"You all have a responsibility to be an active citizen too and citizenship is not just about rights but it is equally about your duties towards society," CJI said.
Chief Justice of India Sharad Bobde on Saturday said that citizenship was not only about people's rights but also about their duties towards society. His statement came amid protest against the Citizenship Amendment Act.
"You all have a responsibility to be an active citizen too and citizenship is not just about rights but it is equally about your duties towards society," CJI said while speaking at university convocation in Maharashtra's Nagpur
The Chief Justice further said that some educational institutes have become "extremely commercially-minded" and that developing intelligence and character was the true goal of education.
"Today, education is proliferating. Unfortunately, there are some institutes that have become extremely commercially-minded. I say this from my personal knowledge," he said as quoted by PTI.
"The most important question we should address is the purpose of university education. Universities are not about brick and mortar certainly. They aren't supposed to function like an assembly line of a production unit," the Chief Justice continued.
On education, the Chief Justice said, "Closely connected with the idea of education is the idea of discipline and I understand that there is growing resentment in some areas about the idea of discipline. But the word discipline does not mean what it has come to mean today. It is the state of mind in which one can learn endlessly any subject. Education is the state of mind for disciples and that state of mind is discipline," he said.
Research and thinking are important and must be undertaken in the ultimate analysis, he said, adding, "It is equally important, if not more, for the graduating students to realise what is expected from them by the society. It must be realised that in society, interdependence is as important as independence."
"A university degree gives tools to chisel one's future. What one carves with these tools is the choice and wisdom of the craftsmen. Tools don't chisel on their own, one needs to be guided by moral compass that resides within," the Chief Justice added.
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