Courts must, at all times, speak in a unified voice against injustice and inequality and must do everything in their power to defend the undefended and the oppressed, Supreme Court Judge Kurian Joseph has said.
Delivering the third M.K. Nambyar law lecture for 2018 at the National University of Advanced Legal Studies, Kalamassery, here on Saturday, Mr. Joseph said the Bar and the Bench should be united in the attempt to achieve the goals set out in the Preamble.
Stating that every case deals with lives of people and no case before the court is too small, Mr. Joseph said: “It is important to remember that for every litigant, his case has the power to transform his life — a motor accident claim can provide the much needed help to a widow and her children; a labour matter can provide a worker the dues for the services he has provided for his entire career; a land acquisition matter can give the landowner a just value for his hard-earned land. I will urge all judges and lawyers to handle cases from this perspective,” he said.
Hrishikesh Roy, Chief Justice of the Kerala High Court, and Rose Varghese, Vice Chancellor of the National University of Advanced Legal Studies, spoke.
