Every citizen must practice constitutional religion: Chief Justice of India

New Delhi: Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra on Sunday refuted the allegation that the judiciary was encroaching upon the legislature or the executive and said there can be no compromise in the enforcement of the fundamental rights. 

The CJI said every citizen, irrespective of their background and status, must follow and practice constitutional religion to strengthen rule of law and democracy. “One single religion that everyone must follow is constitutional religion,” he said.

On the Union law minister’s remark that “PILs cannot become a substitute for governance”, the CJI said the apex court believed in and practised “constitutional sovereignty”.