New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the National Conference of District Courts at Bharat Mandapam in Delhi today. He said- Today atrocities against women, safety of children are serious concerns of the society. Many strict laws have been made for the safety of women in the country. In 2019, the government established Fast Track Special Courts. Under this, there is a provision of deposition centers for important witnesses.
In this too, the role of the District Monitoring Committee is important, which includes the District Judge, DM and SP. These committees need to be made more active. The faster the decisions are made in cases related to atrocities against women, the more assurance of safety half the population will get.
Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, Union Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal and Supreme Court Bar Association President Kapil Sibal attended the conference.
Other important points of Modi’s speech …
To eliminate delay in justice, work has been done at many levels in the last decade. In the last 10 years, the country has spent about 8 thousand crores rupees on judicial infrastructure. 75 percent of the amount spent on judicial infrastructure in the last 25 years has been spent in the last 10 years only.
We have got a new Indian judicial code in the form of the Indian Judicial Code. The spirit of these laws is that our criminal laws have become free from the colonial mindset of rulers and slaves.
In the last 10 years, work is being done on a mission level for the modernization of courts, in which the Supreme Court and the judiciary have played an important role. Today’s program is also an example of this. In the next two days, many important topics including management of pending cases, human resources and betterment of the legal fraternity will be discussed. A session on ‘Judicial Welfare’ has also been included in this.
Mamata had demanded strict law
In fact, after the Kolkata rape-murder case, the West Bengal government is demanding the Centre to make strict laws against crimes against women. Regarding this, CM Mamata had also written two letters to the PM on 22 August and 30 August.
Mamata had said in her letter dated August 30- I had written a letter on August 22 demanding a law to give severe punishment to the rapist, but did not receive any reply from you on such a sensitive issue.