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Updated: Jan 19, 2020 06:51 IST
Nagpur (Maharashtra) [India], Jan 19 (ANI): Amid the ongoing protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act in several parts of
the country, Chief Justice of India (CJI) Sharad Bobde on Saturday said that citizenship was not just about people's rights, but also
about their duties towards the society."You all have a responsibility to be an active citizen too and citizenship is not just about rights
but it is equally about your duties towards society," said Bobde at the facilitation event organised by Nagpur Municipal
Corporation.Emphasising on the value of justice, he said, "I have always believed that donating justice is a sacred duty
It is a natural right for every person in the country to get justice
Babasaheb Ambedkar reiterated this fact not only from the Constitution but also from the 1956 revolution
The imagination of justice varies from person to person, time, and situation
It cannot be tied in any one frame.""What is justified today may not be justified tomorrow
But it is okay to expect justice and use appropriate tools for it
Along with the imagination of justice, rights and duties are equally important
Some people think that they only have rights and no duties
According to me, along with rights, duty is equally important," he said.The CJI added that "if we do not follow our duties then there will
be an imbalance in the society."Protests broke out in different parts of the country against and in support of CAA which grants citizenship
to Hindus, Sikhs, Jains, Parsis, Buddhists and Christians fleeing religious persecution from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh and who
came to India on or before December 31, 2014
