A group of advocates assembled on the Supreme Court lawns to collectively recite the Preamble under the “Save Democracy, Save Constitution” campaign, expressing concern over the ongoing student protests and the authorities’ response in the national capital.
New Delhi: A gathering of advocates assembled on the lawns of the Supreme Court to recite the Preamble to the Constitution in unison, as part of the “Save Democracy, Save Constitution” campaign, against the backdrop of the continuing student agitation in the national capital and the manner in which the authorities have responded to it.
The advocates congregated during the court’s lunch recess and read the Preamble aloud, reaffirming the constitutional commitments to justice, liberty, equality and fraternity that it proclaims.
The recitation was led by Senior Advocate Indira Jaising and Dr. S. Muralidhar. Senior Advocate Vikas Singh, President of the Supreme Court Bar Association, was also in attendance.
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Among those who joined were Senior Advocates Anand Grover, Anjana Prakash, Sanjay Ghose, Shadan Farasat, Arundhati Katju, Mahalakshmi Pavani, Nandita Rao, P.V. Surendranath, Manali Singhal, Sangeetha Bharti, P.V. Dinesh and Jayant Thakur, along with Advocate Vrinda Grover and numerous other members of the Bar.
Notably, the gathering drew a substantial turnout from younger members of the Supreme Court Bar. Several of those present carried the national flag and copies of the Constitution as they recited the Preamble together.
The assembly follows several days of turbulence in Delhi arising from the use of force by the police against students who had gathered at the Jantar Mantar protest site. The demonstrators have been pressing for the resignation of Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan over successive instances of examination paper leaks, principally the alleged leak of the 2026 NEET-UG question paper.
The agitation, led by the youth collective Cockroach Janta Party, began in June and gathered pace after climate activist Sonam Wangchuk joined it and commenced an indefinite hunger strike. It came to a head on July 20, when the protesters attempted a march from Jantar Mantar towards Parliament and were stopped by a heavy police deployment. Allegations of a lathi charge, the use of tear gas and mass detentions followed, all of which the Delhi Police have denied.
Expressing support for the protesting students, Jaising told the media,
“We are here to stand with the students. We are here to stand on the side of justice. We are here to demand justice for the students. We are not here to agitate for ourselves. This is not about us. This concerns the rights of students, and it is the duty of lawyers to stand before the Supreme Court and demand justice for them. The role and function of the Supreme Court of India is to dispense justice. That is why we are here, in the temple of justice, with our demands.”
The Supreme Court Bar Association, the Supreme Court Advocates-on-Record Association and a group of close to 650 advocates have separately issued statements condemning the lathi charge and the use of violence against students, and have called for an independent and impartial investigation into the incident.
