Dr. Kalam inaugurates SCAORA website at first L.M. Singhvi lecture

Dr. Kalam inaugurates SCAORA website at first L.M. Singhvi lecture
1/17/2009

Former President Dr. A.P.J. Kalam today inaugurated the SCAORA website at first Dr. L. M. Singhvi Memorial Lecture organized by Supreme Court Advocates-on-Record Association (SCAORA) and supported by Indlaw at New Delhi.

The lecture was presided over by Hon’ble Mr. Justice K.G. Balakrishnan, Chief Justice of India and attended by dignitaries from the legal fraternity.

Speaking on the topic ‘Law, Technology & Society : Dynamics’ Dr. Kalam said that scientists and technologists have to be partners with legal community and evolve with legal framework so that judiciary is able to administer justice speedily using benefits of technology.

He emphasized the need to simplify law, discard irrelevant and old Acts with certain periodicity. On the issue of terrorism, he suggested the need for evolving an aggressive Mission called National Campaign to Eradicate Terrorism (NCET) to create:
(a) Unified intelligence Agency
(b) Enact a law with stringent punishments and faster justice to the perpetrators of the crime in a time bound manner
(c) Create a sense of awareness among the people to work
(d) Implement National Citizen ID card for all citizens
(e) Equitable National development for inclusive growth.

He emphasized on the role of law in dealing with cyber attacks during a conflict among the countries as well as issues of territorial jurisdiction. Answering media persons after the lecture, he told Indlaw that technology can help in identifying the movement and flow of information and identify what kind of wrong going on.

Indlaw correspondent