President and Prime Minister lauds women’s role in drafting constitution

President and Prime Minister lauds women’s role in drafting constitution

Subject : Governance

Context : President says the Constitution gave a map for good governance and one of its most crucial features is separation of powers; Prime Minister says it is open, futuristic and visionary at the constitution day celebrations.

Concept : 

• The Constitution Day celebration was organized by the Supreme Court of India.
• November 26 is observed as Constitution Day.
• It was the day on which the Constituent Assembly adopted the Constitution in the year 1949. 
• The day has been celebrated as Constitution day since 2015.
• Earlier it was observed as Law Day.
• President Droupadi Murmu urged the executive, judiciary, and legislature to evolve an effective dispute-resolution mechanism and mitigate the common man’s plight.
• During the event, the Chief Justice of India highlighted the significance of technology in justice administration. He further stressed the need to have more representation from marginalized communities in the legal profession.

Role of Women in drafting the constitution

• The Constituent Assembly had fifteen women members.
• Dakshayini Velayudhan belonged to a marginalized community and made important interventions for protecting the rights of the oppressed classes.
• Other Women members included Durgabai Deshmukh, Hansa Mehta, Rajkumari Amrit Kaur,Kamla Chaudhary, Leela Roy, Malati Choudhary, Purnima Bannerjee, Renuka Roy, Sarojini Naidu, Sucheta Kriplani, Vijaylakshmi Pandit, and Annie Mascaren etc.
• Hansaben Mehta, one of them, also made a critical contribution to the drafting of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
• Sarojini Naidu, Sucheta Kripalani, Durgabai Deshmukh are the other women members who were already seasoned human rights campaigners at the international and national level.