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STUDENTS’ CORNER

On National Law Day

Law is a system of rules that a society or government develops in order to deal with crime, business

agreements and social relationships. All people and institutions are subject to and accountable to laws that
must fairly applied and enforced.

After India's independence on 15 August 1947, the new Congress-led government invited Dr. B.R. Ambedkar

to serve as the nation's first Law Minister, a position which he accepted. On 29 August, he was appointed as
the chairman of the constitution’s drafting committee. His responsibility was to draft India's new
constitution. He was a renowned social reformer, politician and jurist. Ambedkar is known as the Father of
Indian Constitution. He was born into a Mahar caste family, belonging to a population of untouchables in the

Hindu community. Due to caste discrimination, Ambedkar had to face a lot of difficulties in his life.

Ambedkar believed in and emphasized on religious, gender and caste equality which was important in order
to maintain the unity of the country. He introduced the reservation system to create a balance amongst the
various socio-economic sections of the population.

He once famously said: ‘Equality may be fiction but nonetheless one must accept it as a governing principle.’

The year of 2015 was the 125th birth anniversary of Dr. Ambedkar. The Prime Minister of India, Narendra
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Modi made the declaration that the 26 of November would be celebrated as Constitution day or National
Law day in India, to pay homage to the drafter of the Indian constitution.

According to the Supreme Court Bar Association, the main objectives of celebrating Law Day is to recognize

the important principles which formed the basis of the Constitution. These principles include the rule of law,
independence of the judiciary and the independence of legal profession. It is an intervention made to protect
democracy, human rights and to honour the rule of law.

Law may just comprise of three letters, but its impact is unimaginable. It is a custom and practice that brings

us peace and binds us together.

Name: YogeshwaranKamalakannan
Grade: 10 CBSE
School: The Geekay World School