“Judges are handling human problems which have to be dealt realistically with a human angle, though it may involve some flexibility of the legal principles,” said Justice C N Ramachandran Nair.
Addressing a gathering at a full court reference to honour him on his retirement from judicial service, Nair said that the function of a judge is like that of a tailor making dress to suit a party. The relief should be precise to redress the grievances of the people.
“I have not sacrificed any of the public interests to uphold any principle of law because I always believed that litigation is to solve human problems and not to evolve abstract principles of law.
“Though precedents are binding and judicial discipline requires judges to follow the same for the sake of consistency, I believe that law is a tool to render justice and not to justify or perpetuate injustice,” Nair said.
He said that he always wrote judgments for the litigants and not for the lawyers, who are happy with technical success, like a remand for reconsideration.
Chief Justice Manjula Chellur, judges of the High Court, Advocate General K P Dandapani, Additional Advocate Generals P C Iype and K A Jaleel, Director General of Prosecution T Asaf Ali, Additional DGPs Abdul Rasheed and Tom Jose Padinjarekkara, State Attorney Vijayaraghavan, High Court Advocates Association president Gopakumaran Nair, Senior Counsel for Government of India, Taxes, P K R Menon and KELSA member secretary P Mohandas were present on the occasion.
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