He was addressing the Meghalaya state assembly legislators on his maiden visit as the country’s President on Monday.
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“Independent judiciary is most important institution in which our constitution has given it the right to interpret the law. Lawmakers make law and the courts have the right to interpret the laws in the context of the constitution.”- President Pranab Mukherjee
Front SHELF
Nothing prevents us from calling frequent sessions of Parliament and Assembly and to meet for longer period like 26 weeks, but we find many assemblies meet for only six weeks in a full year in two three sessions.”- President Pranab Mukherjee
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“Nowadays, I find that a fourth ‘D’ has surreptitiously encroached into the area of democracy and that is disruption (of the proceedings of the House).”- President Pranab Mukherjee
