CJI Ramana Soars ‘Process Is Punishment’
- 17-Jul-2022
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Jaipur: Chief Justice of India (CJI) NV Ramana on Saturday said that in India’s criminal justice system, ‘the process is the punishment’. CJI Ramana stressed that from hasty indiscriminate arrests to difficulty in obtaining bail, the process leading to the prolonged incarceration of undertrials needs urgent attention. CJI Ramana was speaking at the 18th All India Judicial Services Authorities Meet at Jaipur, Rajasthan.
He said, ‘In our criminal justice system, the process is the punishment. From hasty indiscriminate arrests to difficulty in obtaining bail, the process leading to the prolonged incarceration of undertrials needs urgent attention. We need a holistic plan of action, to increase the efficiency of the administration of criminal justice’.
He pointed out, ‘Training and sensitisation of the police and modernisation of the prison system is one facet of improving the administration of criminal justice. NALSA and legal service authorities need to focus on the above issues to determine how best they can help.’
‘In a country like India, legal aid forms a core aspect of the administration of justice. Administration of justice is not an act which is accomplished only within the courtrooms. It involves promoting and creating awareness about rights and facilitating social justice. It means creating a platform where parties can claim competing rights. Only when equal access and participation is ensured in the justice delivery system, the faith and trust of all shall be won,’ said CJI Ramana.
