After inaugurating the two days national conference on Digitization, paperless courts and initiatives by the Orissa high court. D.Y.Chandrachud also spoke about several initiatives and e committees oof the supreme court. The audience were also informed about the LGBTQ handbook which was launched last year. It was a book launched on the last constitution day, a 100-page document on the issues faced by the community in their homes,judiciary,when dealing with the cops, prison and even in hospitals.
He underlined the decision to come up with a legal glossary. It enlisted all the gender inappropriate terms which are often used by the judges in legal proceedings. “The victim was ravished by the appellant,” She was a concubine”, This negro was arrested with 5 grams of cocaine”, if you read the judgements of convictions under section 376 of IPC,these are the most familiar phrases which we come across,CJI added.
The legal glossary is made to explain why is that some wors are in appropriate for the court proceedings. It is not to be little the judiciary but to make the judges aware that it is important to pay as much attention to language. The committee to prepare the glossary is chaired by justice Moushumi Bhattacharya
Written by- Krishnapriya intern under legal vidhiya
