CJI Chandrachud recalls Delhi vs Centre verdict: 'Applied concept of Constitutional morality…'

Addressing a conference on Contemporary Judicial Developments in Kolkata, Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud on June 29 explained the concept of “constitutional morality”. “The thing we are going to discuss is constitutional morality… Constitutional morality is not found anywhere in the Constitution…The Constitution uses the expression, ‘morality’ but does not uses ‘Constitutional morality’… Morality in article 19 (II) and article 19 (IV) is a restraint on the rights of the citizens…At one level constitutional morality is found in the preamble values… I was one of those who applied this concept of Constitutional morality when I wrote the judgement in the first round of the battle between NCT of Delhi and Union of India about six or seven years ago,” said CJI.