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The new courts block of the Delhi High Court was finally inaugurated by Chief Justice Dipak Misra. During the inaugural ceremony, the CJI in his speech mentioned about his tenure which he served in Delhi HC as Chief Justice and appreciated the progress. He mentioned “Whenever I visit the Delhi High Court, I feel the sense of nostalgia, as I have some fond memories of the time when I served here as the Chief Justice. Viewed from this context, it becomes a matter of great satisfaction for me to witness Delhi High Court progressing, leaps and bounds, on various fronts. Today, this progress is in the area of infrastructure as we all gather here for the inauguration of the new extension building.”
He also laid emphasis on the need of infrastructure for the judiciary in order to satisfy its function of providing access to justice. He stated “ The courts in India perhaps see the highest football as compared to the courts in other parts of the world. Our Courts cannot function effectively without having a robust infrastructure and other appending facilities. Any step towards establishing new and better infrastructure for our courts brings without a sense of achievement for us because we see it as a step closer in fulfilling the aim of ‘Access to Justice’.”
He highlighted the duties of the State to provide infrastructure that has to be technically as well as ergonomically advances in order to accommodate the whole staff, lawyers and litigations.
He appreciated the new building being environmental friendly and laid emphasis on the use of green building concepts.
At the end of his speech he quoted words of Winston Churchill that “we shape our buildings and thereafter, they shape us.” By referring it he hoped that the new building will shape a better future of the legal fraternity of Delhi as well as of other stakeholders.
Other dignitaries who attended the inauguration were Mr. Ravi Shankar Prasad, Union Minister of Law & Justice and Electronic & IT; SC Judges- Justice MB Lokur, Justice Arjan K. Sikri, Justice N.V. Ramana, and Justice SK Kaul, Mr. Anil Baijal, Lieutenant Governor of Delhi; CM of Delhi, Mr. Arvind Kejriwal.
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