National Law Day To Be Celebrated Jointly By Law Commission & NITI Aayog On Nov 25, 26

The National Law Day-2017 will be celebrated jointly by the Law Commission of India and NITI Aayog on Saturday and Sunday at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi. President Ram Nath Kovind will inaugurate the event while Prime Minister Narendra Modi will deliver the valedictory address. The significance of the event lies in the fact that the Constitution of India was adopted by the Constituent Assembly on November 26, 1949.

A large number of dignitaries from the three wings of the government, executive, legislature and judiciary along with the academicians, students, scribes would be taking part in the deliberations.

The event will have the following four technical / academic sessions:

1. Judicial Review and Parliamentary Democracy – Balancing the Separation of Powers.


2. Appointments to Higher Judiciary – Constraints of Collegium System and Reforms Ahead.


3. Structural Reforms for Overcoming Delays in Justice Delivery.


4. Scope of Judicial Powers: Judicial Activism.

The schedule for the event can be found here.

Background:

The Constitution of India envisages and mandates India to be a country governed by the rule of law. It provides that the Constitution shall be the supreme law of the land and all the three wings of the government, i.e., the legislative, the executive and the judiciary must derive their authority only from the Constitution. The founding fathers of India accomplished what seems to be impossible to rest of the world -to establish a country - that too with vast diversity-  following letter and spirit of the law and implement the Rule of Law. In all intricate matters such as the protection of human rights, equal treatment before the law, protection against excessive arbitrariness etc, the Constitution of India has provided sufficient procedural safeguards to ensure that the Rule of Law has to be prevailed.

It is expected that the two day-long deliberations at the would provide a platform to the leading lights of our country to reflect upon the guiding principles enshrined in the Constitution of India and the commitment of India’s democracy to the rule of law.