New Delhi: The Chief Justice of India T.S. Thakur said the judiciary is capable of protecting the rights of all citizens cutting across caste, religion.
The CJI said, “In so far as we are concerned, we have no such impediments. We have no such bias and we have no such reluctance. I do not want to comment anything on how politicians use this. But, we are committed to uphold the Rule of Law and protect right of all citizens. There is no fear to any section of society.”
He made it clear that he was not referring to any particular incident, and said this country has been home to all religions. He said, “People persecuted in other societies, have come here and thrived. We have Parsis and their contributions are immense. We have legal luminaries and industrialists. We have people upholding rule of law like Fali S. Nariman, Nani Palkhivala and you know their contributions.”
