Published on : 11 Dec 2025, 5:14 am 5 min read

The making of the Indian Constitution was not only a laborious and democratic process, but also one punctuated with stories and conversations that explain why our framers designed institutions the way they did. Many of these appear in a note prepared by Sir Benegal Narsing Rau, the Adviser to the Constituent Assembly, where he recorded his interactions with judges, jurists, and statesmen across the world during the drafting process. Rau’s meeting with Justice Felix Frankfurter is usually remembered for Frankfurter’s caution against adopting the American “due process” standard under Article 21. But in that same discussion, Frankfurter offered another piece of advice to Rau, remarking that the Constitution must ensure that the Supreme

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