In a short interaction with media this evening at his residence, Justice Kant said that the path forward would be for the Supreme Court of India to deepen its own judicial philosophy.
“After 75 years of the Supreme Court delivering thousands of historical judgments, when our judgments are being cited by various other jurisdictions and when we have acquired wealth of judicial knowledge of our own right, why should we, while forming an opinion on any issue pertaining to our nation, look to the judgments of other countries? So that’s why the necessity of having your own philosophy, your own jurisprudence is always there,” Justice Kant said.
Justice Kant responded to a number of questions on vacancies, media criticism and the pressures often linked to the office of the Chief Justice.
He underlined that the office of CJI requires one to be detached from social media commentary. Justice Kant also said that his immediate priorities include moving ahead with long-pending Constitution Bench matters. He said that he is optimistic about tackling pendency of cases before the apex court.
