V K JAYARATHINAM Vs. V VALARMATHI

JUDGEMENT

(1.) Mahatma Gandhi said, "there is no human institution but has its dangers. The greater the institution the greater the chances of abuse. Democracy is a great institution and, therefore, it is liable to be greatly abused. The remedy, therefore, is not avoidance of democracy, but reduction of possibility of abuse to a minimum".

(2.) "The spirit of democracy is not a mechanical thing to be adjusted by abolition of forms. It requires change of heart. The spirit of democracy cannot be superimposed from the outside. It must come from within".

(3.) Dr.Ambedkar said, "I do not want that our loyalty as Indians should be in the slightest way affected by any competitive loyalty whether that loyalty arises out of our religion, out of our culture or out of our language. I want all people to be Indians first, Indians last and nothing else but Indians".