AURANGABAD:
The Constitution can replace the religious texts in today's times,
Chief Justice of India S H Kapadia said here today.
"The
Constitution should be studied by Indians to know about citizens'
rights. If you read it, there is no need to read the religious books
as you may find God in our Constitution. Gaining knowledge of the
Constitution would be a real homage to Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar,"
he said, delivering a lecture on `Constitutional Ethics' at Dr
Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University here. Chief Justice of
Bombay High Court Justice Mohit Shah was also present on this
occasion.
"I
belong to the Parsi community and would have never thought of
becoming the Chief Justice anywhere (else) in the world. It is only
in India that it was possible due to the Constitution," said the
CJI.
The
judges should be acquainted with multiple fields of knowledge, which
can help them in the court, he said.
Judges
can learn a lot from "constructive criticism" but not from
"destructive criticism", he said.
Poverty
was "a basic violation of human rights", he said, talking
about the need to have a "balanced" society.
Original
source (retreived as on 20-06-2014)
Indians can find God in Constitution The Ecocnomic Times
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