Fundamental structure of Constitution guides like north star: CJI DY Chandrachud

CJI Chandrachud compared the fundamental structure of the Constitution to a north star, stating that it guides the judges in analyzing the Constitution.

Chief Justice of India (CJI) DY Chandrachud. (PTI image)

By Srishti Ojha: The Chief Justice of India (CJI) DY Chandrachud on Saturday stated that the fundamental structure of our Constitution, like a north star that guides the judges in analyzing the Constitution. “The fundamental structure of our Constitution, like a North Star, guides and provides a particular instructions to the interpreters and implementers of the Constitution when the course ahead is complicated,” the CJI stated.

The declaration came a couple of days after Vice President Jaideep Dhankar criticised the Supreme Court’s landmark decision in the Kesavananda Bharti case on the standard structure teaching.

Providing the 18th Nani Palkhivala memorial lecture, arranged by the Bombay Bar Association, CJI Chandrachud stated that this year marks fifty years given that our nation strongly developed the teaching of standard structure in our legal landscape.

The CJI, in his address, kept in mind that the identity of the Indian Constitution has actually progressed through the interaction of Indian people with the Constitution and accompanied by judicial analysis. The workmanship of a judge depends on analyzing the text of the Constitution with the altering times while keeping the soul undamaged.

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