NEW DELHI: Two days previous to taking oath because the 53rd Chief Justice of India, Justice Surya Kant on Saturday stated he doesn’t get pressured by social media trolls, a lot of whom try and misrepresent, misquote or selectively extract court docket observations to create a unfavourable impression in regards to the judiciary regardless of having little information of regulation.In a casual interplay with the media, Justice Kant stated, “I’ve by no means been pressured by the campaigns and motivated reporting on social media. I feel an awesome majority of judges wouldn’t be affected by social media trolls as they resolve circumstances primarily based on info and regulation.”Outlining his priorities, the CJI-designate stated that in his tenure of 1 12 months and three months, he would concentrate on chalking out a method, in session with stakeholders, to scale back the pendency of 90,000 circumstances in SC and round 5 crore circumstances in HCs and district courts. The itemizing of long-pending bunch circumstances, whether or not earlier than 9-Choose, 7-Choose or 5-Choose structure benches, would get precedence as 1000’s of circumstances, elevating the identical or related questions of regulation, are pending in varied HCs, which have deferred listening to them in anticipation of SC verdicts, he stated. One such matter pending adjudication by a 9-Choose bench is the entry of girls into Sabarimala temple, mosque and different custom-related non secular points. He stated it’s a matter of concern that regardless of SC judges disposing of virtually as many circumstances as are filed yearly, the pendency is growing. Judges can’t be overburdened, whether or not in SC, HCs or trial courts, he stated, including that some modern measure should be devised to sort out pendency.Mediation, he stated, could be a game-changer sooner or later and scale back pendency in courts. It’s receiving an encouraging response from public sector banks and insurance coverage firms, that are asking the judiciary to coach their personnel in mediation to resolve disputes on the pre-litigation stage. “To make use of mediation to the fullest extent would be the focus throughout my tenure as it’s litigant-friendly and cost-effective,” he stated.