Droupadi Murmu graced the 21st convocation of NALSAR University of Law at Hyderabad, Telangana (September 28, 2024).
Addressing the students, the President said that our Constitution contains the ideals of our freedom struggle: justice, liberty, equality and fraternity. The ideal of equality, enshrined in the Preamble and Fundamental Rights, also finds expression in one of the Directive Principles of State Policy concerning justice delivery. The Directive seeks to provide equal justice and free legal aid. It makes the State responsible “…to ensure that opportunities for securing justice are not denied to any citizen by reason of economic or other disabilities.” Unfortunately, a poor person does not get the same access to justice as a rich person. This unfair situation must change for the better. She urged the young legal professionals to be the change agents.
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