New Delhi:  Supreme Court CJI NV Ramana said that an area of grave concern for the judiciary now is the increasing attacks on judges, which includes physical attacks and also in the media, particularly social media and law enforcement agencies need to deal with such malicious attacks effectively.

CJI NV Ramana in his address at the Constitution Day celebration organized by the SC Registry at the Vigyan Bhawan on Friday he said that these attacks appear to be sponsored and synchronized. The law enforcing agencies, particularly the Central agencies need to deal with such malicious attacks effectively. The Governments are expected to create a secure environment so that the Judges and judicial officers can function fearlessly.

He also said that his experience as a legal professional in different roles is what prompted him to call for Indianization of the Judiciary. The judicial system as it exists in our country today is essentially still colonial in nature. It takes no account of the social realities or the local conditions. The procedures followed the language of arguments and judgments and the high costs involved are all contributing to alienating the common man from the judicial system. People should feel confident in approaching the courts.

He emphasized that only when litigants get a chance to directly participate, their faith in the process and outcome will be reinforced. We must also acknowledge the enormous public good achieved through such progressive expansion of constitutional jurisprudence. But the same judiciary which offers solutions based on a mere postcard, paradoxically, struggles for years to take regular litigations to their logical conclusion due to various complex reasons, he added.

Union Government can follow the model implemented for modernization of police stations across the country. The new Court complexes should be able to deploy modern technological tools to accelerate justice delivery. For this, modern equipment with video conferencing facilities and high-speed networks are essential, he said.