'The day faith in judiciary is eroded will be a sad day'
Some reports refer to the court's intervention over industrial units in Agra and pollution due to public buses in Delhi.
Take the emission level before the year 2000 and after that. Many opportunities were given to the government from 1993 to 1999. Orders were ultimately issued in 2000. Today there's realization that there has been a considerable improvement in the pollution level in Delhi.
All these measures have been taken for the common good of the people. The air has to be pollution-free for the good of the common man. When we talk of water, there are diseases that result from polluted water. The court has issued orders to make clean water available, again for the good of the common man.
The Constitution provides that all these natural resources must be made available to the common man who, unlike an affluent person, can't afford to buy bottled water, mineral water.
Ultimately it is the common good of the people and the faith of the people in the judicial system that's the strength of the judiciary.
Therefore, we have to take all steps within the law and the Constitution so that the faith in the judicial system is not eroded, as the day faith of the common man in the judicial system is eroded, that will be a sad day for the country, that will be the end of the rule of law, and it will be a day of anarchy in the country, which none of us can afford.
Image: A child covers his face to protect himself from pollution on June 5, World Environment Day, in Kolkata.
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