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Reaffirming Dissent and Liberty in India’s Constitution UPSC NOTE

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  Constitutional Values and Moral Crisis The 75th anniversary of the Constitution prompts reflection on how personal liberty and human dign...

 Constitutional Values and Moral Crisis

  • The 75th anniversary of the Constitution prompts reflection on how personal liberty and human dignity are often reduced to mechanical legal interpretations, ignoring their deeper ethical significance.

  • There’s an ongoing moral crisis, with the right to personal liberty, central to justice, being overlooked in practice.

  • A sober re-evaluation is needed of how these constitutional values are being undermined.

Reinstating Dissent as Constitutional Ethic

  • The 2017 Puttaswamy case revived Justice S. Fazl Ali’s dissent from the 1950 Gopalan case, emphasizing political dissent as a fundamental right.

  • The original Gopalan judgment, which upheld preventive detention, is now seen as flawed in terms of constitutional ethics.

  • Personal liberty is now recognized as inseparable from justice, and dissent is central to maintaining this principle.

Historical Parallels with Modern Dissent

  • A.K. Gopalan’s struggle in the 1950s mirrors the experiences of today’s anti-CAA resisters, like Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam, who face prolonged detention under anti-terror laws.

  • Both then and now, the courts have failed to protect personal liberty, and dissenters continue to be oppressed despite constitutional protections.

Need for Judicial Intervention

  • The paradox of criminalizing dissent while protecting it constitutionally calls for judicial action to uphold personal liberty.

  • Cases like Bhima Koregaon and the Delhi riots require urgent intervention to protect the rights of dissenters detained under harsh laws.

  • The judiciary must adopt "creative constitutionalism" to safeguard individual freedoms and prevent the Constitution from being misused for political gain.

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