Supreme Court judge Justice DY Chandrachud on Saturday recommended that law graduates incorporate feminist thinking in the way they deal with law.
In his address at the 9th Convocation of National Law University, Delhi, where he was the Chief Guest, he expressed his surprise at the number of gold medals received by the girl students in the University at the beginning of his address.
He said that it is an indicator of the time in which we are living and what is to come. “But I was also amazed by the fact that almost all the gold medals have been instituted by Mr. And this is an indicator of the times that were of the male dominated, patriarchal profession and society in which we live….,” he said .
“We must understand that the rule of law does not depend solely on the constitution or the law; it largely depends on the political culture and the citizens, especially young legal professionals like you.”
He said that a law can do a lot as long as we all are ready to participate in its endeavor and a law is not an antidote to prevailing social values, but it is a way to build a new future based on the ideals enshrined in the Constitution. is a tool. , “We live in a society governed by the rule of law. The rule of law if properly understood and implemented is a defense against oppressive structures like patriarchy, casteism,” he said.
Justice Chandrachud advised law graduates: “I would particularly like to advise you to incorporate feminist thinking into the way you deal with law.”
He said that as a junior judge of the Bombay High Court, he used to sit on the criminal roster with Justice Ranjana Desai and heard various criminal appeals. Justice Chandrachud said that by sitting down with a colleague who added more diverse information about the realities of gender, they got the necessary feminist perspective.
He also urged the students to look beyond their self-centered vision of their own existence and strive to make the legal profession more inclusive and accessible and there was enough creativity in law.
Justice Chandrachud said women lawyers may find it challenging to work especially in a male-dominated profession and one of the major lessons of the pandemic is that when we went virtual in our court hearings, the number of women lawyers appearing in court has increased. The numbers increased dramatically.
“Therefore, technology has been a great enabler in freeing today’s young women from their access to the legal profession,” she said.
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