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Golden Jubilee of the Supreme Court
Bar Association
A
Tribute
"This
calendar celebrates the contribution of members of the Supreme Court Bar
Association, during the 50 years of the Indian Constitution, for safeguarding
and upholding the constitutional rights of the poor and the weak of the country.
No doubt this would have been impossible without the wisdom and judicial
statesmanship of our judges. The judges of the superior courts, and especially
of the Supreme Court of India, have sought to help fashion a Republic of which
all Indians can be proud. They have endeavoured to give to the people,
regardless of their wealth, power, caste or creed, a future that is premised on
the freedom of the individual and on equality of opportunity for all. In the
pursuit of public interest, our courts have extended the scope of fundamental
rights to include among others, prison justice, health, prevention of
environmental degradation, protection of children's rights, prevention of sexual
harassment of working women, consumer rights and rights of workers. The courts
has ensured that it is accessible to one and all through public interest
litigation.
It is indeed heartening to note that these ringing pronouncements are the
fruit of the collaborative efforts of the bar and the bench. In many cases
landmark judgments in our constitutional jurisprudence have come about through
the ingenuity and hard work of lawyers as much as by the incisive intellect of
judges.
In this 50th year of the founding of the Supreme Court, we salute all our
colleagues who have fought to expand the rights of the citizens and in the words
of Mahatma Gandhi, himself a lawyer, "to wipe every tear from the eye of
every Indian". This calendar, with its inherent limitations, includes
quotations from a few of the judgments that have empowered the people to make
India a better place to live in. On the occasion of the Golden Jubilee of the
Supreme Court Bar Association we hope that this calendar will give the world a
panoramic view of the law that has come alive through its dynamic interpretation
by our judges assisted by the indispensable role of a sensitive and committed
bar."
K. K.
Venugopal
President, Supreme Court Bar Association
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