AHMEDABAD, Mar 5:
The Supreme Court is the “ultimate arbiter” of the Constitution and it will ensure laws passed by Parliament conform to the statute book and they are “faithfully obeyed”, a judge of the Apex Court said today. “We (SC), as a body, are given the greatest power to see that the law (enacted by Parliament) conforms to the Constitution and are faithfully obeyed. I have no doubt that this institution will always stand up to this great task,” Justice Rohinton Nariman said while delivering a lecture on ‘Judiciary least dangerous branch?’ here. He maintained that Indian judiciary had been conferred enough power by Constitution to ensure that verdict delivered by it is enforced by the Executive.
The Constitution gives the SC the “power of complete justice in every cause of matter,” and “every authority in this country is bound to enforce its judgement”, he said. Justice Nariman said being the final court, the SC has lived up to the expectations of the founding fathers of the Constitution by ensuring people’s rights are protected in “both ordinary and extraordinary times”. (PTI)
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