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NEW DELHI: Two days anterior to taking oath arsenic the 53rd Chief Justice of India, Justice Surya Kant connected Saturday said helium does not get pressured by societal media trolls, galore of whom effort to misrepresent, misquote oregon selectively extract tribunal observations to make a antagonistic content astir the judiciary contempt having small cognition of law.In an informal enactment with the media, Justice Kant said, "I person ne'er been pressured by the campaigns and motivated reporting connected societal media. I deliberation an overwhelming bulk of judges would not beryllium affected by societal media trolls arsenic they determine cases based connected facts and law."Outlining his priorities, the CJI-designate said that successful his tenure of 1 twelvemonth and 3 months, helium would absorption connected chalking retired a strategy, successful consultation with stakeholders, to trim the pendency of 90,000 cases successful SC and astir 5 crore cases successful HCs and territory courts.
The listing of long-pending clump cases, whether earlier 9-Judge, 7-Judge oregon 5-Judge constitution benches, would get precedence arsenic thousands of cases, raising the aforesaid oregon akin questions of law, are pending successful assorted HCs, which person deferred proceeding them successful anticipation of SC verdicts, helium said.
One specified substance pending adjudication by a 9-Judge seat is the introduction of women into Sabarimala temple, mosque and different custom-related spiritual issues.
He said it is simply a substance of interest that contempt SC judges disposing of astir arsenic galore cases arsenic are filed each year, the pendency is increasing. Judges cannot beryllium overburdened, whether successful SC, HCs oregon proceedings courts, helium said, adding that immoderate innovative measurement indispensable beryllium devised to tackle pendency.Mediation, helium said, would beryllium a game-changer successful the aboriginal and trim pendency successful courts. It is receiving an encouraging effect from nationalist assemblage banks and security companies, which are asking the judiciary to bid their unit successful mediation to resoluteness disputes astatine the pre-litigation stage. "To usage mediation to the fullest grade volition beryllium the focal constituent during my tenure arsenic it is litigant-friendly and cost-effective," helium said.
