System needs a complete tune-up, says CJI-designate

CJI-designate UU Lalit, in an exclusive interaction with TOI, pointed out that justice eludes victims of triple talaq years after a law was brought in against the practice.

- Dhananjay Mahapatra

"Take for example today's news item in TOI saying even after five years, the victims are not getting justice. There has to be a throbbing system."

"Look at the civil side. Fruits of decree, got after years of litigation, eludes the decree-holder. There the system needs complete tuneup or complete revamp. We may lay down law. But, in the actual dispensation, what happens is there are many misses between the cup and the lip. On the positive side, the law which is getting laid down by the SC is of the highest order," he said.