Team Blitz India
NEW DELHI: The Chief Justice of India (CJI) , DY Chandrachud acknowledged the significant contributions of legal luminaries from Nagpur to the deliverance of justice and enriching and entrenching the country’s legal landscape.
Addressing an event organised to mark the centenary year of the High Court Bar Association of Nagpur, CJI Chandrachud invoked the contributions of Dalit icon and the key architect of the country’s constitution, Dr BR Ambedkar, saying that 2024 marks not only the centenary year of the Bar Association but also 100 years since Babasaheb began his law practice.
Recalling his time at the Nagpur Bench of the Bombay High Court, Justice Chandrachud said, “Nagpur holds importance in the life of one of the founders of our Republic, Bharat Ratna Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar. It is here that Babasaheb embraced Buddhism, and his final remains are enshrined in the central dome of the Deekshabhoomi stupa.”
