Hindustan Times

Directive principles serve as roadmap to ensure justice: CJI

Justice Gavai said Article 32, which empowers citizens to approach the Supreme Court in case of violation of fundamental rights, was the heart and soul of the Constitution. Chief Justice of India (CJI ...
The Nation Newspaper

Are Fundamental Objectives of State policy still non-justiciable?

ARE the Fundamental Objectives and Directive Principles of State Policy (FODPSP) contained in Chapter II of the 1999 Constitution (as amended) enforceable? Traditionally, they were thought to be ...

Removing ‘socialist’ and ‘secular’ from the Preamble is a constitutional conspiracy

Similarly, omitting “socialist” may not erase the Directive Principles that form the Constitution’s moral compass. But it ...
The Nation Newspaper

Making socio-economic rights justiciable without constitution amendment

Over the years, the debate has been on the justiciability of Chapter Two of the Constitution. But lawyers, judges and other stakeholders, at a Town Hall Meeting of the Nigerian Bar Association Section ...
The New Indian Express

Judges must exercise restraint while pronouncing verdict: Ex-CJI B R Gavai

NEW DELHI: Former Chief Justice of India B R Gavai on Wednesday said that a degree of restraint was necessary for judges while pronouncing verdicts, as something he had once said during the ...
The New Indian Express

Ambedkar’s vision is timeless moral compass for India, says Chief Justice Gavai

HYDERABAD: Over the past 75 years, India has made steady and significant progress, said Chief Justice of India (CJI) Justice Bhushan Ramkrishna Gavai, highlighting how the Constitution has served as a ...