the symbolism of the scales first appeared in ancient Egypt with Maat, the goddess of truth and justice. “He (Chandrachud) ...

There needs to be a careful inclusive approach to how we want law and justice to be represented in a visual art form ...

It is a symbol imprinted in our collective psyche - the statue of a blindfolded woman holding a set of scales in one hand and ...

The new statue does not have a blindfold, is clad in a sari, and carries the Constitution of India in her hand instead of a sword. The one thing that has not changed is the scales of justice held ...

India's Supreme Court recently unveiled a new statue of Lad’ Justice, an iconic symbol of the judiciary, marking a ...

lawyers and citizens share their views The old statue of a blindfolded Lady Justice holding a set of scales in one hand and a sword in the other for centuries is now a thing of the past.

The statue of Lady Justice in the judges' library of the Supreme Court of India has undergone a transformation. The statue, which has long been a symbol of justice, now holds a copy of the Indian ...

Yet it is not the past but the present and future that the new statue represents. It rejects the colonial-era symbolism of a blindfolded Justice in Western clothes with weighing scales in one hand and ...

Lekhi's remarks came days after the Supreme Court got a new 'Lady Justice' -- a six-foot-tall sculpture in the judges' library holding scales in one hand and the Constitution in the other sans the ...