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Former Chief Justice of India, Dr DY Chandrachud while addressing the gathering at the Meghalaya High Court today on Independence Day in Shillong, said that External Freedom is incomplete without Internal Freedom because it is Internal Freedom only that leads us to love, compassion, humanity and dignity.
Ex-CJI Dr DY Chandrachud addresses on Independence Day
Shillong: Former Chief Justice of India, Dr DY Chandrachud said that the External Freedom that we got from colonial rule in 1947 is incomplete without the Internal Freedom. Dr Chandrachud was addressing the august gathering at the Meghalaya High Court in Shillong on the Independence Day today. Former CJI Dr Chandrachud was the Chief Guest on the occasion, reports Dynamite News correspondent.
Former CJI Said that ‘Freedom has no meaning and is incomplete without duty…and one of our duty is to respect for the environment and dignity for our neighbours’.
Ex CJI Dr Chandrachud flanked by students
A large numbers of dignitaries and eminent persons including Chief Justice of Meghalaya High Court Justice I P Mukerji, other Judges and several Government high functionaries were there in attendance. Many youth and students were also present in the celebrations.
Ex CJI Dr Chandrachud and other dignitaries sing the National Anthem
Meaning Of Independence
Ex-CJI CJI Dr Chandrchud, while spelling out the meaning of independence, said that ‘When India gained independence, it gave us a sense of freedom… It was freedom from an external power…. and a transformation which 15 August 1947 brought to Swarajja where we would govern ourselves.’
Ex-CJI Dr Chandrachud and Meghalaya HC Chief Justice IP Mukherjee with other Judges
Internal Freedom
About Internal Freedom Dr Chandrachud said, ‘The freedom which we now have also means a sense of internal freedom…which music brings and which we heard this morning. Music has a universal quality. It speaks of love, compassion, humanity and dignity. In music I don't have to understand the words because I could sense that through the devotion to the motherland it spoke about all the values which we as citizens stand for, of love, acceptance, of rejoicement and of standing together both in times of happiness and despair.’
Dignitaries In Attendance
Chief Justice of Meghalaya High Court IP Mukherjee, Mrs Mukherjee, Judges of the Meghalaya HC Justice Dingo, Justice Vishwajit Patichaji, Justice Nadira Bhattria, Law Officers, members of the High Court and the Shilong Bar Association, Registrar General and members of the staff of the High Court were there in attendance, among other dignitaries. Besides many children and students were also there in the celebrations.
