May 12, 2022 5:18 PM

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Social diversity, social justice should be included in appointment of judges: M. K. Stalin

<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. K. Stalin has said that social diversity and social justice should be included in the Memorandum of Procedure to appoint Judges for the High Courts and the Supreme Court. In a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Chief Justice of India N. V. Ramana today, he said, the composition of the higher judiciary should reflect the diverse and pluralistic society of the nation.</span></p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><br />''</span></p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">Mr Stalin's other demand includes establishing Permanent Regional Benches of the Supreme Court in New Delhi, Chennai, Kolkata and Mumbai, apart from the Constitution Bench in New Delhi. He said it will help the citizens in other parts of the country to have equal access to the apex court.</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br />''</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">The Chief Minister has also asked to take steps to declare Tamil as the official language of the Madras High Court and its Bench at Madurai, in addition to English. </p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br />''</p>

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