RSS chief proposes legal system based on ethos of society
RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat today pitched for reforms in law as he stressed the need to develop a legal system based on the "ethos of the society".Addressing the concluding ceremony of the silver jubilee celebrations of the Akhil Bharatiya Adhivakta (Advocates) Parishad here, Bhagwat said though the new Constitution was drafted after Independence, some old laws were taken from foreign sources. "Our constitution was written based on the understanding of the 'Bharatiya' ethos of our founding fathers,but many of the laws that we are still using are based on the foreign sources and that laws were made as per their thinking...Seven decades have passed since our independence...This is something we must address," he said. Bhagwat demanded that entire system be based on the ethos of the society."Our legal system should also be based on such ethos.A discussion and debate should be held on this. After a comprehensive national debate we will have to ar...