The goal is to provide ‘ease of justice’ to all

All are equal before the law. In the process of keeping everyone equal, blindfolded, so that there should be no partiality, the law is called blind. In such a situation, it is necessary that justice should reach the last person easily. Emphasizing on Ease of Justice, PM Modi said that “the release of undertrials in various jails awaiting legal aid from the judiciary should be expedited.” It is well known that it is the principle right of any person to seek and seek justice.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday stressed upon the judiciary to expedite the release of undertrials in jail for want of legal aid. Speaking at the inaugural session of the first All India District Legal Services Authority meeting in New Delhi, PM Modi said. Underlined the role of legal aid in ensuring access to justice for all. The marginalized sections in particular have always expressed faith in the judicial system. A few days from today, the country is completing 75 years of its independence. It is time for the elixir of our freedom.

It is time to take those resolutions which will take the country to new heights in the next 25 years. Ease of justice is as important as the ease of doing business and the ease of life in this journey of the country. This belief in justice makes every countryman feel that the system of the country is protecting his rights. With this idea, the National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) was set up so that even the weakest of the weakest could get the right to justice.”

Focusing on the issue of undertrials, who constitute two-thirds of prisoners in prisons across the country. PM Modi prescribed a role for the DLSA which is headed by a district judge. Referring to the presence of district judges from across the country to attend the meeting, PM Modi urged judicial officers to release undertrials in their capacity as chairman of the district level undertrial review committees. urged to expedite. He also appreciated NALSA for running a focused campaign on the release of undertrials through legal aid.

PM Modi spoke after Chief Justice of India NV Ramanna’s address in which the Supreme Court judge appealed to the district judicial authorities to intervene in securing “much deserving relief for undertrial prisoners”. Earlier, Justice Uday U Lalit, who is also the acting chairman of NALSA, spoke at the event, announcing the plan of NALSA to set up legal aid defense lawyer offices in maximum possible districts to institutionalize a system. So that people can get a better and easier access and system of legal aid.
It is true that even today they are just gathering dust on the pending case. Many prisoners are just waiting to see how long they will get justice or be able to present their arguments. In such a situation, PM Modi’s attention and promotion of ‘Ease of Justice’ confirms that the jail system has been waiting for justice for years with forcible charges and hoping to remove himself from that periphery. . PM Modi has definitely entrusted the responsibility of directing the speedy trial to the district level courts which will work for the release of undertrials at the earliest.