GUWAHATI: Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi on Sunday said the present times are witnessing
“belligerent and reckless behaviour” by a few individuals and
some groups.
He, however, expressed optimism that such
developments are just “exceptions” and will be defeated by the
strong traditions of the country’s legal institutions.
“I am hopeful that such incidents would turn out to
be exceptions and that the strong traditions and ethos of our
institution shall always assist our stakeholders to display
resilience to overcome the belligerence of such wayward
constituents,” Gogoi said after laying the foundation stone of
an auditorioum of the Gauhati High Court here.
The CJI said that unlike offices or establishments of
the government, courts are unique with multiple stakeholders
converging every day to facilitate and make the wheels of
justice move forward, even though they may not be bound by any
single hierarchy of commands.
“Today, I feel compelled to assert that judges and
judicial officers must remember that public faith and
confidence, on which our institution lives and survives, is
largely built on the basis of orders and judgements passed by
us,” he added.
The CJI also said that getting selected to be a
judicial functionary is an opportunity to serve this hallowed
institution, whose value is always immeasurably more than what
can be reasonably visualised. (AGENCIES)
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