Literature humanises law: Ex-CJI D Y Chandrachud
D Y Chandrachud on Friday said that literature humanised the law and could bridge the gaps of context and compassion in legal texts. The former CJI was apeaking at the inaugural ceremony of «Vidhi Utsav 2025 — The Festival of Law, Legal Literature and Luminaries» organised by Oakbridge Publishing.
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He said, «Literature humanises the law. What legal text may lack in context, compassion and currency, it may derive from literature. As lawyers, legal professionals and judges make moral decisions, the law may invariably fall short in a dynamic world and even settled ideas may require a deeper understanding.»
The apex court bench deciding the validity of the sub-classification of scheduled castes and scheduled tribes, during which a deeper sociological, historical and statistical understanding of the social realities was required, he illustrated.
«This looking beyond the law is essential for perspective, for clarity. Granular data emerging from the grassroots must regularly inform the law for it to remain in sync with our changing world. We as judges and leaders of the law cannot afford to look away,» said Chandrachud.
He said literature was a mediator between the law and the society, and a corrective tool for the law.
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