Inthira Jaising Senior Advt Sc: Why don’t judges talk to each other ? *Supreme Court’s move towards gender justice wasn’t ‘Harvard-oriented*’

[13/02, 10:23] Inthira Jaising Senior Advt Sc: Why don’t judges talk to each other ?

*Supreme Court’s move towards gender justice wasn’t ‘Harvard-oriented*’

The SC is an institution and not a collection of individual judges with no institutional memory. Practice guidelines provide an institutional memory and a judicial policy on gender justice. After 75 years of the functioning of the courts, we expect to see more and not less of such practice directions

At the very least, we expect from our judges some exchange of ideas between outgoing and incoming chief justices to maintain institutional integrity and predictability for the people they serve. It’s not too late. A judicial conclave, a town hall with the bar and the concerned citizens, may produce some inputs for stable gender justice guidelines and for a gender audit of the functioning of our courts.

Written by:
*Indira Jaising*
The writer is a senior advocate, Supreme Court of India

https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/supreme-courts-move-towards-gender-justice-wasnt-harvard-oriented-10529334/
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