Joint Conference of Chief Ministers and Chief Justices will be held in Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi

PM Narendra Modi will participate in the inaugural session of the Joint Conference of Chief Ministers of the States and Chief Justices of High Courts at 10 AM today. He will also address the gathering on the occasion. Chief Justice of India Justice NV Ramana and Law and Justice Minister Kiren Rijiju will also address in the conference. The conference will be held in Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi.

The Joint Conference is an occasion for the executive and the judiciary to come together to create frameworks for simple and convenient delivery of justice and to discuss steps required to overcome the challenges facing the justice system.

The previous such conference was held in 2016. Since then, the government has taken various initiatives for improving infrastructure and integration of digital technology in court processes under e-Courts Mission Mode Project.