Khushi Bajpai
Published on: September 5, 2022 at 18:37 IST
On Sunday, MK Stalin, the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, argued in favour of making Tamil the official language of the Madras High Court. CM Stalin also requested that the Supreme Court create a regional bench in Chennai.
He pleaded with the Supreme Court’s judges to ensure the establishment of a regional court in Chennai and to let Tamil be the Madras High Court’s official language.
The Chief Minister was speaking at a ceremony to lay the cornerstone for two new buildings that would contain new courtrooms for the Madras High Court as well as local subordinate courts. The Madras High Court’s auditorium served as the venue for the event.
The Madras High Court’s Chief Justice (CJ) MN Bhandari, the State Law Minister (S Regupathy), and Supreme Court Justices Indira Banerjee and Sanjay Kishan Kaul were also present.
Recently, the Tamil Nadu government approved Rs. 500 crore for the State’s judicial infrastructure.
The State government received praise from all of the justices present, including CJ Bhandari, for swiftly accepting the new construction work project and authorizing the amount.
Speaking at the occasion, Justice Kaul praised the Tamil Nadu government’s initiatives to support the improvement of the State’s judicial infrastructure.
However, Justice Kaul remarked that a courthouse, no matter how magnificent, is merely the “hardware” of the legal system.
“The judges and attorneys are the software,” he declared.
He consequently asked judges to go above and beyond all they can to shorten the time that cases are pending.
Further he added, “To cut down on arrears, we judges must put in more effort than we can. The Chief Justice should set the bar high. I hope judges and the Bar will continue to fly the Madras High Court flag at a very high altitude,”
Justice Kaul emphasized how every court has at least 20% of cases that are frivolous.
“We must be inventive. Since simply increasing the number of judges won’t help deliver swift and high-quality justice, we must find a solution,” added Justice Kaul.
Additionally, he urged judges to provide clear, concise rulings.
By stating that litigants are just interested in getting justice and are not concerned with the thesis that judges write, he underlined the significance of sound judgments.