HCs are primary sentinel, must be more proactive, says CJI Kant
Mumbai, Jan. 25 -- Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant said on Saturday that high courts must function as vigilant constitutional courts that actively respond to systemic failures in the rule of law, instead of waiting for individual litigants to seek relief.
While delivering the Fali Nariman memorial lecture at Mumbai University, CJI Kant said, "Justice delayed is not only justice denied but it is justice destroyed."
He urged high courts to view access to justice as a state-guaranteed service rather than a passive entitlement.
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