ENTER THE FIELD OF LAW TO ENSURE PREVALENCE OF JUSTICE AT ALL COST: JUSTICE RAMAN TELLS STUDENTS

Bhubaneswar, March 21: Students of law intending to embrace the legal profession should enter the field with the motto that justice must prevail at all cost, Mr. Justice Murahari Sri Raman, Judge of the High Court of Orissa, said on Saturday.

“A lawyer has to become part of the justice delivery system and be fearless and independent in thought as the people repose immense faith in the judiciary”, Justice Raman said while addressing students of the SOA Deemed to be University here.

Addressing the gathering of students and teachers drawn from SOA’s faculty of legal studies and agricultural sciences as part of the SOA Lecture Series, he described the legal profession as ‘very interesting and challenging’.

“You have to be truthful, have to stick to the relevant facts and exercise your rational thought while being part of the service oriented noble profession”, he said.

Once a student entered the legal profession, he has to be very serious and continuously delve into the provisions of law as there is no substitute to relentless study, Justice Raman said adding everyone needed some understanding of law.

“A scholar of law continues to be a student of the subject all his life till the very end”, he said.

Justice Raman said lawyers arguing cases in the court should ensure that their pleadings were clear and unambiguous so that they could be taken into account. “It is because the law cannot be discussed in a vacuum and all basic features of law should be included during the pleading”, he pointed out.

Referring to the increasing use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in different spheres including the legal profession, the judge advised the students to use AI only for assistance. “You have to apply your mind, otherwise it can lead to catastrophic results”, he warned.

Prof. Anup Kumar Samantaray, Pro-Vice Chancellor of SOA, presided over the event while Prof. Madhusudan Das, Senior Professor at the SOA National Institute of Law (SNIL), SOA’s faculty of legal studies, introduced the speaker. Prof. Jyoti Ranjan Das, the university’s Dean (Students’ Welfare), conducted the proceedings.