Chief Justice of India N V Ramana, who demits office on Friday, will be one of the first to avail the new post-retirement facility.
The Vice President said a spinally strong, fair, and independent justice system is the safest guarantee to blossoming and flourishing of democratic values.
It was also a proud moment for Justice Ramana, as it was in the same courts that he began his practice as a lawyer in 1983, under a senior advocate K Ravindra Rao, as a member of the Bezawada Bar Association.
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"We have 20 judges per million population, which is highly inadequate to deal with the rising trend of litigation," Chief Justice Ramana said.
To make the arbitral process more effective and bring it on par with the international law, the Arbitration and Conciliation Act of 1996 was amended in 2015, 2019, and 2021, he said.
The CJI cautioned journalists against the trend of seeping of ideological biases into news stories and said factual reports must keep aside interpretations and opinions.
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