It is "cognizant of the gravity and the seriousness" of the issue, said the Centre in its affidavit filed on a PIL claiming that fraudulent and deceitful religious conversion is rampant across the country.
A bench of Justices KM Joseph and BV Nagarathna also issued notice to the Centre and others on the plea filed by the Andhra Pradesh government challenging the High Court order which had declared Amaravati as the only capital of the State.
The President of India Droupadi Murmu on Saturday delivered the valedictory address at the Constitution Day celebrations, organised by the Supreme Court of India in New Delhi.
President Droupadi Murmu delivered a speech at the Constitution Day celebrations organised by the Supreme Court of India. She said that When some of the leading nations in the West were still debating women's rights, in India women were participating in the framing of the Constitution.
Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankar on Saturday said that the framers of the Constitution had envisaged that situations will arise which will make it imperative upon the legislature to amend it and the provisions for amendment make it a constantly evolving testament.
Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud on Saturday said that they must uphold the idea of unity in diversity by continuing and being accommodative towards one another.
A unique feature of the Indian Constitution, the cornerstone of India's democracy, is that every law made by the parliament can be subjected to interpretation by the Supreme Court.
"An institution thrives with time only when it functions democratically. I believe as Chief Justice of India, it is my responsibility to consult judges in the Supreme Court, High Courts and district judiciary," said CJI.
Addressing a function held in Supreme Court here to celebrate Constitution day today, the CJI said "We have to make sure justice delivery system is accessible to everyone. Indian judiciary is adopting methods to do the same. we have been adopting technology to do the same."
"Today is also the anniversary of the Mumbai terror attacks. 14 years back, when India was celebrating its Constitution and citizens' rights, enemies of humanity carried out the biggest terror attack on India. I pay tribute to those who lost their lives in the attack," said PM Modi.
Highlighting the point that language is becoming a barrier in accessing legal justice, Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju on Friday said that the government is making efforts to collect legal glossaries published in regional languages, digitise and make it available to the public in the searcha