Need to have more women & marginalised in judiciary: CJI

'Must Draw Strength From Diverse Views'

- Dhananjay Mahapatra

Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud on Saturday said the numerous reforms initiated in the judiciary is to give universal access to the justice system with an aim to "bend the arc of the moral universe towards justice", as was said by US civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr.

Speaking at the Constitution Day celebrations in the Supreme Court, Justice Chandrachud termed the judiciary as the bridge between reality and constitutional ideals and goals. He said, in pursuit of constitutional goals, it is important to draw strength from the diverse views and experiences of women and marginalised.