“The Court must apply fiat justitia ruat caelum”

“What does it mean?”

“It literally means let justice be done though the heavens fall. Basically, the Courts must do justice regardless of the consequence even if it shakes the system or causes hardship.”

“So the idea is that justice comes first, and consequences later?”

“Precisely. Hypothetically, if declaring a law unconstitutional destabilizes the government temporarily, the Courts still must strike it down. In drafting, we use this maxim to stress the duty of the judiciary to fearlessly deliver justice.”

The legal maxim “Fiat justitia ruat caelum” literally meaning let justice be done though the heavens fall is used in the Courts to mean that courts must do justice according to law even if it causes hardship, inconvenience, or upheaval.

This is a maxim used to remind the Courts of their judicial duty to uphol the rule of law unwaveringly and to remind them that the pursuit of justice must not be compromised by fear or consequences.

This maxim, in constitution law, is used to emphasize the judiciary’s role in protecting the fundamental rights even against the State.

In Criminal law, this maxim is used in proceedings to remind the Courts that they must punish the guilty person regardless of their status or influence.

This maxim can be very well used in a writ petition as ‘It is the duty of the Court, fiat justitia ruat caelum, to protect the fundamental rights of the petitioners without yielding to expediency.’

This maxim is best used in constitutional writs, public interest litigations, criminal prosecutions of influential persons, and judicial independence cases, where the argumetns is that justice must prevail no matter what.