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CMS BULLETIN - SPEECH OF SUPRREME COURT JUDGE OCTOBER 2007 (4)<br />
(Continued from page 3)<br />
66. Unique features of CMS introduced by<br />
Jagdish Gandhi<br />
(1) Student Quality Control Circle concept<br />
in education (2) All Religions Prayer (3)<br />
World Peace Prayer Ceremony (4) Children’s<br />
World Parliament (5) Teachers' Home Visit<br />
Scheme (6) Model Class Presentation (6) FM<br />
Radio Stations and Film Division for<br />
promotion of meaningful education (8)<br />
World Citizen’s dress, an exquisitely<br />
designed dress containing national flags of<br />
all UN member nations (9) Children’s<br />
International Summer Village (CISV) Camps<br />
(10) International <strong>School</strong> to <strong>School</strong><br />
Experience Exchange (ISSE) programme (11)<br />
CISV mini camps are some of the regular<br />
features of CMS education introduced by<br />
Jagdish Gandhi.<br />
67. A new dimension in education<br />
Thus the second daughter of Mr Gandhi, Dr<br />
Geeta Gandhi Kingdon, became the saviour<br />
of his soul. On her advice, as his spiritual<br />
mother, he renounced politics forever and<br />
committed himself totally to the noble cause<br />
of education. This has enabled him to make<br />
continuous efforts for building a bright and<br />
safe future of the 32,000 children of CMS as<br />
well as two billion children of the world and<br />
the generations yet-to-be born. Jagdish<br />
Gandhi wants to make children Good and<br />
Smart, a Gift of God to Mankind, a Pride of<br />
the Human Race and a potential Light of the<br />
World. The idea which appears utopian<br />
today will become a reality tomorrow.<br />
68. Message of World Unity on Eid and<br />
Deepawali<br />
Jagdish Gandhi believes in Unity of God,<br />
Unity of Mankind, Universal Brotherhood<br />
and World Peace. Being a Baha'i, he believes<br />
in the teachings of the founder of Baha'i<br />
religion, Baha'u'llah, who said 'So powerful<br />
is the light of unity that it can illumine the<br />
whole world.'<br />
On the occasion of Deepawali and Eid he<br />
conveys his greetings to all Principals,<br />
teachers, parents of CMS and people of<br />
Lucknow for their happiness and prosperity.<br />
May these festivals illumine our souls and<br />
unite us in their luminosity.<br />
—Ratan Chandra Gupta<br />
Former Joint Secretary, Law and<br />
Parliamentary Affairs, Government of U.P.<br />
General Secretary, CMS<br />
(Mr. Ratan Chandra Gupta is a close friend<br />
of Mr. Jagdish Gandhi since childhood. They<br />
studied together in school and university).<br />
(Continued from page 1)<br />
Speech of Chief Guest<br />
Hon Mr Justice Sirpurkar,<br />
Judge, Supreme Court<br />
Advocates Supreme Court attending the<br />
Seminar on Empowering the Interntional<br />
Court of Justice at New Delhi<br />
Gandhism and Gandhi thought for the rest<br />
of the year — but that is a different matter.<br />
What I am trying to point out is that an idea<br />
when it is conceived, there has to be a<br />
visionary to develop that idea. I congratulate<br />
Mr Gandhi for developing this idea. Now<br />
see how beautifully he has picked up. We<br />
have England, we have America, Bosnia,<br />
Serbia and what not. But one thing is very<br />
common in all the countries and that is<br />
children. There is yet to be a father or there<br />
is yet to be a mother born who doesn't love<br />
his child. What Mr Gandhi probably has<br />
thought in developing a beautiful school is<br />
that feeling of love, the parental love that<br />
every person has. I him, you, everybody<br />
— we all have that parental love and any<br />
idea if it is to be developed has to be based<br />
not on hatred, but on love. Unless an idea,<br />
a concept is based on love, it can never<br />
develop. Because, the moment the idea is,<br />
say, based on competition, based on hatred,<br />
'I want your head, you want mine', 'I want<br />
this state of yours, you want mine' — if this<br />
is the idea, then that idea can never become<br />
a global idea. Parental love, love of the<br />
mother, whether she is a Serbian mother,<br />
whether she is an Afghan mother, whether<br />
she is a Bangladeshi mother, she remains<br />
a mother.<br />
And therefore, the focal point of the<br />
brotherhood had to, and very rightly had to,<br />
begin with children. Therefore, he created<br />
a beautiful school.<br />
Now if the idea had to be international, there<br />
had to be some other factor which is<br />
common in all the countries. Apart from<br />
other aspects, which is the most common<br />
aspect governing all countries? That<br />
common aspect was law. And, that is how<br />
probably Mr Gandhi turned to law. The<br />
development of law, the adherence of law<br />
— no country says that we are a jungle<br />
country. Every country will say, we are<br />
governed as per our own laws. Law is a<br />
common aspect for all the countries of the<br />
world. There are 192 countries including<br />
veto countries and non-veto countries are<br />
also included.<br />
Once you catch one common aspect, then<br />
only you can continue. So here are now two<br />
common points. One point was the children<br />
— everybody would care for the child, his<br />
or her own child. The second common point<br />
was law. And then how to bring that law<br />
together was the idea of calling of the<br />
conference of the chief justices. This was<br />
probably what was in his mind and while<br />
Mr Gandhi was speaking, I was thinking as<br />
to why should this man who is living in<br />
Lucknow, running a school, is a teacher,<br />
should call for an<br />
International<br />
Conference of<br />
Chief Justices<br />
and the judges of<br />
the World. This<br />
was probably the<br />
idea: the<br />
children linked<br />
with law, the law<br />
linked with<br />
judges, the<br />
judges linked<br />
with society, the<br />
society linked to<br />
the whole world.<br />
This is how he has<br />
created this chain. And truly who could<br />
have thought of all this? I had laughed at<br />
Justice Desai when Justice Desai called<br />
me. I said, 'What is going to happen? People<br />
will come, eat, drink and be merry'. Justice<br />
Desai told me: 'No brother, it will not be just<br />
eat, drink and be merry.' No. There will be<br />
deliberations. Each judge who represents a<br />
country, be it African country, European<br />
country or Asian country is concerned<br />
about his child and therefore, he will be<br />
concerned for the world, because today's<br />
children are going to be tomorrow's world.<br />
When I became the Chief Justice of<br />
Uttaranchal and I had an invitation to attend<br />
this Conference. I have an invitation now<br />
and I want to see how these persons from<br />
different cultures, different civilizations,<br />
different political thoughts, different<br />
backgrounds, different economic and<br />
financial positions — how do they come<br />
together and yet do not fight, yet live for<br />
good long 5-6 days, deliberate with each<br />
other and bring out something.<br />
See, unless you churn the butter milk, the<br />
butter does not come. There has to be a<br />
churning process started. What happened<br />
when the atomic power was invented. They<br />
went on, they went on and on. It was a<br />
churning of thoughts and ultimately they<br />
found a tremendous atomic power. This is<br />
the power that we are in search of, through<br />
the children. We want an atomic power, our<br />
atom is the child. And we want that power.<br />
Mahatma Gandhi was also once a child,<br />
Nelson Mandela was also once a child,<br />
Lincoln was also once a child. Yet these<br />
children when they developed they effected,<br />
they impressed and they were relevant to<br />
the whole world.<br />
We will, therefore, have to take this idea<br />
further. And then came the idea of<br />
empowering the International Court of<br />
Justice. You all are lawyers. You know<br />
something was spoken about enforceability.<br />
You all know, day in and day out that section<br />
9 decree under Hindu Marriage Act can<br />
never be executed'. Section 9, the restoration<br />
of conjugal rights decree can never be<br />
executed. I am yet to see a lawyer who has<br />
not filed a suit under Section 9. All lawyers<br />
do go after that. You forget about the legal<br />
nuances and legal complications,<br />
enforceability is not everything and all. The<br />
whole idea of bringing these judges together<br />
is to start a thought in the world, which<br />
thought will translate via the International<br />
Court of Justice. The International Court of<br />
Justice will act as the vehicle, as the conduit<br />
and the International Court of Justice would<br />
be impressed by these thoughts and ideas<br />
which are noble ideas.<br />
Mr Gandhi spoke about the vetoing<br />
countries, non-vetoing countries. Well, as<br />
George Orwell said: All animals are equal,<br />
some are more equal than others. Similarly,<br />
all the 192 countries are equal, but the veto<br />
countries are probably more equal. We have<br />
to bring that equality together. We have to<br />
distribute that equality in a most equitable<br />
manner. But how are we going to do it. The<br />
only way you can do it is through the law.<br />
And again, let me tell you, merely because<br />
there is no enforceability to the judgments,<br />
that doesn't become less relevant.<br />
We are in a country and we are in an era<br />
when, brothers and sisters, don't forget<br />
today every sixth person living in the world<br />
is an Indian. If we<br />
start thinking,<br />
then one-sixth of<br />
the world thinks<br />
in this way. Let's<br />
not be afraid of<br />
our numbers. Our<br />
number is our<br />
strength. Let's<br />
use our numbers<br />
as the strength,<br />
as this is how we<br />
will be able to use<br />
our tremendous<br />
numbers as our<br />
strength.<br />
Much has been<br />
spoken about pending litigation and this<br />
and that. I am a very positive man. I look at<br />
only the good side, the bright side and I see<br />
the number of Indians in the world as the<br />
strength of India. Again, the idea to catch<br />
the children — very recently we have won<br />
the 20-20 World Cup, a matter of great<br />
pride. But what was the idea? The idea was<br />
'catch them young'. Catch the young<br />
persons, catch your Sreesanth who is 17<br />
years, catch that Pathan who is 20 years<br />
and so on and so forth. So, when we catch<br />
them young, we will be able to make a strong<br />
team. Whether it is hockey, whether it is<br />
cricket, humanity also, catch them young.<br />
If 32,000 children understand what the<br />
humanity is, understand what the human<br />
rights are, understand the importance of<br />
peace and see their thoughts reverberate<br />
in not one, not two, not three, but 100-200<br />
chief justices and judges of the world. See,<br />
we have created them as lifetime<br />
ambassador for peace. The idea is also,<br />
'What am I going to do alone'. It's such a<br />
tremendous task. If I am not able to do, what<br />
this one man Jagdish Gandhi, or one man<br />
Gupta or one man Justice Qureshi or one<br />
man can do? What are they going to do in<br />
this world?<br />
Rabindranath Tagore has written a beautiful<br />
poem. I don't know how many of you are<br />
Bengalis. I'll translate the poem. He said: Ke<br />
loibe amaar kaaj, bollo sandha roobi<br />
(Who will take my job, asked the setting<br />
sun), Suniya saara jagat niruttar (When<br />
this question was thrown to the world, the<br />
Mr Justice I. Venkatanarayanan, Mr Justice A.S.<br />
Qureshi & Mr Jagdish Gandhi attending the<br />
Seminar on Empowering the Interntional Court of<br />
Justice at New Delhi<br />
whole world remained silent). Who can<br />
answer, who will do the job of the sun.<br />
Mateer tore deep chhilo (There was an<br />
earthen lamp). The lamp said: “Whatever I<br />
can do, I will be able to do”. See, that earthen<br />
lamp answered the mighty sun, that well, 'I<br />
may not be the sun, I may not be able to<br />
light the whole world, but whatever I can<br />
do, I will do. My dear brothers and sisters,<br />
all of you have to be the lamps, that earthen<br />
lamp. Don't think that you alone cannot<br />
light the whole world. Think what you can<br />
do. By coming here, you have proved that<br />
you are those potential lamps. And if those<br />
lamps, if those students who have come from<br />
Afghanistan, who have come from Dhaka,<br />
who have come from Mauritius and Fiji and<br />
other far off countries, if they go back with<br />
a lighted heart, then we have been able —<br />
these wise persons sitting here, or those<br />
wise persons who are going to come for<br />
that conference — have lighted so many<br />
lamps, who are prepared to think for the<br />
world. This takes me to the issues. Much<br />
has been said about the issues. When<br />
would the question of enforceability come?<br />
When the issues are such, in which there is<br />
a conflict amongst two nations.<br />
Then you know the present International<br />
Court of Justice has, for example: it's not<br />
Justice Sirpurkar Vs so and so, or Justice<br />
Venkatanarayanan Vs Justice Qureshi. It<br />
has to be India Vs so and so – some country.<br />
Now if the issues are such which create a<br />
conflict or have the potential to create a<br />
conflict, then of course, the question of<br />
enforceability will come because then there<br />
will be I Vs You, He Vs She. It will not be I<br />
and You. It will not be You and Him. I was<br />
thinking that somebody will touch the issue<br />
of the environment. Each of us, each country<br />
is suffering from loss of ecology. Supreme<br />
Court came out with the doctrine of trust in<br />
that hotel matter. The Kyoto Protocol has<br />
also been signed for the purchase of carbon<br />
credits. Some countries are left to grow the<br />
jungles, while others say that we will<br />
industrialize ourselves and leave carbon in<br />
this world, causing global warming. We are<br />
told everyday that because of global<br />
warming, the Arctic area is melting and soon<br />
a day will come when the sea level at Chennai<br />
or at Bombay will go up by about two<br />
metres. I have seen the devastating results<br />
that happen when the sea level goes up.<br />
This was when I was the Chief Justice of<br />
Calcutta High Court and Andaman Islands<br />
came within the jurisdiction of Calcutta High<br />
Court. So in order to give morale to my<br />
officers who were serving in, say, Campbell<br />
Bay or Carr Nicobar, I went up to Campbell<br />
Bay. I am telling you the story of Campbell<br />
Bay.<br />
What has happened is, because of this<br />
tsunami, one plate in the Indonesian-<br />
Sumatra has come up. With the result, the<br />
water level in Campbell Bay, Carr Nicobar<br />
and Port Blair has also gone up. We had a<br />
court in Campbell Bay. My junior division<br />
clerk who has to go in the day of high tide,<br />
has to wade through this deep water.<br />
Brothers, till we are sitting in Delhi, in this<br />
beautiful air-conditioned hall, we are not<br />
going to realize what the people have gone<br />
through. It's all right to see the TV, it's further<br />
all right to see next day the papers along<br />
with a very tasty cup of tea and then think<br />
about as to what had happened. You have<br />
(Continued on page 8)<br />
Foreign students with the Chief Guest<br />
Hon'ble Mr Justice Sirpurkar, Judge,<br />
Supreme Court attending the Seminar on<br />
Empowering the Interntional Court of<br />
Justice at New Delhi<br />
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that. — Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.