The Constitution Is Written Not in Ink, but in Blood: Constitutional Morality and Institutional Dignity
The Constitution Is Written Not in Ink, but in Blood: Constitutional Morality and Institutional Dignity Recently, the Election Commission has been in the news, and the episode has emerged in the context of attempts to undermine the image and legitimacy of the institution. This entire episode reminds us that the morality of peace, the morality of war, and the morality of the Constitution need to be made part of public discourse. Unfortunately, the controversy arose following a report published in The Indian Express regarding the alleged views of Election Commissioners Dr. Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Dr. Vivek Joshi, suggesting that the functioning and decision-making of the Election Commission suffered from a lack of democracy. The two Election Commissioners cannot be given the benefit of not knowing how dissent ought to be expressed, because both the manner of expressing disagreement and the timing of such expression are important. However, sharing confidential correspondence with ...