CONSTITUTIONAL

MORALITY
WHAT IS CONSTITUTIONAL MORALITY?
Constitutional morality means adherence to the
core principles of the constitutional democracy
The scope of constitutional morality is not limited
only to following the constitutional provisions
literally but it is so broad that it includes
commitment to inclusive and democratic political
process in which both individual and collective
interests are satisfied.
 The scope of constitutional morality is not limited
only to following the constitutional provisions
literally but it is so broad that it includes
commitment to inclusive and democratic political
process in which both individual and collective
interests are satisfied.
The scope of constitutional morality is not limited
only to following the constitutional provisions
literally but it is so broad that it includes
commitment to inclusive and democratic political
process in which both individual and collective
interests are satisfied.
 There are many laws made by Parliament
that show great moral commitment like
Food Security Law; CrPC amendments
made in 2013 in favour of women.
Similarly, judicial verdicts too.
For example the recent verdict in Shreya
Singhal case(2015) and various electoral
reforms enforced by the apex court since
2013.
 Preamble to our Constitution
contains the most impeccable goals
whose realization requires greatest
commitment to morality.
Corruption-free, transparent and
accountable governance will go a
long way in making one and all in
India realize their potential: the sum
and substance of Constitutional
morality.
 The strength or weakness of constitutional
morality in contemporary India has to be
understood in the light of a cycle of
escalating demands from the people and
the callous response of successive
governments to those demands.
In a parliamentary democracy, the
obligations of constitutional morality are
expected to be equally binding on the
government and the opposition.
 In India, the same political party treats these
obligations very differently when it is in office
and when it is out of it.
This has contributed greatly to the popular
perception of our political system as being
amoral.
In a democratic order the concept of
constitutional morality and judicial values
assume myriad dimensions and implies several
consequences to the dignity and freedom of
the individual
 Upholding Constitutional morality
and judicial values is indispensable
to ensure an individual his
inalienable fundamental rights in the
process of dispensing justice. But in
the modern days there has been a
precipitate diminution of admiration
and a sharp erosion of the
constitutional and judicial values
which ought to actuate the