{"id":37199,"date":"2015-04-05T08:59:39","date_gmt":"2015-04-05T08:59:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=37199"},"modified":"2015-04-07T14:16:54","modified_gmt":"2015-04-07T14:16:54","slug":"pm-asks-judiciary-to-avoid-perception-driven-verdicts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/pm-asks-judiciary-to-avoid-perception-driven-verdicts","title":{"rendered":"PM asks judiciary to avoid &#8216;perception-driven&#8217; verdicts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/04\/narendra-modi.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"286\" height=\"176\" data-attachment-id=\"37200\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/pm-asks-judiciary-to-avoid-perception-driven-verdicts\/narendra-modi-3\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/04\/narendra-modi.jpg?fit=286%2C176&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"286,176\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"narendra modi\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/04\/narendra-modi.jpg?fit=286%2C176&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/04\/narendra-modi.jpg?fit=286%2C176&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-37200\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/04\/narendra-modi.jpg?resize=286%2C176&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"narendra modi\" \/><\/a>Advising judiciary to avoid &#8216;perception-driven&#8217; verdicts, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said it should have an internal mechanism of &#8220;self-assessment&#8221; as judges are considered &#8220;divine&#8221; and seldom face any criticism unlike the political class.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing a conference of top judges from across the country here, he said while the judiciary is getting powerful, it is necessary that it also becomes &#8220;perfect&#8221; to live up to the expectations of the people.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is easy to deliver judgements based on the law and the Constitution. There is a need to be cautious against perception-driven verdicts,&#8221; he said, adding that &#8220;perceptions are often driven by five star activists&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Noting that the judiciary is considered &#8220;divine&#8221; and next only to the God, he advised it to have an internal mechanism for self-assessment, which he said, is a &#8220;difficult&#8221; task.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We (the political class) are lucky that people watch us, assess us and rip us apart. You (Judiciary) are not as lucky.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If you order a person to death, he also comes out and says that he believes in the judiciary&#8230;When there is little scope for criticism, the need of the hour is to develop an internal mechanism for self-assessment where the government and the politicians have no role,&#8221; the Prime Minister said addressing the joint conference of Chief Justices of the 24 High Courts and Chief Ministers.<\/p>\n<p>He said if such a mechanism is not evolved and the faith in the judiciary is affected even a little bit, it will hurt the nation.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If the politicians or the government make a mistake, there is a scope to repair the damage by the judiciary. 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