Revering the legacy of Dr Babasaheb: Justice, Liberty, and Equality for all

Abstract

Samvidhan Divas, The Constitution Day, celebrated every year on 26th November is not only an attempt to honour the contributions of Dr BR Ambedkar, known as the architect of the Indian Constitution but also a day to commemorate the adoption of the Constitution of India by the Constituent Assembly of India in 1949. A day of introspection to appraise and understand how constitutional values have been intertwined in the constitutional letters and how the core ideals of. Justice, Liberty, Equality and Fraternity – an embodiment of constitutional morality runs through the spine and spirit of the constitutional structure in India.  

It is in this backdrop that this paper traces the history of constitutional drafting so as to put ideals of the constitution in right perspective and how best the purpose for which these ideals were made as a core part of our constitutional scheme could be achieved.

The paper initiates a thorough discussion on the preamble of the constitution, the basic structure of the constitution and covers all the major articles of Part 3-the heart and soul of the Indian Constitution, and argues that the constitutional interpretation will not serve any purpose if the provisions of the constitution are read in isolation. 

 The main focus of the paper is the re-assessment of the foundational commitments of our republic. It reiterates that by affirming the ideals of Justice, liberty and fraternity, the Constitution continues to serve as a living document for attaining social transformation and also protecting the integrity of the Republic of India.