‘Institutions can only thrive democratically’
NEW DELHI: Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud on Saturday said that an institution thrives with time only when it functions democratically.
Speaking at the Constitution Day celebrations held at the Supreme Court, CJI said the Constitution entrusts the legislature, executive, and judiciary to bridge the gap between institutional ideas and social realities.
He said that the representation of the marginalised communities must be enhanced in the legal profession. “An institution thrives with time only when it functions democratically. I believe as CJI, it is my responsibility to consult judges in the Supreme Court, High Courts and district judiciary,” said CJI.
He said lawyers and judges spend their time and years, unravelling the text of the Constitution, but the story of the Indian constitution is not a story only of legal text.