New Delhi, A court that protects rights only for those who can afford to litigate is not fulfilling its constitutional function but merely performing it, Chief Justice of India Surya Kant has said. Court protecting rights only for those who can litigate not fulfilling constitutional function: CJI The CJI has also said the judiciary must not only be the guardian of rights, “it must be accessible enough for that guardianship to be real”. Justice Kant, who visited the Queen Mary University of London on Friday to take part in an event organised by the Centre for Commercial Law, had a wide-ranging discussion and students posed a variety of questions to him on issues, including the judiciary, access to justice and the future of the legal profession. On a query regarding the judiciary’s role in maintaining public trust in a constitutional democracy, Justice Kant said public trust is never simply given to an institution and it is earned, continuously, through transparency, consistency and the courage to be self-correcting. “I have said openly that judicial strength does …