Supreme Court Justice Lauds PM Modi As 'Our Most Popular, Loved, Vibrant & Visionary Leader'

Justice Shah praised the Prime Minister during an event to celebrate the diamond jubilee of the Gujarat High Court.

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New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi was described as "most popular, loved, vibrant and visionary leader" by Supreme Court justice M R Shah during the diamond jubilee of the Gujarat High Court. 

Justice Shah praised the Prime Minister during an event to celebrate the diamond jubilee of the Gujarat High Court.

"I am proud and privileged to participate in the function to celebrate the diamond jubilee of Gujarat High Court and that too in the presence of our most popular, loved, vibrant and visionary leader, prime minister Narendra Modi," Shah said in his address as reported by news agency PTI.

"One of the essential features of the democratic republic established under the Indian Constitution is a division of powers between Parliament, executive, and the judiciary," the judge went on to say.

He expressed that he was proud of how Gujarat High Court never crossed the "Lakshman Rekha" (boundaries of power/code of conduct) and always delivered justice.

Last year, Justice Arun Mishra’s praise for Prime Minister Modi had raised eyebrows. Justice Mishra who is now a retired SC judge had called PM Modi an "internationally acclaimed visionary".

In his address on Saturday, Justice Shah also said the Gujarat high court was his "karm-bhoomi" as he had practiced there as a lawyer for 22 years and served as a judge for 14 years.

Prime Minister Modi released a commemorative stamp at the event as he also lauded the Indian judiciary, saying that it has performed its duty well in safeguarding people's rights, upholding personal liberty, and also in the cases when national interests need to be prioritised.

(With Agency Inputs)