Chief Justice of India, Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud, said on Thursday while addressing a gathering on the 78th Independence Day, that the instability in the neighboring country is a “clear reminder” of how crucial liberty and freedom are, using crisis-hit Bangladesh as an example.
“We chose in 1950, the uncertainty of freedom, and what is happening today, say, in Bangladesh, is a clear reminder of how precious liberty is for us. It is very easy to take freedom and liberty for granted, but it is important to understand the past stories to remind us how important these things are,” he said in Delhi.
Bangladesh experienced a political crisis last week as then-Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned following a month-long student protest against her. She is in Delhi, having come on the day of her expulsion; in Bangladesh, Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus’ temporary administration is fighting to put an end to targeted attacks on Hindus and other minorities that began with Hasina’s forced departure.
CJI Chandrachud, meanwhile, called Independence Day, an occasion to ‘honour the commitment of who lives life to make it greater and who is working to make it greater.’
“This morning, I was reading a beautifuly written piece by noted Karnataka vocalist Chitra Sri Krishna and the title of the piece is Songs of Freedom. The idea of liberty is woven into the fabric of Indian poetry,” he added.
The CJI also paid respect to lawyers who left their legal practices to join the freedom movement, including Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar, Jawaharlal Nehru, Alladi Krishnaswamy Iyer, Govind Vallabh Pant, Devi Prasad Khaitan, Sir Syed Mohammed Saadullah, and others.
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Source: HT
