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#ChiefJusticeofIndia DY Chandrachud to deliver a talk at the @IndiaToday Conclave on 'Justice in the Balance: My idea of India. And the importance of separation of powers in a democracy'.

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On pendency, #CJI DY Chandrachud says, "We need greater efficiency...judge to population ratio skewed, lack of infrastructure in district judiciary main reasons."

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#CJI DY Chandrachud: Our judiciary is based on the colonial idea that people have to access justice. But it must now give way to the idea of justice as an essential service that we must provide to our citizens.

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#CJI DY Chandrachud: Part of my mission of dealing with where we should be in next 50 or 75 yrs is transform the judiciary through the use of technology...During #COVID, we launched VC facilities. We now need to look at technology beyond COVID.

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#CJI Chandrachud: There are about 34,000 judgements of #SupremeCourt from 1950, which could be accessed by subscribing to pvt software provider. How many young lawyers or citizens can pay so much? One of the first things I did was to digitise all of them...

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#CJI Chandrachud: ...We have a free judgement text portal & search engine. Now we are using #ArtificialIntelligence & #MachineLearning for translation of these judgements. We are using modules prepared by distinguished IIT Madras prof.

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While speaking about providing justice as an essential service, #CJI Chandrachud reveals, "We are now using technology to translate all judgements of #SupremeCourt into all languages of Constitution. Want to reach out to citizens in their language."

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#CJI Chandrachud on parameters for judicial appointments, says, "First, we look at merit & professional competence. Second is seniority. Third, need for broader sense of inclusion & diversity, but that is not at the cost of sacrificing merit."

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