CJI: Democracy means everyone participates in nation-building

Speaking at a felicitation ceremony by the Association of Indian Americans at San Francisco, Chief Justice NV Ramana on Saturday said the ignorance of the constitutionally-mandated roles and responsibilities of the organs of governance, promoted vigorously among the general public, helps those forces which aim to run down the only independent organ the judiciary.

- Dhananjay Mahapatra

"The party in power believes that every governmental action is entitled to judicial endorsement. The parties in opposition expect the judiciary to advance their political positions and causes. This flawed thinking of all hues flourishes in the absence of proper understanding among people about the Constitution and the functioning of the democratic institutions," he said, adding, "Let me make it clear. We are answerable to the Constitution and Constitution alone".