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New Delhi: Law minister Ashwani Kumar on Saturday conceded that the recent outrage over the December 16 gang rape here was the result of an erosion of faith in the judicial delivery system. “Law is perceived as impotent in the face of grave injustice, leading to an unacceptable erosion of faith in the justice delivery system and rule of law,” he said.
The government is contemplating structural changes aimed at ensuring a credible and citizen-friendly judicial process, the minister suggested. He was speaking at a seminar here. The minister said the “public outrage after the Delhi tragedy is not only against the depravity of a few but is also against the perceived inadequacies in the way we administer procedural laws.”
Kumar said judicial reforms have acquired urgency in view of the challenges defined by new technologies, globalization and insatiable aspirations of people. “It should be our endeavour to ensure that law works for everyone and the vast majority is not deprived of the protective shelter of law.”
“Transformational
changes in society have brought to the fore the perennial debate on the relationship between law, public morality and social change. Tragic events in the recent past that have shaken national sensitivities have hastened the process of introspection,” Kumar added.
He said the government in the recent past had taken steps in the direction of structural reforms and was contemplating many more, for advancing the cause of quality and expeditious justice. The proposal to create an All India Judicial Service is at an advanced stage of consideration. This will hopefully improve the quality of judges at the subordinate level, he said.
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