Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu on Saturday stressed that judiciary has a crucial role to play in deepening our democratic roots and it could do so by ensuring speedy justice.

"Judiciary has a crucial role to play in deepening our democratic roots. It can do so by ensuring speedy justice, even-handed justice and justice that is perceived to be entirely fair. Justice delayed is, as they say, justice denied," Naidu said while addressing the gathering after inaugurating the new building for Allahabad High Court here.