Economic justice ensures dignity of life, says SC Judge

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, February 16 

A national seminar on ‘Law and Socio-Economic Transformation’, hosted by the Department of Laws, PU, highlighted the legal landscape of our country with discussions on socio-economic change, judicial activism and present global challenges vis-à-vis socio-economic transformation. 

The seminar was inaugurated by Supreme Court Judge Hemant Gupta. He elucidated on several landmark judgments by the apex court, spanning last four decades. Dr Virendra Kumar from the Department of Laws delivered the keynote address. While Kumar dwelled on the narrative of Law and Socio-Economic Transformation, packing its perspective in the context of India’s freedom struggle and by the makers of the Constitution, Gupta gave it a contemporary spin highlighting several judgements that explored the realms of law beyond just the Constitutional merits. 

Recognising judiciary as one of the four pillars of democracy, he upheld economic justice as one of the strongest watchword that ensured dignity of life and equality of status. 

He said, “It (economic justice) means to establish a democratic way of life based on socio-economic structure of society to make the rule of law dynamic. It is also important for our laws to be the protector of the oppressed. Article 38, 39 and 46 of the Constitution mandate the state as an economic policy to provide social economic justice to minimise inequalities in income, opportunities and status.”