CHIEF Justice of India Surya Kant on Sunday said technology should amplify human judgement and not replace it. He was addressing a symposium on ‘Ensuring justice for the com mon man: strategies for reducing litigation costs and delays’ here. “Pendency of cases in courts clogs every level of the judicial structure, from the trial court to the constitutional court.

 

And when a blockage occurs at the top, the pressure only intensifies below,” he said.He also stressed the need to strengthen judicial infra structure to reduce pendency. “This is because without sufficient courts,even the most sincere judicial system will collapse under logistical strain,” he said. Justice Kant said technology was very useful during the COVID pandemic. He however,said that one cannot afford to forget that technology comes with its own shadows.