29/11/2023
New Delhi, Nov 28: President Droupadi Murmu on Tuesday said the "cost" and the use of English language in the higher judiciary are among the hindrances in the way of equal access to justice, and emphasised on their removal.
Addressing a conference here, she emphasised on the need to launch an awareness campaign among people, living in rural areas and those from socially disadvantaged groups, to help them make them conscious of their rights and get legal assistance. Murmu said, equality is not only the foundation of justice, but a necessary condition of it too.
"It has been long since the world proclaimed that all human beings are equal, but we need to ask ourselves if we all have equal access to justice," she said.
In practice, it means some people are often unable to seek redressal of their grievances due to several factors, the president said.
"Our principal task is to remove those obstacles. The chief obstacle, of course, is often the cost of justice," Murmu said, addressing th...