Justice Hurried Is Justice Buried [*] P.S. Khurana Justice Arjan Kumar Sikri, after taking over as Chief Justice of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, remarkably stated “Justice Hurried is Justice Buried [1] ”. Immediately to my mind strikes “Justice Delayed is Justice Denied”. Are these two jurisprudential concepts are antithesis? Justice is a generic term, which includes both substantive and procedural justice. In our Constitution, Justice sets the ultimate goal for all of us to serve the nation. It is blend of both natural and social justice, which is evident from the Preamble and Part IV of the Constitution of India. The concept of Justice, though so significant, is used only twice in our Constitution i.e. in the Preamble and in Article 39-A. The preamble sets out as [2] “to secure to all its citizens-Justice-social, economic and political.......” Article 39-A [3] envisage that:- “The State shall secure that the ope