Overview
- Speaking in New Delhi at the Ashoke Kumar Sen Memorial Lecture, the Supreme Court judge called for decisions that ordinary people can read and follow.
- He pressed for a calm judicial temperament that handles disagreement without raised voices and relies on clear reasons.
- Describing law as a chain of institutions, he said justice depends on strong first contacts with police, magistrates, trial courts and legal aid, not only appellate rulings.
- He linked Sen’s legacy to the Advocates Act of 1961, which unified the profession into a single class of advocates and broadened access through common standards.
- He warned that emerging issues such as data protection, digital speech, economic fairness, environmental choices and especially artificial intelligence demand preparedness across the legal system, while urging young lawyers to build trust through punctuality, plain language and steady habits.