Create child-friendly version of Constitution, says President Murmu

President Droupadi Murmu on Wednesday urged scholars and constitutional experts to create a child-friendly version of the Constitution to help them to develop constitutional perspectives from childhood.

“To ensure that future generations continue to feel connected to the Constitution, children should be provided with interesting information about the Constitution. Children are taught about the Constitution in civics textbooks. However, creating a child-friendly version of the Constitution would be very helpful in fostering interest and awareness among children,” the President said.

Addressing a Constitution Day function on the Supreme Court premises here, President Murmu said, “This could be accomplished through the joint efforts of constitutional experts and authors of children's literature in various Indian languages. By assimilating constitutional ideals and duties at a stage when a child's life perspective is developing, a good personality can be formed.”

Highlighting that legal aid should be easily accessible for the people at grassroots level, the President said that justice should be delivered at door-steps like other services.

She paid homage to the founding fathers of the Constitution who crafted the largest written constitution for the largest democracy in world history.

Speaking on the occasion, Chief Justice of India Surya Kant called for a uniform national judicial policy to minimise "unpredictable and avoidable divergence" in verdicts and to ensure that courts "speak with clarity and consistency".

Justice Kant, who was appointed the 53rd CJI two days ago, highlighted the role of the Bar and the Bench. "If the courts are regarded as the sentinel of the Constitution, then the members of the Bar are the torchbearers who illuminate our path. They help us discharge our solemn duty with clarity and conviction," he said.

The senior-most judge of the Supreme Court Justice Vikram Nath, Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal, Attorney General R Venkataramani, Bar Council of India Chairman Manan Kumar Mishra, SCBA President Vikas Singh and others also addressed the function.