'Nyay Yatra' reaches Mumbai

The 35-day 'Nyay Yatra', organised by the New Delhi-based Forum for Fast Justice to create awareness among common people about the judiciary, was today accorded a warm welcome in the mega-polis.
The Forum For Fast Justice is a trust working to accelerate the wheels of judiciary in the country.
Bhagwan Raiyani, a well-known face in judicial activism, is leading the march and he vowed to carry forward this cause of judicial reform to a logical end.
Last evening, the yatra had reached Nashik in Maharashtra.
The yatra, which began its journey on January 30 from Rajghat in New Delhi, is an attempt to sensitise the masses on the need of judicial reforms and to urge the concerned agencies to act swiftly for the same.

"Two teams are participating in 'Nyay Yatra'. One team is going from Kashmir to Kerala while another is going from Kutch to Kolkata. Both the teams will together cover 22 states and 175 districts in 35 days covering 17,000 km in its course to create awareness among common people on the present judiciary system by conducting corner meetings," Raiyani told PTI.

Both the yatras will culminate at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on March 4, followed by a two-day annual national convention in the national capital.
Raiyani, the Trust Chairman said, "We plan to give a big boost to the crusade for fair and fast justice delivery system, without which our democracy will not survive."

Raju Thakker, a senior associate of the Forum, said, "This march is aimed at generating public opinion and mounting pressure on the concerned agencies to bring in judicial reforms."
"The suppressive British legal system which was introduced in this country centuries back is still at work. Judiciary, one of the four pillars of democracy, is the only one with a silver lining of hope," Thakker said.
Among the main demands of the yatra are: All courts proceedings should be in national and regional languages, judgements be passed in time bound manner, judiciary be brought under the RTI Act, disclosure of assets by judges, and opening of additional courts to clear the backlog of three crore cases.

Volunteer Versha Vaidya said the Forum's 100-plus societies, activists and litigants would launch a countrywide 'satyagraha' if its demands are not heeded to within a stipulated period.
After interacting with Mumbaikars throughout the day, the team of volunteers along with Raiyani marched towards Pune from where they will proceed to Solapur.