SC Must Not Midiate Lawmakers’ Role
- 21-Jun-2022
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New Delhi: Supreme Court judge DY Chandrachud said that the apex court cannot and must not transcend its role by deciding issues requiring the involvement of elected representatives.
Justice Chandrachud was speaking at King’s College in London on the topic ‘Protecting human rights and preserving civil liberties: The role of courts in a democracy’.
‘It is true that the Supreme Court of India must protect the fundamental rights of persons and perform its constitutional duty. That would not only be a deviation from its constitutional role but would not serve a democratic society, which at its core, must resolve issues through public deliberation, discourse and the engagement of citizens with teir representatives and the Constitution,’ he said.
He also said that thinking of the Supreme Court as a ‘one-stop solution to resolve complicated issues of policy and society’ is a reflection of the waning power of discourse and consensus building.
