Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud on March 9 laid emphasis on the constitutional values of liberty, equality and fraternity for ensuring the nation’s unity and progress, and said the Constitution’s learning should reach the villages across the country. “Our Constitution has its place from the court’s corridors to the [remote] villages. It is not limited to books alone,” the CJI said.
Justice Chandrachud inaugurated a regional ‘Hamara Samvidhan Hamara Samman’ (Our Constitution, Our Honour) campaign at Maharaja Ganga Singh University’s auditorium in Bikaner to enhance awareness about the Indian Constitution and the citizens’ rights and duties, and the commemorate 75th year of India as a republic. Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal and the Chief Justice of the Rajasthan High Court M.M. Shrivastava were among those present.
Chief Justice Chandrachud said the basic rights, such as daily wages, pension, clean water, ration, healthcare and education, flowed from the Constitution, which had met the challenges of the country’s diverse society and given dignity to the people. Mutual fraternity was necessary to maintain equality in the country, he added.
