The survival of our democracy and the unity and integrity of the nation depend upon the realisation that constitutional morality is no less essential than constitutional legality. Dharma lives in the hearts of public men; when it dies there, no Constitution, no law, no amendment, can save it.

— Nanabhoy Palkhivala Privy Purse case Madhav Rao Jivaji Rao Scindia vs Union of India (1971)

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