Vice-President Suggests New Dress Code For Lawyers, Judges in Independent India

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Vice-President Suggests New Dress Code For Lawyers, Judges in Independent India
Vice-President Suggests New Dress Code For Lawyers, Judges in Independent India

Vice-President M Venkaiah Naidu has mooted the idea of a new dress code for lawyers and judges of independent India . He also recommended that court orders and judgments be made available in regional languages.

 

‘Our Culture’ Must Be Reflected

Speaking at the event for releasing the book ‘Trials of Truth’, authored by senior advocate and Additional Solicitor General Pinky Anand, Naidu lamented that not just the Indian legal system but also the Parliament continued to follow conventions from pre-independence time.

 

According to him aspects like dress and language must indicate “our culture”.  Naidu further urged that the language used by courts be “the language of the people”, and that the judgments and orders should be in “their mother language” as people need to understand “what’s written in the order.”

Naidu also questioned as to why English remained the preferred language of courts since litigants often don’t understand discussions in the proceedings.

 

Judicial System Must Reform

 

The Vice President also urged the judiciary to “reform and transform” so as meet the demands of “young and aspirational India”.

 

Calling for speedy justice, he said that the country’s Judicial system must reform itself such that it can retain “the confidence of the people.”

 

Books Deals With Sensational Criminal Cases 

Anand’s book ‘Trials of Truth’ discusses several of India’s memorable criminal cases  including those concerning Nirbhaya, Priyadarshini Mattoo, Jessica Lall, Tandoor case, Ranga Billa kidnapping as well as Rajiv Gandhi assassination case.

 

Pinky Anand said at the event that the book was not for lawyers but for the civil society. She highlighted that the book does not contain “usual commentaries” regarding India’s criminal justice system but focuses on how the system delivers as well as “the journey of criminal trials”.

Anand also noted that criminal trials typically evoke curiosity among people and this book includes some best of stories in the judicial history of India.

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