Culture of adjournment in courts affects poor: Prez

PRESIDENT Droupadi Murmu on Thursday said the culture of adjournment in the judiciary has to be avoided in the interest of poor people who neither have money nor the manpower to come to court frequently.

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Inaugurating the Judicial Court complex in the city, the President said if justice is not delivered on time, it is equivalent to not getting justice. "The poor suffer the most due to the culture of adjournment. Stakeholders should give priority to find a way to avoid the culture of adjournment in the interest of the common people," she said.

Language, too, has remained a barrier for common people who do not understand what the lawyer is arguing for them or what opinion the judge is giving. But the President was happy to note that the court judgments are now being translated into Odia and Santhali languages and these translated judgments are available on the websites of the Supreme Court and the Orissa High Court.