{"id":4685,"date":"2010-03-14T16:33:41","date_gmt":"2010-03-14T11:03:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/?p=4685"},"modified":"2010-03-14T16:33:41","modified_gmt":"2010-03-14T11:03:41","slug":"women-judges-should-increase-balakrishnan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/women-judges-should-increase-balakrishnan","title":{"rendered":"Women judges should increase: Balakrishnan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0\u201cWomen\u2019s representation in the courts is minimum and their representation needs to be enhanced. Steps are being taken to appoint more and more women judges,\u201d he said, addressing the inaugural session of year-long 40th anniversary celebrations of the Himachal Pradesh High <strong>Court<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Balakrishnan asked the jurists to take a lead in inculcating social values in society by being sensitive to aspirations and expectations of the people.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe legal judgements should have a social impact to improve the lot of the poor, downtrodden and the common man. The judges should take lead in inculcating social values in society by being sensitive to aspirations and expectations of the common man,\u201d Balakrishnan said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere has been a broad understanding on constitutional law and personal liberty in our judicial system. The complications with regard to the disputes of citizens should be taken note of by the judiciary, who should try to solve them in the larger interest,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, Chief Justice of Himachal Pradesh High <strong>Court<\/strong> Kurian Joseph said 53,000 <strong>cases<\/strong> are pending in the high <strong>court<\/strong> and a time-bound programme has been fixed for their disposal.<\/p>\n<p>He said the state government has also assured that at least 10 gram nayalayas (village courts) would be set up by year-end.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0\u201cWomen\u2019s representation in the courts is minimum and their representation needs to be enhanced. Steps are being taken to appoint more and more women judges,\u201d he said, addressing the inaugural session of year-long 40th anniversary celebrations of the Himachal Pradesh High Court. 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