Thread by @LawBeatInd

Bar Speaks: The Legal Fraternity Decoding Indianization of Judicial System
by @Gautam_Adv28

Whether it is something that is required, and what is it that the judges mean by Indianization and decolonization of the judicial system in India?

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Senior Advocate Prashant Chandra, #AllahabadHC: “Maybe because immediate leaders of independent India were influenced by the Britishers or it was a British strategy but history has been shut out and same governance laws are still running this country.”

Senior Advocate @SubodhMarkandey, #SupremeCourt: “Parliament and State Legislatures did not take any lead to "Indianise" pre-Constitutional laws.”

“Acharya Chankya's "Arthashastra" is a veritable source of quintessential humanistic fundamental principles of governance, law & jurisprudence. It behooves us to examine the feasibility of their adaptation to modern times”: @SubodhMarkandey on Indianisation of Indian Legal System

“Common Indian feels out of place in the legal system. They feel it is not for them, just as they felt the main obstacles are language, procedural complexities, costs, and delays” : Advocate @vikramhegde on need for Indianisation of Indian Legal Systems

“The solution to these issues (of complexities of language, procedural technicalities for common man) is a long process that involves interventions and changes at many levels from the legislature, executive, lawyers, industry, and most importantly judiciary”: Adv @vikramhegde

“Presently, parties which belong to a rural background usually feel out of place when present in Court. Judgments and Pleadings in a Foreign Language (English) make it very hard for them to understand what is written”: Advocate @AshwiniUpadhyay on Indianisation of Legal System

"The need of the hour is to correct the patriarchal mindset in recommending and approving the names of those who are to be elevated as high court judges and come out with more representation to worthy women lawyers and district judges for elevation": Advocate @AshwiniUpadhyay

Advocate Dr. AP Singh, Supreme Court (@mansarovargardn): "Constitution of the world’s largest democracy should be the most powerful in the world”

Advocate @shashank_ssj, #SupremeCourt: "The current Indian Judicial System was formulated by Colonial British to rule India and Indians. Almost all laws were drafted in such a way so as to put fear in the mind of Indians and in order to curtail any sort of dissent whatsoever."

"Additionally, our laws are outdated to such an extent that there are over 5 crores pending cases. If we assume that there are at least two parties in a case and 5 members in a family, over 50 crore population is directly involved in the litigation": @shashank_ssj

Advocate Sandeep Jain, #SupremeCourt (@sjain_adv): "The basic principles of the Legal system are still based upon the Legal system followed by the Britishers in the pre-independence era"

“The present Legal system requires changes to be adopted based upon the different circumstances of the people of India today”: Advocate @sjain_adv on the need for Indianisation of Legal System

Advocate Yash Jain, #GwaliorHC (@Advyashj): "Indianization is required at the grass-roots level taking small measures like removing complexities from the court proceedings and judgments."

“Reform cannot take place effectively unless it is inclusive of Women": Advocate @Advyashj