Kochi, May 29 (IANS): Kerala High Court choose, Justice Shaji P. Chaly, who retires from service on Monday, has urged legal professionals to harness the facility of technological developments to higher handle the wants of litigants.

Justice Chaly additionally requested the Bar Council to assist the courtroom get rid of outdated civil and felony appeals to scale back pendency of instances.

“I request the members of the Bar Council to harness and utilise the technological advancements in our legal system especially when the central and state governments are providing sufficient funds for infrastructure and technological developments. I would also request the members of the Bar Council to extend their fullest support to the disposal of old civil appeals, criminal appeals and revisions, which mounts the total pendency of cases before this court,” the choose said.

“This is an essential prerequisite for upholding the faith of the public in the legal system which is playing a vital role in maintaining peace, harmony and equilibrium in society,” he stated.

Justice Chaly was talking at a full courtroom reference organised in his honour to mark his retirement from service.

“I perceive this (computerisation) as a revolution that changes the conservative courtroom dependent judicial system to a platform of technology based judicial activation enabling the common man to participate in the proceedings irrespective of location and transcending boundaries,” Chaly added.

Speaking on the reference, Advocate General Okay. Gopalakrishna Kurup identified that Justice Chaly was a primary era lawyer and opined that his success within the subject was solely as a consequence of constant exhausting work.

“Being a first generation lawyer makes the path to success more arduous. Your lordship was consistently industrious in lawyering from the very first day into the profession and such industry paid off,” stated Kurup.

Before his elevation as a choose in 2015, Justice Chaly was a particularly energetic member of the Bar and served as president of the Kerala High Court Advocates’ Association.

Chief Justice S.V. Bhatti spoke of Justice Chaly’s capacity to work easily with the Bar.

“His disposal of cases in different branches of law speaks volumes about his contribution as a judge of this court. A popular lawyer, in my reading of him, he is not guided by popularism in adjudication. He is a perfect blend of both conservative and cosmopolitan outlooks in profession, life, and avocation”, stated Justice Bhatti.