Law and Constitution in the spotlight: Key issues discussed

Strengthening democracy, reform and safeguarding individual rights like privacy dominated the exchange of ideas at the Second Law and Constitution Dialogue, presented by Legally Speaking, enlightening decision makers, jurists, practitioners of law and students on a wide spectrum of contemporary issues.

- RAHUL CHABBRA

While Supreme Court’s Justice Surya Kant cautioned against social media’s dark side of deepfake and cyber bullying, constitutional expert and Congress Rajya Sabha MP Abhishek Manu Singhvi encapsulated the features of the Constitution and the role played by the judiciary in India’s growth as a vibrant democracy.

Other legal luminaries also talked about the challenges before young lawyers and the judgments, like the upholding of Article 370 by the Supreme Court and the Hussainar Khatoon case or the first PIL case, that have shaped the future of India. Women lawyers Nighat Abbass, also a BJP leader, and Jhanvi Sharma talked about the challenges before women lawyers. A penal comprising Next Gen lawyers shared individual experiences and advised aspiring lawyers to be patient and go through the litigation grind to succeed.