CJI-designate Surya Kant urges high courts to function like emergency services

Ranchi: Chief Justice of India (Designate) Justice Surya Kant on Saturday emphasised that the judiciary’s role goes beyond settling disputes and must also focus on protecting the innocent.

He asserted that the high courts must begin to envision their institutional growth much like a modern hospital’s emergency services, ensuring swift, decisive and effective responses.

Addressing the silver jubilee celebrations of the Jharkhand High Court, which coincided with the state’s foundation day, Justice Kant recalled his first case, an urgent plea for visitation rights in a cross-border custody dispute involving two minor children..

“…Justice is not only about resolving disputes, but about protecting the innocent from being lost in the storms of circumstance,” the Supreme Court Judge said.

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