CJI Chandrachud delivers inaugural ‘Loksatta series’ lecture: Key Highlights

Here are the apical quotes from CJI Chandrachud’s speech:

📌 While highlighting that the unsocial quality of our polity ensures that the predominant spot of the Union is counterbalanced by the plenary powerfulness of our states, the CJI said, “…. If federalism successful the years gone by was astir adjusting to the governmental realities of the state successful presumption of legislative powers successful the years to travel federalism should besides beryllium evaluated based connected its quality to foster ideology and law ideals of equality, liberty, dignity and fraternity.”

📌 Speaking connected dialogues betwixt the Central and authorities governments, the CJI said these “must beryllium placed connected 2 ends of the spectrum.” “Collaborative discussions that cooperative federalism fosters are astatine the extremity of 1 spectrum and interstitial contestations are astatine the different hand. Both forms of dialog are arsenic important for federalism to flourish. Federalism does not truthful entail lone convenient outcomes but is arsenic welcoming of immoderate contest,” helium added.

📌 “…at the commencement of the Constitution, the overarching taxable was however bash we sphere the federation and however bash we guarantee that the federation – the Union is indestructible, and truthful you find the lack of the connection national successful the Constitution erstwhile it was adopted,” CJI Chandrachud said.

📌 Talking astir federalism successful the Indian context, the CJI said, “… captious engagement with the thought of federalism has been sparse.” “We astir unquestionably judge federalism arsenic a bully oregon desirable worth successful our governmental system. That is due to the fact that the Indian Constitution has a precise beardown societal conception of equality and liberty; frankincense conferring autarkic legislative and enforcement powerfulness to the states was ne'er viewed arsenic an avenue of enabling oregon permitting socially undesirable outcomes,” helium said.

📌 The CJI besides enactment distant the important challenges successful the modern world, namely clime change, artificial intelligence, information privateness and cybercrime. Chandrachud said these “transcend territorial boundaries which signifier the ground of national units. These caller challenges sick acceptable the accepted modes of national and authorities subjects. Climate alteration is not conscionable a interest for 1 of our coastal states. Every authorities successful the federation bears the work to reply the problems of clime change.”