Constitution Founders Attempted A Radical Transformation Of Society Which Was Based On Caste & Patriarchy : Justice D Y Chandrachud
4 years, 8 months ago

Constitution Founders Attempted A Radical Transformation Of Society Which Was Based On Caste & Patriarchy : Justice D Y Chandrachud

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On the occasion of the birth centenary of Justice Y V Chandrachud, former Chief Justice of India, the Indian Law Society, ILS Law College, the late former Chief Justice's alma mater, organized a celebration as well as a discussion on the topic "A Changing Society and Constitutional Continuity – Experience in Pursuit of Justice". Chief Justice YV Chandrachud's prescient opinion in the case of Minerva Mills Ltd. v. Union of India was highlighted which said, "Amend as you may even the solemn document which the founding Fathers have committed to your care for you know best the needs of your generation, but the Constitution is a precious heritage, therefore you cannot destroy its identity." Working against the essentiality of what surrounds a democratic society, the social vision of the Indian Constitution was termed as "revolutionary" by Justice Chandrachud. Invoking feminist scholar Mary Wollstonecraft's statement that the mind has no gender, Justice Chandrachud remarked that judicial proceedings have often held that women and men have natural differences with women being the "weaker sex" and in need of protection.

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