Law Minister Kiren Rijiju commends Devendra Fadnavis, Uddhav Thackeray for keeping politics out to ensure new building for Bombay HC

Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju on Saturday emphasised the need to keep aside politics when it comes to working for the betterment of the judiciary..In this regard, Rijiju highlighted the work by ex Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis and current Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray in ensuring that the Aurangabad Bench of Bombay High Court got a new annexe building.“Politics is always there because it is the essence of a democracy but when it comes to judiciary, there is no politics.. My friend Devendra Fadnavis Ji laid the foundation for this building, today Uddhav Ji is part of the inauguration. This is the team spirit and teamwork," he said..Rijiju was speaking at the inaugural ceremony of the new annex building. The ceremony was also attended by Chief Justice of India NV Ramana, three Supreme Court judges and Thackeray..Rijiju in his speech assured that the judiciary will be extended full support by the government in its work towards ensuring justice. “We are all working for our nation, we are all committed to give justice to the people of this great nation, we are a team. Just different organs of our system but we are a team. I always consider (myself) as a member of the team.”.The minister also stressed on the need to ensure that the "gap between justice and common man is reduced as much as possible.”.Rijiju also highlighted the steps taken by the government to support the judiciary. “In the last cabinet meeting we have taken various important steps. We decided to sanction ₹9000 crore for the development of the infrastructure of the lower judiciary, to be pooled in together between Central and State government for the purpose of construction of 3800 Court halls and 4000 residential units for judicial officers in all districts and subordinate courts.”.In his brief address, the union minister also took a moment to appreciate the achievements of the National Legal Services Authority (NALSA) and the e-courts project spearheaded by Justices UU Lalit and DY Chandrachud respectively.“I was delighted in the last few months, the amount of efforts put by the (NALSA) team through legal services authorities to reach out to the nook and corner of the country and we are seeing how the legal aid and awareness is being created. The only issue is what Justice UU Lalit had mentioned, the legal services to needy people should not be a poor service, it was to be a quality legal service. Together we can make a deep impact.”.[Read a live account of the event here].[Watch event here]