Guwahati: Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju emphasised the five crore cases still pending in India’s courts and said that there was need to work on steps to reduce this especially in the lower courts.
He said this while speaking at the Supreme Court of India’s Valedictory Function for the Constitution Day Celebration.
“There are 70,000 pending cases in SC, about 70 Lakh in High courts and rest in lower judiciary,” the Law Minister said and expressed willingness to work the judiciary to reduce the pendency in various courts.
“The pendency of cases in the lower judiciary should be the centre of our attention,” the Law Minister said.
He suggested that issues involving women and children need to be handled properly.
He quoted BR Ambedkar in saying that the degree of women’s progress is a good indicator of the progress of a community.
The law minister stated that although there has been an increase in the number of female judges there is still a long way to go before the higher judiciary is diverse.
Regarding judicial appointments, the law minister stated that the Union Government is committed to promoting social diversity and has been asking the chief justices of the High Court to do the same when making recommendations for judges.
He also said that ease of justice should be an important indicator to measure ease of living. He also pointed out that due to the coordination of judiciary and executive, good success has been achieved.