Senior Advocate Fali S. Nariman has stressed on the importance of dissenting judgements, saying that they not only worked as safety valve, but also sent a message of assurance to the ever curious and anxious general public that the highest court of the country was in robust health and doing its allotted task well.
Speaking as Guest of Honour at the 28th Justice Sunanda Bhandare Memorial lecture, which was delivered by Supreme Court Judge Justice BV Nagarathna on the topic “Role of Judiciary in Empowerment of Indian Women” on Friday, the Senior Advocate expressed his views on the Supreme Court verdict over the abrogation of Article 370, which stripped Jammu and Kashmir of its special status.
Nariman said after reading the very exhaustive verdict handed down by a Constitution Bench of five judges, his only regret has been that there was no dissent.
While acknowledging that a dissent would have made no difference to the outcome of the case challenging the Union government’s decision, Nariman said that a dissenting opinion would have helped the public better understand the case and the issues involved.
As per the Senior Advocate, the dissenting views would have helped the not-so-well informed general public to better understand and appreciate the contours of this unique very long and somewhat complicated case about India’s northern-most state.
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