Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu today said that inordinate delay, legal inaccessibility are impeding the effective delivery of justice to the cost of processes and common man.
Referring to Gandhiji’s talisman, Naidu said that the “the poorest man in want of justice” must be the prime motivator of legal practitioners in their thoughts and actions. Underscoring the importance of restoring public confidence in the system, Naidu ca for the disposal of criminal cases relate public functionaries in a speedy, dispassionate, objective manner.
For this purpose, special courts constituted to exclusively deal with criminal can be cases involving public servants and elected representatives, the Vice President suggested. He also proposed separate fast track courts for resolving electoral cases and to look into electoral malpractices.
He also opined that defection cases in legislatures should be dealt with expeditiously in a time bound manner.
The Vice President paid tributes to Dr. BR Ambedkar after whom the University is named and said his dreams for our Republic can be achieved only by ensuring the high ideals of our Constitution are implemented in true spirit so that they reach every person in the country.
The Governor of Tamil Nadu, Shri Banwarilal Purohit, Vice-Chancellor Prof. T.S.N. Sastry, faculty members and students were among those who attended the event.
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