CJI Sanjiv Khanna bats for a humane justice system and reforming courts

He termed human rights as bedrock of human society, imperative to ensure global peace

NEW DELHI: Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna on Tuesday batted for a compassionate and humane justice system by decolonisation of laws and reformation of criminal courts.

The CJI, who was speaking on the occasion of the celebration of Human Rights Day programme organised by National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) said human rights were inalienable.

He termed human rights as the bedrock of human society, imperative to ensure global peace. "This brings us to the most important question. The question is, call for a compassionate and humane justice. How do we ensure this? How do we promote this in our legal system? Criminal courts are the areas which require a lot of emphasis. This requires a lot of reform. The laws require a change. We have decriminalised a number of laws, but a lot of work is still in progress," he said.