Srinagar: Stressing on speeding up the judicial process in Jammu and Kashmir, President A P J Abdul Kalam said on Saturday that terrorism-related cases should be dealt with on a priority and "without sacrificing" the principles of natural justice.
"The judiciary must consider creation of a fast judicial process for settling terrorism-related cases. It can find a method by which cases pertaining to terrorism are dealt with on a priority and they are not allowed to drag on through multiple adjournments and multi-level of appeals," he said during the Diamond Jubilee celebrations of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court.
He said that a system needed to be designed to resolve the issue "fast without sacrificing the principle of natural justice.
“This is an important area where all the members of the judiciary and the legal community have to work together towards a lasting solution,” he said.
Fast action was also needed to rehabilitate the militancy -affected and those keen to join the mainstream, he added.
Kalam said that the protection of human rights of citizens without prejudice to national interests was an important factor where the judiciary would provide a major role as it was the "final resort for dispensation of justice,”
"Our judicial system is dynamic and an institution which is throbbing with life, catching up societal and technological evolution," he said.
The President also said that society was going through a unique dynamics due to the shortage of leadership with nobility.
"The only hope the nation cherishes and looks upto is the judiciary with its excellence and impeccable integrity," he said.
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