Enduring Success Of Constitution Has Disproved Its Early Detractors, Says CJI BR Gavai

Chief Justice of India (CJI) BR Gavai, while speaking at the Milan Court of Appeal, firmly responded to early skepticism by Western scholars about the Indian Constitution. Recalling a 1951 remark by British jurist Sir Ivor Jennings, who had called India’s Constitution “too long, too rigid, too prolix,” CJI Gavai said that 75 years of India’s democratic and constitutional journey have proven such criticism unfounded. Indian Constitution as a Revolutionary…