New Delhi: If feminism is based on the principle of equality, it is aligned with the values the Constitution of India upholds, Justice DY Chandrachud of the Supreme Court has said. “When you apply feminist principles, one is doing nothing more than giving effect to the substance of equality in the Constitution,” Justice Chandrachud said.
In response to a question on whether a judge could be identified as a feminist, Justice Chandrachud said: “I won’t say that judges could call themselves feminist judges and there is a reason for it because one of the things that a judge does by virtue of the nature of his/her job is to decide on the basis of facts and as objectively as one can.” But feminism, the Supreme Court judge said, is a lot about disruption of social hierarchies.