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Take care of your physical and mental health: CJI N V Ramana tells judges
New Delhi, April 15
Asking judges to take care of their physical and mental health, Chief Justice of India NV Ramana on Friday advised them to spend time with family every day.
"Take care of your physical and mental health. Take care of your family and spend time with your spouse and children. You must take out time everyday to ensure that you remain fit," the CJI told judges while inaugurating a two-day Telangana State Judicial Officers Conference in Hyderabad.
"I am aware of the increasing physical attacks on judges. I am doing my utmost to prevent such occurrences. Directions were issued to improve the security of the judicial officers both inside and outside courtrooms," Justice Ramana said.
Acknowledging the importance of financial well-being, the CJI said: "Only when you are free from financial worries... you will be able to give your best. Let me assure you that I am taking up that issue related to pay commission and you will soon get good news on this front".
Noting that the judiciary was overburdened, Justice Ramana said he was making efforts to fill up vacancies in the judiciary and to improve judicial infrastructure in the country, besides addressing issues relating to security of judges and others.
"The reason is access to justice is possible only when we provide sufficient number of courts as well as infrastructure," he said, adding that he wanted to see that there are no pending vacancies either in the high courts, Supreme Court or the district judiciary. He lamented that the judicial infrastructure was inadequate in different parts of the country.
The CJI requested the judicial officers to create a congenial environment for the litigants and to always remember the human aspects of the dispute. "Law cannot be far from equity. It is important to project the human face of the judiciary whenever you have scope for invoking your discretion," he added.
Judicial officers must sensitize themselves to different vulnerabilities of the parties, including minors, women and persons with disabilities who may have different requirements, and treat everyone with respect, he said.