Former Chief Justice of India U U Lalit stated that the judiciary has faced instances of challenge and attempts at interference but dealt with these appropriately to ensure its independence.
He further added that in order to have a thriving democracy, one must have an independent judiciary because it is through dispute resolution that society is assured of governance by the rule of law.
"There are various challenges that the judiciary has to face today, therefore, we have to be strong as a judicial fraternity We must bear every kind of pressure, onslaught or any kind of interference.", Forme CJI UU Lalit said.
Former CJI UU Lalit was speaking at a symposium on 'Independent judiciary: Critical for a vibrant democracy' held by the Bharat Chamber of Commerce here on Saturday evening.
He stated that said there have been instances of court decisions subjected to executive interference, but these have been appropriately dealt with ensuring the independence of the judiciary.
Former CJI said attributes of independence of the judiciary are impartiality, fairness in action, reasonableness, and complete integrity for the purpose of dispute resolution.
Noting that the "citadel never falls except from within," the Former CJI Lalit said this is the expression with which the district judiciary is to be protected.
Lalit said the district judiciary is not under the control of anybody except the High Court in the state.
"All their postings, promotions, appointments and even transfers are supposed to be only at the recommendation of the high courts," he said.
Holding there should be no outside interference with the functioning of the judiciary, he said a number of articles in the Constitution ensure there is no interference in the functioning of every individual judge or the judiciary in general.
"One way to ensure the independence of the judiciary is to have an atmosphere where the people responsible for discharging judicial functions must have a sense of complete freedom and lack of interference from any agency," he said.
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