President Draupadi Murmu
President Draupadi Murmu has expressed concern over the crimes against women. She said that the lack of support for women from society is a matter of concern. The President’s remarks came amid the outrage prevailing in the country over crimes against women. A junior doctor was raped and killed at Kolkata’s RG Kar Hospital. After this, more than a dozen cases of sexual harassment and rape were reported against well-known actors of the Malayalam film industry. After this, there is a demand for a thorough rethinking on the treatment of women in India.
President Murmu said in her concluding address at the National Conference of District Judiciary on the occasion of 75 years of the Supreme Court, “It is a sad aspect of our social life that, in some cases, people of means roam around fearlessly and freely even after committing crimes. Those who are victims of their crimes remain scared and terrified, as if they themselves had committed the crime. The situation of women victims is even worse because people of the society also do not support them.”
Everybody has to work together
The President said that all stakeholders must work together to address the many challenges facing the judicial system. “I am told that there has been improvement in timely administration, infrastructure, facilities, training and availability of manpower in recent times. But much remains to be done in all these areas. I believe that there must be rapid progress in all dimensions of reform. I am happy to note that the number of women in selection committees has increased in recent years. This increase has led to a 50 per cent increase in the number of women in selection committees,” he said.
Two day national conference of Supreme Court
The Supreme Court organised a two-day National Conference of District Judiciary on August 31 and September 1. It was attended by over 800 participants from the district judiciary of all states and union territories. The President and Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal called for finding solutions to the practice of procrastinating court cases and breaking the common perception of the “date after date” culture.
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