New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that ease of justice is the right of every Indian citizen and the Supreme Court is its medium. Modi participated at the diamond jubilee year celebration of the Supreme Court on Sunday.

       Unveiling the 75th year of the Supreme Court, the Prime Minister launched citizen-centric information and technology initiatives like the Digital Supreme Court Reports (Digi SCR), which has 36,308 cases of the apex court, dating back from 1950, accessible to the public in the digital format. Modi also inaugurated the launch of a new bi-lingual website of the Supreme Court.

Speaking on the occasion he said that ₹800 crore has been approved for the expansion of the Supreme Court building complex. Modi complemented the Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud for his efforts to improve ease of justice in the country. The Government is committed to improving the physical infrastructure of the courts.

He said that over ₹7,000 crore has been disbursed since 2014 to better the physical infrastructure of the courts. Highlighting the importance of using technology for ease of justice, the entire legal system rests on the advice and direction given by the Supreme Court, he added. Accessibility to the apex court should be available to those in the farthest corners of the country, he said.

Whether it is freedom of expression, personal freedom or social justice, the Supreme Court has strengthened India’s vibrant democracy. A strong judicial system is the main foundation of a Viksit Bharat, Modi said. The Government’s initiatives in abolishing outdated colonial criminal laws and introducing new legislation such as the Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Samhita, Bhartiya Nyaya Samhita, and Bhartiya Sakshya Adhiniyam have ushered legal, policing, and investigative systems into a new era, Modi Highlighted.

Modi expressed pride at the conferring of the Padma Bhushan to late Justice M. Fathima Beevi. Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, Law and Justice Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal, Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai, Supreme Court judges, Attorney General R. Venkata Ramani, President of the Supreme Court Bar Association Adish C. Aggarwala, and Chairperson of the Bar Council of India Manan Kumar Mishra were present on the occasion.