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New Delhi: Elections every few years to change the ruler need not be a guarantee against tyranny of those elected, Chief Justice of India NV Ramana said at a function in New Delhi on Wednesday. The CJI underscored that “criticisms and voicing of protests is integral to the democratic process” and any law backed by a sovereign must be tempered by tenets of justice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“It has always been well recognised that the mere right to change the ruler, once every few years, by itself need not be a guarantee against tyranny,” said the Chief Justice, delivering the Justice PD Desai Memorial Lecture on “Rule of law” online.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The CJI said the idea that people are the ultimate sovereign is found in notions of human dignity and autonomy and a reasoned public discourse is vital to a working democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“A public discourse, that is both reasoned and reasonable, is to be seen as an inherent aspect of human dignity and hence essential to a properly functioning democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“As Professor Julius Stone observed in his book ‘The Province of Law’, elections, day-to-day political discourses, criticisms and voicing of protests is integral to the democratic process,” he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Drawing from the legal history of pre-Independence India, the CJI said the British rule was famous for “Rule by Law”, rather than “Rule of Law”, underlining that a law must imbibe ideas of justice and equity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Renowned scholars have therefore argued that a law cannot really be classified as a ‘law’ unless it imbibes within itself the ideals of justice and equity. An ‘unjust law’ might not have the same moral legitimacy as a ‘just law’, but it might still command the obedience of some sections of the society to the detriment of others,” said Chief Justice Ramana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The judge stressed that judiciary is the primary organ which is tasked with ensuring that the laws which are enacted are in line with the Constitution<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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