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Can't Implement Reform in A Day, Says CJI Ramana Over Using Local Language in Courts

Chief Justice of India N V Ramana on Saturday said reforms such as the introduction of local languages in courts cannot happen in a day as these things take time due to logistical difficulties and hiccups. "There are several hurdles and bottlenecks or hiccups in the implementation of a regional language," he said in reply to a query during a joint press conference along with Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju. At the press conference, held following a day-long joint conference of chief ministers and chief justices of high courts, the CJI said that sometime in 2014, a plea to use local languages in courts was rejected by the full court of the Supreme Court. When asked what is stopping the government from using local languages in courts, Rijiju said, "Nothing is stopping.

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