We can add a few more forces which cannot be ignored today, such as casteism, nepotism and corruption. In Constitution-making there are other forces that cannot and must never be ignored - the spirit of persuasion, of accommodation and of tolerance - all three are at a very low ebb today”. Nariman, in a lecture titled ‘The Silences in Our Constitutional Law’, delivered in 2005, rightly said, “We will never be able to piece together a new Constitution in the present day and age even if we tried: because innovative ideas - however brilliant, howsoever beautifully expressed in consultation papers and reports of commissions - cannot give us a better Constitution. Union of India (2018), has castigated governments at the Centre for this.īut the question is, can the people of India give themselves a new Constitution? Noted jurist Fali S. The Supreme Court, in judgments such as S.R. Nor was what he said wrong: Central governments have indeed been suppressing the powers of the States in various ways. Being a citizen and a constitutional head of state, he was not wrong in exercising his fundamental right to express his views freely. Recently, the Chief Minister of Telangana said India needs a new Constitution, as, according to him, governments at the Centre over the years have been suppressing the powers of the States.
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