representation and equality go hand in hand: CJI
New Delhi, June 11 -- Chief Justice of India Bhushan R Gavai said on Tuesday that the true strength of Indian democracy lies in its ability to continuously evolve while revisiting and redefining the idea of representation, even 75 years after the Constitution came into force.
CJI Gavai asserted that representation and equality are not opposing ideals. "Rather, they reinforce each other," said the judge, as he drew on landmark Indian Supreme Court judgments and the legacy of Dr BR Ambedkar to underscore how the Constitution remains a living document aimed at dismantling entrenched hierarchies.
Justice Gavai, the 52nd CJI and only the second dalit to hold the highest judicial office in India, made a compelling case for substantive equality, a...
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