Court opinion has to count views of all: Chief Justice

In some sense, the judiciary may be inherently anti-majoritarianism in its context, because it has to take difficult decisions to protect different opinions and not merely the opinion of the majority, said Kaul Hoisting the national flag at the High Court premises as part of the Republic Day celebrations, the Chief Justice also spoke about the cynicism that had taken over society as neither the politicians nor public authority have been able to live up to their expectations. 

He said “Cynicism is there towards every authority, possibly because the aspiration of the people was large. But then this cynicism must give way to pride. Without pride in our achievement, our progress will be slower. It is easy to criticise, but at the same time it is difficult to construct something.” 

The Chief Justice in his speech also appealed to the youth to look to the future with aspirations and endeavour to work. He also stressed on the need to take pride in whatever we have achieved since that alone can pave way for faster and better progress. 

Earlier, applauding the Indian Constitution as the best and modern in the World, he said, “India and its leaders gave every citizen the right of adult franchise much before many nations, including the European countries could offer the same to its citizens.”