Justice Gavai examined the deep connection between fundamental freedoms and sustainable development goals.
“A person may formally possess political liberty, but the substantive value of that liberty is diminished when that person is deprived of food, education, healthcare, livelihood, or the basic conditions necessary for living a life with human dignity. Rights therefore cannot exist merely as abstractions,” the former judge said.
He was delivering the ninth Chief Justice MC Chagla Memorial Lecture.