2018: The Year Judiciary Struck the Soul of Bharatvarsh
In 2018, two judgments by the Supreme Court of India shook the very foundation of what has kept Bharatvarsh alive for thousands of years, the sanctity of marriage, the purity of relationship dharma, and the sacred glue that binds families.
In the same year:
Adultery was decriminalized in Joseph Shine v. Union of India
Same-sex relations were legalized in Navtej Singh Johar v. Union of India
Two verdicts. One year. A systematic blow to the spiritual, moral, and cultural spine of the world's oldest living civilization.
🧨 1. Decriminalizing Adultery: Freedom or Fracture?
In the Joseph Shine case, the Supreme Court struck down Section 497 of IPC, declaring adultery not a crime but a matter of "individual choice." They said it violated gender equality and personal liberty.
But let us ask:
➡️ What liberty justifies betrayal within the most sacred bond of life, marriage?
➡️ What freedom permits the destruction of trust, especially when the consequence echoes through generations?
"You may remove adultery from law books, but its sin will still be recorded in the books of karma."
~ Adarsh Singh
Adultery is not merely an affair between two people. It is a moral earthquake, shaking the family, the children, and the community. And when a society tolerates betrayal under the garb of “personal liberty,” it gives birth to spiritual anarchy.
🏳️🌈 2. Section 377 Verdict: Dignity or Decay?
In Navtej Singh Johar v. The Union of India, the Supreme Court partially struck down Section 377, legalizing consensual same-sex acts between adults.
They invoked privacy, dignity, and equality. But they ignored something deeper, the subtle dharma that governs life and nature.
Sanatan Dharma is inclusive, yes, but never at the cost of natural order (ṛta) and family stability (sthiti). It teaches that desires must be channeled within dharma, not against it.
“Not every desire is divine; some are distractions. And distractions legalized become destruction.” ~ Adarsh Singh
This judgment opens the door to not just sexual confusion, but the questioning of the very foundations of gender, roles, and sacred responsibilities in society.
⚖️ The Judges: Liberators or Legal Arsonists?
The Supreme Court Justices who delivered these verdicts have positioned themselves as guardians of personal rights, but in truth, they have acted as arsonists of collective dharma.
They did not interpret the Constitution in light of Bharatiya civilization. Instead, they borrowed Western ideas of liberty and modernity, and imposed them on a civilization that is built on restraint, tapasya, and balance.
These were not verdicts of progress. They were judgments of cultural betrayal.
“When judges become philosophers, justice becomes ideology.” ~ Adarsh Singh
🌳 Sanatan Dharma: The Civilization They Forgot
Sanatan Dharma doesn’t need to be defended in courts; it has already defended humanity for over 10,000 years.
It guided us through:
Mahapralayas (great floods),
Foreign invasions,
Partition,
Modern consumerism…
But now it faces an internal collapse, not from swords or bullets, but from courtrooms in Delhi, where judges in black robes overwrite the wisdom of rishis in saffron.
The soul of India is not defined in Constitution articles alone. It is defined in ashrams, gṛhastha dharma, yajñas, tapasya, and tyāga.
🕯️ What Must Be Done?
1. Reignite the fire of dharma in public life.
2. Call out judicial overreach where it destroys tradition.
3. Educate the youth in the sacredness of marriage, the purpose of desire, and the balance between rights and responsibilities.
4. Demand a return to Bharatiya jurisprudence, one aligned with Sanatan values.
If 2018 taught us anything, it's this: even the mightiest civilizations can be undone by internal compromise. The judiciary’s choice to glorify personal liberty at the cost of family integrity is not progress, it is spiritual suicide.
Let this be our wake-up call.
“When dharma is sidelined in the name of freedom, what remains is not society, but a scattered crowd, each man dancing to the drum of his own destruction.” ~ Adarsh Singh
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