A powerful minister breaks a traffic law
A powerful minister breaks a traffic law. Rohit says nothing will happen because important people are above the law — that is just how it is. Is that what the Constitution says should happen?
Who do you think is right? Pick one.
The answer: No, the law applies equally
Why
Honour that they may have SEEN powerful people escape — the instinct comes from real life. The distinction: what sometimes HAPPENS versus what the Constitution SAYS. It states every person — minister, judge, farmer, child — stands equal before the law; no title places anyone above it. When a powerful person escapes, that's the rule being BROKEN, not absent. Knowing the law says 'equal' is what lets citizens demand it. A rule ignored isn't a rule absent. The promise is equality; holding power to it is the citizen's job.
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