Simplify law, discard irrelevant old acts: Kalam

Srinagar, July 29 (UNI) To make the judicial system more effective, President A P J Abdul Kalam today advocated simplifying law, discarding irrelevant old acts and making the system such that the dispensation of justice takes place fast and in a fair manner.

As the judiciary was the ultimate protector of Human Rights and final resort for dispensation of justice, the citizens of India look up to this institution with, he said.

Addressing the diamond jubilee celebrations of the Jammu and Kashmir high court at Sher-e-Kashmir International Convention hall here today, Dr Kalam said our judicial system is dynamic and an institution which is throbbing with life catching up societal and technological evolution.

However, he said our society is going through a unique dynamics due to the shortage of leadership with nobility and the only hope the nation cherishes and looks to is the judiciary with its excellence and impeccable integrity.

''We should do everything to make the judicial system succeed. It is said that a nation fails not because of economic progress but because of an increase in decision makers with narrow minds,'' he said and added that this casts a very heavy responsibility on the entire judicial system to live up to the expectations reposed in it.

In his address, Dr Kalam adviced all to make the judiciary more effective and said every interface has to be transparent and pure, then only an integrated solution from judiciary will emanate.

He asked the political leaders to respect law and not use the processes of power to circumvent the law of the land. Political leaders should set an example for civil society. At the same time he asked citizens to have respect for others rights and also attempt to use the legal system for good purposes and not for petty, selfish ends or for power politics.

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