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16 Aug 2018 2:30pm

CJI Dipak Misra Breaks Silence over Dissent of SC Judges, says, ‘Don’t Weaken Judiciary, Transform It’

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In what could be perceived to be an indirect reference to the unprecedented press conference held by four 4 SC judges on January 12, CJI Misra on Wednesday said that it was easy to criticise, attack and destroy a system but instead an attempt should be made to transform and reform it.

To criticise, attack and destroy a system is quite easy. What is difficult and challenging is to transform it into a performing one… constructive steps need to be taken with a positive mindset of reform; and concrete reforms must be undertaken with rationality, maturity, responsibility and composure”, said the CJI while speaking at the Independence day function organised by the Supreme Court Bar Association.

CJI Misra then proceeded to state that some elements are trying to weaken the institution (judiciary), but we must not succumb to them.

There may be some elements who may endeavour to weaken the institution but we must refuse to succumb to them”, the CJI said.

Further, CJI Misra stated that, “It is essential that one should work hard in silence and with utmost sincerity and his work shall make the noise, I use noise the word noise in a symbolical sense.”

Interestingly, Justice Ranjan Gogoi (who was amongst the dissenting SC judges) in a speech this July had said that “independent journalists and noisy judges are the need of the hour in the country”.

CJI Misra ended his speech saying, “We have to serve the lady of justice, the queen of justice. She holds the scales of justice symbolising that delivering justice has to be balanced. When the queen of justice sheds tears, all of us shed tears.”


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