Constitution has to evolve through Parliament, not judiciary: V P Dhankhar

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The evolution of the Constitution has to take place in Parliament and no other "super body" or institution, including the judiciary and the executive, has any role in it, Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar said on Sunday.

Dhankhar's remarks, made at the release a memoir of former Tamil Nadu governor P S Ramamohan Rao, came a day after Law Minister Kiren Rejiju invoked the "Lakhsman Rekha" on the relationship between the executive and the judiciary.

It is the primacy of the Constitution that determines the stability, harmony and productivity of democratic governance and Parliament reflecting mandate of the people is the ultimate and exclusive architect of the Constitution, he said.

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Published Date: 2023-03-19, 20:42:00

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