Sonipat, Nov 29: Chief Justice of India Surya Kant on Saturday said \u2018imaandari\u2019 or integrity is not a mere ornament to character but a discipline that sustains both justice and reputation as he called upon the students of law to let integrity be the basic structure of their character.<\/p>\n
The CJI was delivering his keynote address during the international convention on \u2018The Independence of Judiciary: Comparative perceptive on rights, institutions and citizens\u2019 at O P Jindal Global University here.<\/p>\n
On this occasion, the world\u2019s largest moot court \u2018Nyayabhyasa Mandapam\u2019 was inaugurated. The International Mooting Academy for Advocacy, Negotiation, Dispute Adjudication, Arbitration and Resolution (IMAANDAAR) was also inaugurated.<\/p>\n
Besides Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal and MP and university\u2019s Chancellor Naveen Jindal, several eminent jurists, legal scholars and senior advocates were also present.<\/p>\n
CJI Kant began his address by saying, \u201cthey say, and I quote, \u2018integrity is what you do when no one is watching, and courage is what you do when everyone is\u2019.\u201d This timeless adage captures the essence of what we inaugurate today, that is international mooting academy for advocacy, negotiation, dispute adjudication, arbitration and resolution, namely, IMAANDAAR, he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is very cleverly crafted acronym which embodies the very ideal that the practice of law and indeed the pursuit of justice must always aspire to \u2018imaandari\u2019 or as we call integrity. This singular word carries moral weight far beyond the sum of its syllables,\u201d said the CJI.<\/p>\n
\u201cImaandari is not a mere ornament to character. It is the discipline that sustains both justice and reputation. In an era where truth must compete with knowledge, where deep fakes distort, misinformation multiplies and digital arrests have become disturbingly routine, integrity and honesty are no longer lofty ideals. They are instruments of survival,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnd if I may speak from the vantage of experience, they are also the only legitimate shortcut to genuine success,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Telling students that they are the stewards of what comes next, the CJI said the Constitution will endure only as long as your morality sustains it.<\/p>\n
\u201cLet integrity be, because we are talking of \u2018Imaandaar\u2019, let integrity be the basic structure of your character and let nothing amend it,\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n
Speaking on the convention\u2019s topic of independence of judiciary, CJI Kant recalled the quote of Durgabai, one of the 15 women members of the constituent assembly, who had said the judiciary has to feel that they are independent. It is only in that case that we can get efficiency in the administration of justice.<\/p>\n
Needless to say, her insight remains as urgent today as it was at the republic\u2019s dawn, said the CJI.<\/p>\n
Noting that this convention promises to deepen our shared understanding of how justice systems preserve credibility in changing times, the CJI said he always believed that comparative judicial dialogue is an act of humility, a reminder that while our constitutions speak in its own idiom, their values are universal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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