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Section 6A judgment: An inclusive interpretation of fraternity by the Supreme Court
You can choose your friends, but not your neighbours, the late Atal Bihari Vajpayee had said when he was the Prime Minister of India. Twenty years later, the Supreme Court of India ruled against an interpretation of fraternity where ‘one could choose one’s neighbours’.
Ibad Mushtaq is an advocate practising in the Supreme Court and Delhi High Court. He is also a consulting editor at Indian Journal of Law and Public Policy.