Today’s “Phrase of the Day” is first among equals and its meaning is “a person or position that is formally equivalent to others in a group, but is superior to others in some aspects. “Primus inter pares” is a Latin phrase meaning “first among equals”; the senior member of a group”.
Example Sentence: The Chief Justice of India (CJI) is known as the ‘Master of the Roster.’ This is why he is regarded as ‘first amongst equals’ in relation to companion judges. But in any given Bench including the CJI, the vote or power given to the CJI is the same as that given to his companion judges. History is replete with examples of the CJI authoring a minority opinion of the Court. The most recent such order was the one passed by the Supreme Court in the EWS quota dispute where the then CJI, Justice U.U. Lalit, along with Justice S. Ravindra Bhat authored the minority opinion of the Court.
This phrase is present in From Master of the Roster to Master of all Judges? and click here to read it.
Courtesy: The Hindu
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