The Hon’ble Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, during his Patna visit, highlighted that robust judicial infrastructure is vital to meet rising population needs, growing litigation, and increasingly complex disputes. He laid foundations for seven key projects at campus.
PATNA: The Hon’ble Chief Justice of India Surya Kant, while visiting Patna on Saturday, emphasised that strengthening judicial infrastructure is essential to ‘meet the demands of a growing population, increasing litigation and disputes of rising complexity’.
During his two-day visit to Bihar, the CJI addressed dignitaries after laying the foundation stone for seven major infrastructure projects within the Patna High Court campus.
These projects include an ADR Centre with an auditorium, a dedicated IT block, an administrative building, multi-level car parking, a hospital, residential facilities for ministerial staff, and an annexe for the Advocate General’s office.
Justice Kant said,
“The laying of foundation stones for the administrative block, the IT block and other facilities of the Patna High Court is very crucial. I believe this occasion assumes a deeper resonance in Bihar, which is a land that occupies a distinctive place in India’s civilisational memory.”
He explained that capacity building means establishing a justice delivery system capable of evolving with increasing population, legal disputes, and rising case complexities.
Reflecting on Bihar’s legacy of wisdom and justice, he remarked that the concept of nyaya here is deeply rooted in empathy, responsibility, and social understanding.
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Justice Kant further stressed that courts must be supported with adequate infrastructure so that ‘judicial authority can be exercised meaningfully.’
He added that a modern administrative unit acts as the ‘nervous system’ of the judiciary, while the proposed IT building will help transition courts from being ‘paper-heavy and time-intensive’ to becoming ‘data-informed, digitally enabled and user-centric‘.
Speaking about the ADR block and auditorium, he noted that they will become hubs for learning, dialogue, and strengthening coordination between the Bar and Bench.
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He also highlights the need for a hospital within the court premises, observing that justice is administered by human beings,
He added,
“well-being is not peripheral to justice, but an integral part of it.”
An institution that safeguards its people, he said, is better prepared to uphold citizens’ rights and dignity.
During the event, the CJI also introduced e-ACR Nyaya, a new digital platform aimed at streamlining the online submission and processing of annual confidential reports.
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