence, a target year to take the country to greater heights..
Prime Minister hoped that Allahabad would once again lead the country, and this time to take India to new horizon in the diamond jubilee year of the independence.
Modi recalled contribution of lawyers of Allahabad in the freedom struggle, and called upon them to take a lead once again for fulfilling the dream of the freedom fighters when India will be celebrating 75th year of her independence in 2022. Every Indian citizen should contribute to make New India for the new generation when India would be celebrating Diamond Jubilee of her Independence.
While referring to glorious 150 years of the Allahabad High Court Modi termed it as a pilgrimage of the legal world, and quoted Dr S Radhkrishnan and Mahatma Gandhi who had laid stress that the success of the legal system depended on justice to the poor.