International Judicial Conference 2020 was held in New Delhi

The International Judicial Conference 2020 was held from 21st-23rd February, 2020 in New Delhi. The Conference was organized by the Supreme Court of India. The theme of the Conference was ‘Judiciary and the Changing World’. The Indian judiciary was appreciated for its balance between development and environment, and continued guidance in it.

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The Supreme Court was hailed for the “extraordinary effort” to make its judgments more accessible to the common man by making them available in nine vernacular languages, keeping in mind the nation’s linguistic diversity. The recent directives for granting equal status to women in the Army, guidelines for preventing sexual harassment at the workplace, etc. were appreciated. The Chief Justice of India said that the Supreme Court’s judgments are cited by courts of other countries and have served as a “beacon of hope” to independent and developing nations.