Supreme Court judge, Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia on Saturday urged law students, future lawyers, judges, and policymakers to remember that India is a nation that was founded on love, not hate.
Addressing a gathering at the OP Jindal Global Law University, Sonipat, the Supreme Court judge said,
"Many of you will go on to become lawyers, judges, policy makers. Please keep in mind, ours is a country not born out of hate but founded on love. Our Constitution speaks of fraternity. It is like Saraswati. Even Dr Ambedkar had described it as most important value."
The judge was speaking at an event organised to commemorate the 75th anniversary since the adoption of the Constitution of India. Several other sitting Supreme Court judges also attended the event.
In his address, Justice Dhulia also noted that although India was written off by many, it has proven its naysayers wrong.
"This country was written off but we have proved them (naysayers) wrong. Our governments and democracy have survived. A lot of milestones (have been crossed) but a lot is left to be achieved. The main difference is our Constitution, at the time of our country's creation, was born on religion, and got divided because of language. One of the reasons people say our country stays united is Hindi movies, one is cricket. But mainly the Constitution," he said.
Speaking at the same event, Supreme Court judge Justice Sanjay Karol observed that the Constitution of India and its Preamble has enabled the creation of a compassionate society.
He went on to comment on the faith reposed by the public in Indian courts.
"Crores of cases are still pending and yet people come to us because they have great faith in the justice delivery system of India," he highlighted.
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