October 5, 2018
You cannot allow Criminals to Govern, says Former Chief Justice Dipak Misra.
Former Chief Justice of India Dipak Mishra spoke at Hindustan Times Leadership Summit on Friday. This is his 1st public address after retiring as the Chief Justice of India.
"I am here to speak on the idea of constitutional morality", Justice Misra said.
Former CJI Dipak Misra said that "as a citizen of India, no one should feel that the Constitution is alien to him nor should he ever feel that he isn't a part of it."
"I urge everyone present here to be an incurable optimist", former CJI Dipak Misra said.
Hope must be concretised, hope must become practical reality & that why attempts are being made by the courts to realise this hope, Justice Dipak Misra added.
"We have a robust independent judiciary and governed by rule of law" he further said.
On the Sabarimala verdict, former CJI Dipak Misra said, "You cannot keep the women of a particular religion out of a temple. Women are to be respected.Women have to be equal partners in life."
With inputs from Hindustan Times
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