mumbai today we increasingly see a world of intolerance where art is suppressed defaced and coopted attacks on art are attacks on freedom itself said justice d y chandrachud of the supreme court on saturday through the act of depiction art can bring to life the idea of a world without oppression in adopting the constitution the founding generation of our nation penned down our freedom to express ourselves to ensure that this freedom does not remain a dead letter of the law we must live and fight for this freedom every day art grants a voice and narrative to oppressed communities resisting majoritarian hegemony art invites us to explore the darkest crevices of our mind instigating selfreflection on how we as individuals can make our society a better kinder place this to be cherished and prot he saidwe have laid the groundwork for a much broader application of principles said justice chandrachud he was responding to a question about what the supreme court could do more on the way forward to further the marriage and parental rights of the lgbtq community in indiawith its verdict on section 377 of indian penal code being one of the most crucial decisions in event times along which also embodies principles of its other singularly most significant rulings on freedom the right to privacy supreme court judge justice chandrachud on friday thus answered one question that the community has been keen to know ever sincethe doctrine we have laid down will apply to cases that may come up in future he said explaining that what the court had decided on was the issue to decriminalise same sex consensual relationshipread full speech of justice d y chandrachudwith his judicial articulation and elan akin to a philosopher the apex court judge spoke on a topic few would associate with anything legal imagining freedom through arthe fluidly wove the essence of art into democratic and civil rights art can itself be oppressive and enabling however he remarkedto a question later from another legal giant zia mody on what he does and others can do to cut through noise of media trials he said the sc is handling so many sensitive cases we cant change the fact that media social media is upon us we have to develop a degree of detachment he said thoughtfully judgment that gives most satisfaction is one that involves resolving small issues of citizens and when you see the smile of happiness on their face he said highlighting one case of a short service naval woman officer the questions poured in for him i wouldnt like to talk about ayodhya because it is before us he said but in the abstract whether a case of a particular description must come to court every citizen has a right to come to court concerning constitutional violation it is a part of indian process of access to justice in widest possible way he added to an one is very scared of going to court