By Our Reporter
SHILLONG: In the present age, compromising the truth in the court of law has become a trend with lawyers becoming more ambitious in conquering the quest of success rather than the quest of truth, Governor RS Mooshahary observed.
Admitting that there is a conflict between the quest of success and quest of truth involved in the Judiciary system, Mooshahary said this is a conscience-related conflict which could be addressed individually and which requires a little introspection.
“Having known the truth but going against it, is unethical”, Mooshahary said adding to sacrifice the one’s ethics to achieve success is wrong and cannot be accepted. “There is a need to revive the lost glory in the profession and ensure that justice was delivered without any compromise but truth,” he added.
Mooshahary was addressing a gathering at the centenary celebration of Shillong Bar Association at U Soso Tham Auditorium here on Wednesday.
Calling upon the lawyers to uphold the three fundamentality of the society-justice, liberty and equality, the governor said that these three pillars should be upheld in the justice delivery system, in the absence of which, the society will collapse.
Terming the lawyers as storytellers, Mooshahary urged them to be truthful, humane perspective and compassionate in the course of their story telling as it involves humans. “Regulate your own conduct for you are dealing with human beings and not things that are insensitive,” he added. Stressing on the need to separate the judiciary from the executive in all the district courts of the state, Mooshahary said till then, there is a need for the executive officers to know the law in order to avoid miscarriage of justice.
It may be mentioned that the separation of the judiciary from the executive is only being done in East Khasi Hills district.
Meanwhile, Meghalaya high court Justice, SR Sen while weighing the relationship between the senior and junior advocates, said “There is lack of coordination between the seniors and the juniors and the relationship needs to be worked upon.”
Pointing out that there are many young lawyers who are facing problems just to file small affidavits for which numerous unrequired questions are asked, he said, ” The duty of the bar and bench is to render substantial justice and not to harass or misuse their power.”
Stating that it is the duty of the high court for effective judicial delivery system, Meghalaya high court Justice TNK Singh said that separation of the judiciary from the executive in all the district court is a must now.
Pointing out that the rate at which the separation is done is very slow in the state, Justice Singh stressed on the need to pick up the pace with the coordination and support of the state government.
The others who spoke at the occasion included Former deputy chief minister in charge of Law, BM Lanong who is also Chief Patron of the association, Advocate general of the Meghalaya government KS Kynjing and President of the association CP Upadhayay besides others.
