By: Tarun Ashok

INTRODUCTION

The ethos of Indian democracy has been perennially centered around ideas of justice- political, economic, and social, as enshrined in the Constitution. Article 38 of the Directive Principles of State Policy outlines these values ​​as aspirational ideals for the diverse institutions of national life. It encapsulates and promotes aspects such as social justice, distributive justice, and the strengthening of the welfare state. However, in recent times, the state and its myriad institutions have failed to be sufficiently informed by these ideals.

I. A BACKGROUND TO THE ARTICLE 38

A cursory understanding of the meaning and import

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• He has repeatedly said he couldn’t have raped E. Jean Carroll because she isn’t his “type.”

• When confronted with the photo during the deposition, Trump said, “That’s Marla, yeah.”

Donald Trump appeared to think a photo of E. Jean Carroll — the columnist who has accused the former president of rape and is suing him for defamation — was a picture of his ex-wife Marla Maples.

Trump mixed up the two women when shown a photograph from 1987 during a deposition last year,

About NLUJA, Assam

National Law University and Judicial Academy, Assam was established in 2009. Hon’ble, Chief Justice of Gauhati High Court is the Chancellor of the University. The university is dedicated to imparting comprehensive legal education and training at all levels to achieve excellence in legal education and to promote cultural, legal and ethical values ​​to foster the rule of law and the objectives enshrined in the Constitution of India.

The university campus has state-of-the-art infrastructure equipped with all modern sophisticated facilities along with a world-class library, equipped with a collection of more than twelve thousand titles in the fields