Conference on access to justice happens in India July 5, 2008
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New Delhi was the host for the “Access to Justice: Law Policy and Institutions”, a three-day international conference organized by the UNPD, the Yale Law School and Legal Education and Research Society (LEARS), a Delhi-based NGO. The conference, which had its opening speech made by the Union Minister of Law, H. R. Bhardwaj, discussed the strategies to strength the inter-linkage between legal research and practice in order to ensure access to justice to the poor. It also deliberated on topics such as the independence of the judiciary, judicial reforms and the effectiveness of formal and informal disputes.
Discussion and follow up should include bringing about transparency in judiciary in its administration and also regular work. Mere creation of mechanism without ensuring it works is only addition of another erudite paper to trash basket. Hence, it is high time that it is given priority.