CJI recalls lawyers contribution in drafting Constitution, freedom struggle

Chief Justice of India UU Lalit on Sunday said the percentage of lawyers in Parliament was declining while a majority of the founding fathers associated with the countrys Constitution were from the legal professionHe was speaking at a felicitation programme organised here by Maharashtra National Law University NagpurRecalling the great leaders of the past who were lawyers and their participation in the drafting of the Constitution the CJI said the percentage of lawyers was declining in both Houses of the ParliamentOur country has seen and benefitted from legal talents right from its freedom struggle A lawyer normally has been exposed to the correct way of thinking on how to find solutions for social problems or constitutional issues He is better equipped than others to deal with situations facing society the CJI saidThat is why the old servants of India and its society as well as the freedom struggle were predominantly lawyers Today the percentage of lawyers in both the Houses are declining he saidHe said the pyramid of the judicial structure must be bottom heavy whereas it was topheavy at the moment in the countryAlso Read New mechanism for listing of matters in Supreme Court soon says CJI U U LalitAll the talent is at the top level while unfortunately in the mid and lower levels talented youngsters and lawyers are not coming We must have a bottomheavy pyramid of the judicial structure he assertedReplying to a query while interacting with law students on whether the judiciary was headed in the right direction the CJI said Ours is a country governed by the rule of law Whatever is right shall prevail and that is the kind of ethos that this country stands for and the judiciary is no exceptionWhen a matter arrives in court the hammer must fall on the guilty and whoever has been wronged must get the umbrella of protection he saidThat is the job of the judiciary and we will strive to do that the CJI assertedStating that there is a disconnect between district judges and the higher judiciary he said there must be a system where the two groups can mingle as this disconnect has to goRegistrar of MNLU Ramesh Kumar Chamarti gave the vote of thanksJustice Lalit took oath as the 49th Chief Justice of India CJI last week and will hold office till November 8This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever