On Saturday, in his keynote address to the Indo-Singapore Mediation Summit of 2021 organised by Singapore International Mediation Centre, CAMP Arbitration and Mediation Practice and Mediation Mantras, CJI NV Ramana made a strong statement that the people of India know that when things go wrong, the Supreme Court, as the guardian of the largest democracy, will stand by them.
The Chief Justice said the Constitution, together with the immense faith of the people in the judicial system, brought to life the Supreme Court’s motto Yato Dharma Sthato Jaya which means “That is, where there is dharma, there is victory,” he explained.
Chief Justice Ramana during his speech said conflicts were unavoidable in any society for a variety of reasons, including political, economic, social, cultural and religious.
But with conflicts, there was also the need to develop mechanisms for conflict resolution, the CJI stressed.
“India, and numerous Asian countries, have a long and rich tradition of collaborative and amicable settlement of disputes,” the Chief Justice stressed.
Speaking on the issue of delay in settling of cases, the CJI said one of the chief reasons for delay was “luxurious litigation”.
“It is a specific type of litigation wherein parties with resources attempt to frustrate the judicial process and delay it by filing numerous proceedings across the judicial system... Undeniably, the prevailing pandemic has also contributed to our woes,” Chief Justice Ramana explained.
He cited another reason as the sheer number of cases.
“This may have to be viewed in the context that India is the largest democratic republic in the world. The people believe in the constitutional project, of which the judiciary is an integral part. Judges in India, particularly in the constitutional courts, often burn the midnight oil to meet their judicial and administrative case load,” Chief Justice Ramana said.
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