Need a modern and equal judiciary, says CJI Chandrachud

Chief Justice of India (CJI) Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud on Monday said his mission is to have a modern and an equal judiciary where district judiciary is treated not as subordinates but as equals and technology can be used to make the working of the Supreme Court more transparent and objective

In his first official interaction with the advocates of the at a felicitation event organised by Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) on Monday, CJI spoke about the harsh reality facing the district judges of the country and said, “We should move towards a modern judiciary and an equal judiciary.”

Stating that “If we have to change, we have to change the face of district judiciary first and foremost,” he began by dubbing the expression “subordinate judiciary”, used commonly while referring to district judiciary as part of a “colonial mindset”.

“We have fostered a culture of subordination… A great deal has to be done not only in terms of infrastructure of our district judiciary which is extremely important for which we have to lay the foundation stones today. But we must have to also change our mindset as superior court judges of SC and high courts of how we look at our district judiciary and how we perceive of them.”