Wishing
the retreat great success. Judges are not just human beings.
They
are greater and special because they listen more [sometime mere verbal diarrhea
from lawyers] and are humble enough to listen to all sides rather than jumping
to conclusion with their personal biases and opinions which are very difficult
tasks especially in an era when even a 3 year old has a opinion on everything
and even 30 year old petrified opinionated souls continue as students.
Judges
cannot be expected to be experts in every subject or issue nor can they feign
as know-all and judge all specialists like the media anchors and press
reporters.
Judiciary
is one important institution which has primarily the onus of judging the legal
sustainability of any matter , often it is also required to take into
consideration the socio-moral aspects and humanitarian concerns with contextual relevance in the interest of
greater good of humanity and environment and also social harmony.
It
is very good that though complete and concrete changes have not taken place in
our judicial system in tune with the greater expectations of growing population
of well informed society.
It
is good that the honorable judges have also gone one step further in opting for
a serious retreat [rather than foreign jaunts in the name of retreat] to
further their knowledge and update on various issues as is evident from the
agenda. We all must congratulate them for their humility and good intentions.
But
my only humble request at this juncture to this august assembly of senior and
scholarly souls is, as judges please resist your temptation to pander to media
projected populist notions while handling any case on any issue. If possible put a gag on media trails on issues that are
already in court. Media messes around with its 24/7 non stop nonsense.
Let
the honorable judges ensure to continue
the meta terms that comes to the mind of ordinary citizens when they
think of judges is law, order, rules, impartiality, national interest, humane
concerns, environmental protection, ensuring economic developmental activities
at least with certain amount of
financial discipline and concern for the society at large, punish the
violators however mighty and powerful they may be, keep main stream paid media from sensationalizing sensitive
issues and if possible also look into the
possibility of installing cameras in all
court rooms and also record all cases to enhance the trust of the public.
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