Deciding cases not an easy task, says Chief Justice of India N.V. Ramana
The Hindu
A judgment becomes the law of the land, he notes
Judging is not an easy task, Chief Justice of India (CJI) N.V. Ramana said on Friday. On one hand, the judge should focus on law, the precedents and facts of a case and, on the other, the human aspect. Judges should use the “little discretion” law allows to keep sight of the human suffering and toll behind every case. A decision of the court would echo through time. It would have repercussions. A judgment becomes the law of the land. A judge had to keep all this in mind while dealing with a case, he stated. “Deciding cases is not an easy task. We not only have to focus on the law and precedents surrounding the issue before us, as well as the facts of the case, but also the repercussions of what we decide and the precedent we may be setting. This makes it necessary for us judges to be logical and objective and theoretically sound. However, we should not lose sight of the people and their difficulties behind the cases. The little discretion that is given to us, is the area in which a judge has flexibility to display his philosophy,” he observed.More Related News