VISAKHAPATNAM: In a secular country like India, religion should be kept apart from politics, Supreme Court Judge Lavu Nageswara Rao said on Saturday.
In his keynote address on ‘Politics, religion and the Constitution,’ at School of Law, GITAM University, he elaborated on the historical perspective of religion and politics, flipping through the pages of history.
From fundamental rights in the Indian Constitution to the third president of the US Thomas Jefferson, and the wall of separation between the church and the State had be stressed upon by Mr. Justice Nageswara Rao.
“Religion has been playing a key role in politics since ages. Political governance and religious practices are two different aspects, which should not be mixed together,” he said, before interacting with students and clarifying doubts raised by them on Uniform Civil Code, among others.
While director of National Judicial Academy Goda Raghuram told the students to be focused on intellectual growth, president of GITAM M.V.V.S. Murthi urged the participants to scale greater heights in their academic life by choosing the right path.
Chancellor of GITAM University K. Ramakrishna Rao, Vice-Chancellor M.S. Prasada Rao, and director of GITAM School of Law Y. Satyanarayana spoke.
