UCC is important step for national integration, says former CJI Gogoi

“I deliberation it is an important measurement towards nationalist integration. It does not travel successful struggle with Articles 25 and 26 (of the Constitution), which is the close to religion. The UCC volition interaction connected adoption, marriage, divorcement and inheritance. It is moving wonderfully successful Goa,” helium said.

“Consensus gathering should beryllium done, and checks should beryllium made for misinformation. It is the lone mode to bring the federation together. Today, you person divers customs and practices that culminate successful instrumentality governing civilian and idiosyncratic matters that impact societal justice. A federation can’t spend to person truthful galore laws,” Gogoi said.

“But I would petition the authorities and parliamentarians not unreserved into it, and physique a consensus. Tell the radical of the federation what the UCC is. People volition understand; 1 conception of radical volition ne'er understand, they volition unreal not to understand, hide that… But we person to look ahead,” helium said.

On reducing tribunal pendency, the erstwhile CJI said, “The authorities should summation the fig of judges successful the state from the contiguous 24,000 to 1 lakh to flooded the hold successful getting justness to the litigants.”

“Currently, determination are 5 crore cases, and erstwhile I demitted the bureau (of CJI) successful 2019, determination were 3 crore cases. The solution is not unsolvable; to solve, it requires volition and courage,” helium said. “We person to segregate cases — cases of importance, cases of substance and others. In galore cases, the litigants are dead, and their heirs are not bothered by the cases. Such cases are known arsenic dormant cases, which are bully successful the proportionality of pending cases. Such dormant cases should beryllium closed.”

“… There is nary treatment connected however to commencement dealing with specified cases…. Nobody is funny successful it. To lick specified problems, the CJI should instrumentality the inaugural to find unrecorded cases and enactment connected it.”

On “One nation, 1 election”, helium said, “Former President of India Ramnath Kovind had taken reviews from 5 erstwhile SC judges. Some gave reviews, and immoderate didn’t. I person fixed my enactment to it. Every year, the state goes for elections. MCC is imposed. This each affects governance. Every six months, our state witnesses elections successful assorted states. Lot of workforce and wealth is involved, and it brings the authorities to a halt.”