Creative justice: When Supreme Court quoted literary works in its verdicts

Judges often quote famous personalities or literary works in their verdicts to add authority, clarity and persuasive power to their reasoning. The intent is to simplify legalese and make judgments more relatable for both legal professionals and the general public.

The Supreme Court, of late, has mentioned some prolific literary wisdom in its orders, with Justice Dipankar Datta quoting a legal luminary, being the most recent.

Here are five instances where the top court quoted such literary works.

“The final cause of law is the welfare of society”

On October 28, Justice Dipankar Datta while on the bench with Justice Augustine George Masih quoted these lines of Benjamin N. Cardozo, a former associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, in October 28 verdict.

Justice Datt