The President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee inaugurated the International Seminar on Global Trends in Judicial Reforms at a function at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi today (January 12, 2013).

Speaking on the occasion, he said that judicial reforms should be at the centre stage in the fast transforming world in which we live. It is imperative for enhancing the quality of justice that is at the core of human existence and welfare of any society and it is simply the fundamental goal of all societies, he said. He stated that this is the reason why the human civilization has been locked in a constant struggle to achieve higher standards of fairness and equity. The endeavour is timeless with societies borrowing new practices from each other achieving higher standards of justice and more commonality in laws and procedures in the process, he added.

The President said that he had full faith in the genius of our Judiciary to find the way forward to effect reforms in the judicial system so as to sustain the faith of the common man in the justice delivery process. He stated that judicial reform is a continuous process and through constant consultation among stakeholders consensus can be reached to engender changes.

This release issued at 1320 hrs