Dr. Justice A.S. Anand, Chairperson of the Commission has called upon students and teachers to raise a movement for establishing ethics and morality in the society. Addressing students and teachers at the foundation day function of Lucknow University on 25 November 2004, he said that rule of law can only work in a democracy having a strong ethical foundation and no society can progress without securing moral ends.
He said that the universal thing about human rights today is that they are being violated universally. On the frequency of strikes in India, Justice Anand said that he was not disputing the right to protest, nor is passing judgement but at the same time he felt that doctors, lawyers, teachers and others should be aware that public should not suffer on account of their protest. Duties without rights, in his opinion, will lead to slavery and rights without duties to arrogance, thus there should be a balance between rights and duties in the social life.
He also pointed out to the sorry state of education and progress in the country even after 57 years of Independence. Education, he stated, was the best investment and yet the government has only raised the total budgetary allocation by 1.25% from 3%. This was as opposed to the promise to increase it to 6 per cent.