LAWYERS across the country celebrated November 26 as “Law Day” as this was the day on which the people of India gave to themselves the unique document to govern their national life—the Constitution of India. This document was beautifully designed to make this country a democratic republic to be governed by the rule of law and to keep it as one huge nation with its matchless theme of unity in diversity. Senior Advocate MN Krishnamani in his speech during his tenure as president of the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA) in 2011 reminded all that earlier it was not celebrated as Law Day. It first occurred to the SCBA in 1979, under the leadership of Dr LM Singhvi, to select November 26 to celebrate Law Day. According to Dr Singhvi, the idea behind celebrating Constitution Day as Law Day was:
To review the state of law and administration of justice
To suggest ways and means to improve our legal and judicial system
To strengthen the Bar and the Bench relationship
To strengthen the independence of the Judiciary
To strengthen the freedom of the legal profession
To make the legal and judicial system an effective instrument to serve the people
To maintain and augment public confidence in our legal and judicial system.
The object of celebrating this day as Law Day by the legal community is to converge on one single objective that true democracy and the rule of law always go together. It is the rule of law which guards a democratic polity.
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