Webinar on Constitutional Interpretation by Supreme Court

A webinar on ‘Constitutional Interpretation by Supreme Court’ held on 2nd June, 2020, where a total number of 80 delegates participated . With the guest speaker Prof. Dr. Rajashekar, from University of Madras delivered the lecture.

 Where he discussed the different aspects of constitutional interpretation with pros and cons of Literal and the Liberal interpretation. He also discussed the importance of rule of law and the way it was interpreted by the Naturalistic school of thought and the Positivist school of thought. Another important aspect which was discussed is the role of interpretation in resolving conflicts between Fundamental rights and Directive Principles of state policy. He also emphasized on the usage of the Constitutional Assembly debates as an important tool for interpretation of the Constitution. He explained the concepts with help of  case laws which includes AK Gopalan case, the ADM Jabalpur case, the Maneka Gandhi case, sabarimala case, recent subramaniyaswamy case etc. which made the lecture more effective and he also highlighted how the creative ideas of judges have been accepted over time and its impacts. Overall the webinar was enlightening.