The Chief Justice of India has strongly expressed that the judiciary should not wait for another pandemic to evolve. CJI DY Chandrachud said the way Covid-19 prompted courts in India to adopt technology and modern tools for an effective delivery of justice, the same should advancement should continue.
Speaking at the 18th meeting of the chief justices of the Supreme Courts of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) member-states, he said, "The pandemic forced the judicial system to adopt modern methods to impart justice.
But our goal must lie in evolving our judicial institutions as a matter of principle, and not wait for another pandemic to take active decisions".
The CJI said that the Covid pandemic ushered in various challenges to access justice but the Supreme Court converted it into an opportunity to evolve.