Senior Advocate Fali Nariman said on Friday said that the Governors are a colonial institution who act as minions and mouthpieces of the Central government.
The Senior advocate Nariman said that this is very unfortunate that Governors are acting this way.
Fali Nariman while taking the example of Governors questioned how they have all become so vocal now?
Legal policy expert also agreed to the view points of the advocate,stating that Governors are a colonial relic that we should now get rid of.
The senior advocate Fali Nariman, Arghya Sengupta and Editor-in-Chief of The Print Shekhar Gupta were speaking at the launch of Sengupta’s book titled ‘The Colonial Constitution’.
Fali Nariman while replying to Shekhar Guptas question on the comments made by former Chief Justice of India (CJI) Ranjan Gogoi which questioned the very structure, said that he disagreed with views put forward by the former CJI.
Thelegal luminary said that the Constitution of India has been the thread that binds the country together despite any of the shortcomings it may have.
The Advocate also said that it would be incorrect to blame the Constitution for everything that happens in the country,and we should improve ourselves and not our Constitution.
Nariman also underlined that the country might not have a new Constitution ever.
The legal genuis added that we should not think of ever having new Constitution because the tolerance level today in all parts of the world is extremely low.
The word ‘fraternity’ which is used in the Constitution is hardly ever mentioned anywhere else. We are not as fraternal as we should. We should, therefore, improve ourselves and not the Constitution.
During the discussion, Sengupta explained his position for terming the Indian Constitution colonial.
The Research Director of Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy Arghya Sengupta, said that the Constitution is an extremely long and prescriptive document with everything provided for, and this is based on the colonial idea that people of India cannot be trusted and they are not ready for democracy.
The legal policy expert also said that the Constitution is written in dense legal jargon and that every right in the Constitution comes with a range of restrictions.
It was also said that the standard script to the way the Constitution is taught. My book is a provocation.
The book that was penned by the legal expert also clarifies that the Constitution should not be treated as a holy book and the contents should be criticised.