Tamil Nadu Governor Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar on Saturday said public confidence in the country strengthens only when the poor and marginalised receive justice and are able to understand it in their own language.
He was speaking at a seminar in Chennai organised by the Union Law and Justice Ministry on the Tele-Law programme, an electronic platform aimed at taking legal services to people on the margins of society. An e-book titled “Advocacy Laws for the North Eastern States” was also released at the event.
Arlekar said it is not enough for justice to be delivered; people must also feel that justice is being delivered to them. He added that when language becomes a barrier, the poor and ordinary citizens are denied a meaningful experience of justice.
Calling for legal processes to be simplified, he said even a person in the remotest village should be able to understand, in their own language, what the High Court is doing for them. Union Minister of State for Law and Justice Arjun Ram Meghwal and Chief Justice of the Madras High Court Sushrut Arvind Dharmadhikari attended the programme.
He also noted that the Tele-Law initiative has reached all districts in Tamil Nadu, with more than 375 advocates registered under the scheme, reflecting its guiding principle of “justice for all.”
