India ensures deep-rooted democracy: Amit Shah

New Delhi: Democracy is deep-rooted in India and change can happen without any bloodshed, Home Minister Amit Shah said on Sunday, arguing that changing governments and state boundaries without any violence is the best proof of the strength of democracy in the country.Shah, who launched the two books “Judges, Lawyers and Bizarre” and “Legal and Terrible” written by Attorney General Tushar Mehta and welcomed the guests on his behalf, said, “In the 76 years of our Constitution, we have ensured that democracy takes root in India. We have strengthened the multi-party democratic parliamentary system. From 1947 to today, nothing has changed in the Parliament and Parliament, nor in the borders of the country. Bloodshed.”““The Constitution and the Judiciary have contributed immensely to strengthening democracy in India. The country has immense faith in the judiciary and a citizen is convinced that if he faces injustice, the Constitution and the Judiciary will protect and save him. These three institutions – the Constitution, Parliament and the Judiciary – are the edifices of our strong democracy,” Shah said while addressing an audience consisting of judges of the Supreme Court, High Courts and the Royal Court of Bhutan.Commenting on books outlining events involving foreign judges and tribunals, Shah emphasized that the tribunal was not lacking in honor, eccentricity, and irony, despite its inherent “black and white” appearance. Shah took advantage of the presence of CJI Surya Kant, former CJI NV Ramana, current SC and HC judges and senior lawyers in a gleeful jibe. “I would admire his courage if he could write a book on Indian justice along the lines of these two books. Whether my comments are a reflection on the court or on Tushar Mehta, I will leave it to the viewer to judge. ” He added that sooner or later he would express his views on the Indian judiciary in an appropriate forum.Shah said that overall, as a society, “we have done well in delivering justice… It is our responsibility, both on the executive and the judiciary, to address the gaps in the system and develop a roadmap to ensure it does not happen again in the future”.CJI Surya Kant engaged the audience by citing humorous incidents in Indian courts and said these could encourage Mehta to write his third book, which is supposed to be on the Indian judiciary and is filled with similar incidents from foreign jurisdictions that he cited.Attorney General R Venkataraman produced a counter-affidavit to Mehta’s book, enacting a brilliant courtroom scene.