Calling the decision to supply Covid-19 vaccines to 80 other nations, who were not able to access it as Constitutional morality, Supreme Court judge, Justice Surya Kant on Monday said that this was not just a government decision, but showed solidarity and sharing.
As per Justice Kant, the concept of Constitutional morality as propounded in the Kesavananda Bharati case was different from his interpretation.
He said it was important to vaccinate people in poorer regions of this world where vaccines were not readily available.
It was important to think of common good, when thinking about Constitutional morality, but it did not mean that it was subservient to societal norms or customs, added the Supreme Court Judge.
As per Justice Kant, the principle of Constitutional morality has remained guided by centuries’ old morals, which have steered the society from darkness to light.
Speaking as chief guest at the 16th National Conference of Akhil Bharatiya Adhivakta Parishad at Kurukshetra in Haryana on the topic ’75 years of Resurgent Bharat: Changing contours of law and justice,’ Justice Kant stressed on the importance of performing one’s constitutional duties.
He said judicial or legislative structure should not be seen in the mirror of rights on whether the legislatures enacting a law to provide a right or judiciary was interpreting it to provide a right. However, all the rights were enacted for a price, which was duty, added the Supreme Court Judge.
He said that in the coming years, we must strive to identify duties and ensure that duties were complimentary to rights.
Talking about the next 75 years, he said time has come for both rights and duties to complement each other.