Described: Origin of Lady Justice, from Greek to Nyay Ki Devi Today!
The new, six feet high sculpture in the judges’ library is of a saree-attired lady (Goddess) without the blindfold she’s holding scales in her right hand and the sword in the left hand is replaced by the supreme law: The Constitution of India.
The Apex Court has revealed a new statue of “Lady Justice”, reinventing an indigenous version of Nyay Ki Devi — classically a blindfolded lady holding a set of scales in one hand and a sword in the other — that is identical with legal practice all over the globe.
The new, six-foot-tall statue in the judges’ library is of a saree-dressed woman with no blindfold, holding scales and, instead of the sword, a copy of the Constitution of India.
Chief Justice of India Shri D Y Chandrachud, who commissioned the statue, stated. The blindfold in the typical interpretation has been commonly understood to signify the neutrality of justice, however the new statue with unhindered sight is meant to signify that “Law is not blind; it sees everyone equally,”
The newly built statue, which has been created by Vinod Goswami, an artist who works at the College of Art in Delhi, supporting the efforts in legal restructurings such as the new criminal codes, BNS and BNSS and mentioned the new approach to come over the colonial era.
Altering Sense
The colonial period “Lady Justice” seeks her root from the old Greek Folklore
The goddess named Themis, given birth by Gaea and Uranus is one of the 12 titans according to writings of the Hesiod who lived circa 700 BCE, a renowned Greek scholar, is known as the goddess of impartiality, knowledge, and right guidance — and is often portrayed as a woman holding scales in one hand and a sword in the other hand.
Roman emperor called Augustus (27 BCE-14 CE) announced the worship of Justice in the form of a goddess known as Justitia (or Iustitia). Justitia, like Themis, did not wear a blindfold.
Nyay Ki Devi of India
Sideways with the common law legal arrangement that remains
to aid as the foundation for the way Indian judiciary works, the Victorian era
led legal system also presented its own version of Lady Justice. This statue
still exists in numerous courts in India.
The latest statue of Nyay ki Devi at the Supreme Court is very identical to a different piece of art presented in the building. A mural near to the judges’ entry displays Bapu and Lady Justice on either side of a chakra; Lady Justice in this portrayal wears a saree, and holds scale and a book in her hand.
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