“This concept of one nation took firm roots in the minds and hearts of the people during the struggle for independence under the leadership of Mahatma Gandhi. He has rightly been called the Father of the Nation because it was he who awakened in the people of this country a sense of national consciousness and instilled in them a high sense of patriotism without which it is not possible to build a country into nationhood.”
Pradeep Jain vs Union [1984] 3 SCR 942
“The emergence of Mahatma Gandhi on the political scene gave to the freedom movement a new dimension: it ceased to be merely anti-British; it became a movement for the acquisition of rights of liberty for the Indian Community.
Minerva Mills vs UoI [1981] 1 SCR 206
Mahatma Gandhi and other leaders of modern times advocated to maintain national unity and integrity. It was with the weapons of secularism and non- violence that Mahatma Gandhi fought the battle for independence against the mightly colonial rulers.
S.R. Bommai and others v. Union of India