New Delhi, Chief Justices and senior judges from varied international locations participated within the Structure Day celebration at Supreme Court docket on Wednesday.
Chief Justice of India Surya Kant welcomed the dignitaries as they arrived.
The highest overseas judges witnessed judicial proceedings within the Supreme Court docket of India alongside CJI Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi on the event.
This included Chief Justice of Bhutan Lyonpo Norbu Tshering, Chief Justice of Kenya Martha Okay Koome, Chief Justice of Mauritius Rehana Bibi Mungly-Gulbul, and Chief Justice of Sri Lanka Preethi Padman Surasena.
Senior judges from the highest courts of Kenya, Nepal, Sri Lanka and the Federal Court docket of Malaysia have been additionally current.
Welcoming the overseas judges, CJI Kant mentioned, “They’re right here to grace the Structure Day celebration within the Supreme Court docket, the place Honourable President of India has graciously agreed to be the visitor. It’s also a coincidence that I took oath because the CJI on the twenty fourth of November.”
“On behalf of the Supreme Court docket of India and all of the members of the bar, I welcome the friends,” the CJI mentioned.
Extending greetings, Solicitor Basic Tushar Mehta mentioned, “On behalf of the Authorities of India, as a legislation officer, I welcome all of the Lordships and Ladyships to one of many best courts on the earth.”
Senior advocate Kapil Sibal, talking for the bar, mentioned, “I, on behalf of the bar, welcome all of the dignitaries which might be right here at this time.”
When the particular bench was about to rise, CJI Kant urged the dignitaries to share their ideas.
Rehana Bibi Mungly-Gulbul, the primary girl Chief Justice of Mauritius, mentioned her nation was guided by Indian jurisprudence.
“We’re additionally guided by Indian courts in studying and interpretation of the legislation. I be part of different judges to congratulate the brand new Chief Justice of India, Surya Kant. It has been probably the most fascinating session,” she mentioned.
Kenya Chief Justice Martha Okay Koome, too, mentioned that her nation seems as much as the jurisprudence and works of the Supreme Court docket of India.
“We want you success in order that we proceed to work collectively and uphold the Rule of Legislation not simply in India but additionally in all of the widespread legislation international locations.”
Chief Justice of Bhutan Lyonpo Norbu Tshering, who’s an alumni of Delhi College’s Campus Legislation Centre , mentioned India has “very extremely expert, very clever, {and professional} folks”.
“You’ve the biggest land space wealthy in pure sources. Your Structure has undergone 106 amendments. After I was in CLC Delhi, there had been 91 amendments. And the essential construction of the Structure stays intact. We now have excessive regard for India. I see so many attorneys on this courtroom, far more than the folks I see in my metropolis,” Tshering mentioned.
Chief Justice of Sri Lanka Preethi Padman Surasena referred to similarities in traditions and authorized programs in each the international locations.
“I’m deeply grateful for this chance, we’re one. We now have the identical traditions and the identical authorized system in Sri Lanka. We learnt rather a lot from at this time’s proceedings. After I flew to India, I believed I might be away from attorneys and courts. However right here I’m, on the bench. , I noticed close to the staircase in Supreme Court docket… that Madras courtroom was established in 1800. The Sri Lankan Supreme Court docket was established in 1801,” Surasena mentioned.
Welcoming the overseas judges, senior lawyer Rakesh Dwivedi mentioned, “An important factor is just not that each one your lordships adorn the best bench of the best courtroom in your international locations, however that all of us share historical hyperlinks. Our freedom struggles even have appreciable interconnections and correlations. Actually, we’ve all suffered from the identical type of British colonialism.”
The Structure Day, also called the Nationwide Legislation Day, is well known on November 26 yearly to mark the adoption of the Structure of India in 1949.
This yr’s celebrations on the Supreme Court docket are being attended by the President of India and judges of assorted international locations.
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