Chief Justice B.R. Addressing the convocation at Nalsar Law University, Hyderabad on Saturday (July 12, 2025), Gawai said that the Indian judicial system is facing unique challenges and the cases could sometimes delay several decades. Justice Gawai advised the students to study abroad on scholarship and do not put financial burden on the family.
He said, ‘Our country and judicial system is facing unique challenges. Delay in cases can sometimes last for decades. We have seen cases where a person has been found innocent even after spending many years in jail as a prisoner under consideration. Our best talents can help us solve the problems that we are facing.
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The Chief Justice cited Senior Federal District Judge ZS Rakoff in this regard. The American judge wrote in his book ‘Why innocent guilty and the guilty free: and in other contradictions of our broken legal system’ wrote, ‘Although I have come to the conclusion that there is a dire need to improve our judicial system, yet I am completely optimistic that my partner (citizen) will face this challenge.’
This remark of the US judge was explained by Chief Justice Gawai. On “Pressure to obtain a master’s degree abroad”, Justice Gawai said, “Only one foreign degree is not a seal on your merit. Do not take this decision without thinking or under the pressure of your peers what will happen after this? It is not right to take years of debt, anxiety, financial burden to take career decisions.
50-70 lakh rupees take loans
He gave the example of some young graduates or lawyers, who take loans of up to Rs 50-70 lakh for education abroad. In fact, a small part of a large amount like Rs 50-70 lakh can be used as investment to start independent practice or to create an office room. He said that young lawyers can go abroad for studies when they become stable in the following phase of life.
Justice Gawai said that the increasing trend of going abroad also reflects a structural issue, which reflects the lack of confidence in postgraduate legal education and research in our country. Many people studying abroad come back with new enthusiasm and new approaches, but when they come back, they often find that they are not welcomed in the institute. Where there is a lack of resources or indifference to new ideas.
Strict requirement of change for qualification
The Chief Justice said that there are only a few structured routes for postdorctor research. There is a limited amount for scholars with initial career and opaque appointment processes, which also disappoint the most committed people.
He said, ‘If we want to maintain our best talents or bring them back, then we have to change it. We have to create a creative educational environment, provide transparent and merit-based opportunities and most importantly, to restore the dignity and purpose of legal research and training in India.
It is also important to take care of the future
On the issue of mental pressure coming before the legal professionals, he said that working hours are long, expectations are high and culture is sometimes ‘ruthless’. It is not enough to celebrate the legal legacy of India, its future should also be taken care of. The future depends on how researchers, young teachers, lawyers and scholars are treated.
On this occasion, Chief Minister A.K. Revanth Reddy and Supreme Court Justice Justice P.S. Narasimha was also present. Telangana High Court Acting Chief Justice Sujoy Paul presided over the convocation.
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