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Corruption has hindered realisation of goals, says CJ

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IN RAPT ATTENTION: Chief Justice of the Karnataka High Court Cyriac Joseph (right) and G.K. Govinda Rao, writer, at the `Law Day' celebrations organised by the Karnataka State Legal Services Autority and the Advocates' Association in Bangalore on Sun day. — Photo: G.P. Sampath Kumar

BANGALORE: Chief Justice of the Karnataka High Court Cyriac Joseph has said that corruption at all levels of administration, including judiciary, has hindered the achievement of goals enshrined in the Constitution.

He was speaking at the "Law Day" function here on Sunday organised to mark the enactment of the Constitution.

The Chief Justice said corruption, communalism and caste-based discrimination were major social evils that prevented the realisation of the Constitutional goals. "Corruption prevails right from the common man to the highest office in the country," he said, and urged the legal fraternity to collectively fight to eliminate corruption from society.

He stressed the need for amending laws and Acts in accordance with the changing needs of society. Laws should promote justice, and justice and law could not be separated, the Chief Justice said.

G.K. Govinda Rao, thinker and writer, said all students of undergraduate courses should study the Constitution in order to understand the relevance of secularism, rights of minorities and reservation. He urged the judges and advocates to hold talks with the Government and universities on the introduction of a subject on the Constitution at the under-graduate level.

In a democratic set up people should be taught about values and principles of democracy, rights and duties of individuals and responsibilities of the Government. Communal harmony and peace was a prerequisite for the success of any democracy, Prof. Rao said. D.L. Jagadeesh, president of the Advocates' Association, Bangalore, welcomed the gathering.

Vikas, a student of the National Law School of India University, Bangalore; Rajiv Naik, a student of M.R. Ramaiah College of Law, Bangalore; and Annie Jacob and Sunita Abraham, students of Bishop Cotton Women's Christian Law College, Bangalore, delivered lectures on various aspects of the Constitution. The Karnataka State Legal Services Authority and the High Court Legal Services Committee organised the function.

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