Judicial reforms should be accorded priority: Moily

"In Singapore, the economic situation was in doldrums. The first thing Singapore addressed was judicial reform. It is only thereafter the economic prosperity of Singapore came," the former Law Minister said, citing the example of Singapore.

"Just like right to information, right to employment, I think the day should come when we should have the right to justice in this country. Then we can definitely take our society far ahead," he said in his convocation address at the NALSAR University of Law here.

"Indian judiciary always served the great cause. Whenever we find that there is some confusion in terms of justice system, it is always judiciary which led the country forward," Moily said.

Talking about legal education, he said, "My slogan for legal education is expansion, inclusion and excellence. Expansion means we will have more manpower to fuel an efficient justice system...It is estimated that reducing the pendency (of cases) alone can add about two per cent to our GDP."

Diversification of legal profession, especially by including lawyers from less privileged communities, would enhance the potential for representative democracy, he said.

"By practising inclusion, US law schools have ensured that underprivileged communities have sufficient representation...None other than Barack Obama used to work for the underprivileged community in Chicago before entering politics," he said.