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Senior advocate Kapil Sibal was addressing 'National Conference of the District Judiciary', which was inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi...
Senior advocate and Supreme Court Bar Association president Kapil Sibal on Friday stressed the importance of empowering trial courts, district courts, and sessions courts to deliver justice without fear or favour..
Addressing the inaugural event of the two-day National Conference of District Judiciary, Sibal asserted that these courts should not be viewed as subordinate but rather as vital components of the justice system.y...
The judiciary at that level should be instilled with the confidence that their judgments will not be held against them and that they represent the spinal cord of the justice delivery system," Sibal said..
In his speech, Chief Justice of India Chandrachud called for an end to the colonial-era practice of referring to district courts as subordinate..
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