Full video of inaugural function of Public Prosecutors convention in Gandhinagar

Gandhinagar, 27 April 2013

Presented above is video of inaugural function of Public Prosecutors convention which was held today morning in Gandhinagar in presence of honorable Judges of Gujarat High Court, the Chief Minister and minister of state for Law among others.

Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi today called upon the public prosecutors to play a decisive role to maintain common man’s confidence in the government and judiciary.

Inaugurating the first-ever conference of Public Prosecutors of the state jointly organized by State Government’s Law Department and Judiciary at Mahatma Mandir here, he said that in a democracy both the government and the judiciary have to maintain their credibility. A public prosecutor’s personality and conduct should be complementary to one another.

Mr. Modi said that people’s faith in government and administrative system increase is directly proportional to their faith in justice and truth.

In a democracy, he said, government represents the people and therefore the public prosecutors’ demeanor should create a semblance of justice delivered. It has become more important post-Independence. In a way, the government pleaders have a big role to play in strengthening faith in democracy.

He stressed on the need for optimum utilization of online information on a Mission Mode in this age of Information Technology. Often, vested interests, experts in spreading canards, intentionally try to mislead the judicial process when certain matter is raised in the law courts. Such a situation demands the system becomes techno savvy to counter such efforts.

Mr. Modi suggested an inbuilt system for regular interaction and coordination between judicial officers and government pleaders at the district level for government-related litigations, for faster justice.

In an in-depth analysis of the judicial process and responsibility before and after Independence, Mr. Justice Ravi Tripathi of Gujarat High Court said the people’s expectation has increased manifold as the level of judiciary has also scaled greater heights. He said the duty of public prosecutors does not end with prosecution of the accused but also make justice visible for the people to feel that the justice has been done.

Mr. Justice Jayantibhai Patel of Gujarat High Court said the government pleaders have to play a singular role to ensure the rights of the citizens with the theory of natural justice in the larger interest of the society. Their job is to demonstrate truth and justice. The government pleaders’ loyalty lies with the judicial process and the government’s noble duty is also to provide justice.

Minister of State for Law Pradeepsinh Jadeja described this conference as a novel initiative for the government pleaders of the state in the field of judiciary. He attributed the all round development of the state to the farsighted leadership of the Chief Minister, taking everybody along the state’s march to peace, safety and security and well-planned human management in skill development programmes. Advocate-General Kamalbhai Trivedi, Chief Government Pleader Prakash Jani also spoke on the occasion.

The conference was attended by judges and retired judges of the high court, judicial experts, district government pleaders and assistant government pleaders, judicial officers.