eyes of the goddess of justice in the supreme court sanjay raut expressed his objection

In an effort to shed the colonial legacy and embrace more contemporary justice and see the Indianisation of justice, the Supreme Court of India unveiled a redesigned statue of Lady Justice for its library. In the statue, Lady Justice’s sword has been replaced with that of the Constitution, her blindfold has been removed and she is clad in a saree. However, Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut is taking an aggressive stance on the new statue. Condemning the change, Raut termed it as BJP-RSS propaganda.

This statue was unveiled by CJI Chandrachud in 2023, after which this picture went viral. The blindfold was meant to represent equality before the law, meaning that courts could not see the wealth, power, or other markers of status of those appearing before them, while the sword represented authority and the power to punish injustice. Is a symbol of. The new statue, installed on the orders of Chief Justice DY Chandrachud in the judges’ library in the Supreme Court, has open eyes and the Constitution in place of a sword in the left hand.

Despite the clear and progressive intention behind the new statue, Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut has reacted sharply to the change. He said that this change is a propaganda and a campaign of BJP and RSS. Then he targeted the Supreme Court and asked what they were trying to prove by giving the Constitution instead of the sword in the hands of the statue of justice? They are already killing the Constitution and by removing the blindfold from the statue they want everyone to see the corruption and murder of the Constitution openly.