The National Law Day is celebrated on November 26, the day on which the Constitution of India was adopted by the Constituent Assembly in 1949.
NEW DELHI : The National Law Day-2017 will be celebrated jointly by the Law Commission of India and NITI Aayog on 25th-26th November at Vigyan Bhawan in the capital.The President Ram Nath Kovind was speaking at the inaugural function of the two-day meet organised jointly by the Law Commission of India and NITI Aayog on the National Law Day.
The Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will deliver the Valedictory Address on 26th November.The Constitution of India was adopted by the Constituent Assembly on 26th November, 1949.
The President also said this is the age of communication and “we must use it to speed up justice delivery system”.’President Kovind said, “Like our other public institutions, our judiciary too has to be judicious in being representative of the diversity of our country, and the depth and breadth of our society.
Speaking at National Law Day celebrations at Vigyan Bhavan here, Justice Misra said: “The citizens have been guaranteed fundamental rights and the governing entities are not expected to encroach upon it”.
The conference will also be addressed by Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan and Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra, Niti Aayog Vice Chairman Rajiv Kumar and Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad.
There will be four sessions on relevant issues concerning the countrys judicial system. These include judicial review and parliamentary democracy – balancing the separation of power and appointments to higher judiciary – constraints of collegium system and reforms ahead.
