Why debate on law and morality has become never ending process? Ananya Chandra Thu, Mar 09, 2023, at ,09:53 AM INTRODUCTIONAs the society moved from status to contract, social contract theory is one of the most ancient and popular theoriesregarding the origin of state. Theory states that it is a humaninstitution which is a result of a human contract or agreement between people who felt a need for some civil society or authority to manage their unorganized life. However morals have been considered as basis of law since ages. Law or no law, passions have a seat in the human mind. Several jurists likeAustin and Kelsen have expressed diverse opinions on the coexistence of law and morals. LAW AND MORALITY: AN INTERWOVEN WEB Law is an obligatory rule having a legal sanctity which isregulated by our external actions only. It is precise, definite, clear, exact and universal in nature but it is not necessary that what is legally wrong has to be morally wrong. Law relates to what is whereas morality is the force and root behind it, socio welfare legislations being the prominent examples. Morality do not have a legal sanctity, it depends upon the conscience of anindividual. One of the most important debates between law andmorality is the Hart Fuller debate on how both are dependentand related to each other. HLA Hart being a positivist stated that‘law is the law “ and there is no need for moral consideration in law but on the contrary Lon Fuller stated eight principles oflegality based on natural law philosophy and the legal system isnot only derived from the norms of justice but also contains moral aspects. Law and morals are interwoven in three basic aspects wherein morality is the basis of law, the test of law andalso the end of law. A similar debate is seen in the WolfendenCommittee Report of 1957 about homosexuality where it wasexpressed that law doesn’t peep into the private morality of individual. The co existence of law mixed with morality is evident even in the Dharmshastras. CONCLUSIONIn nutshell, society is dynamic and so should be law; a man is the child of his times and morality is embedded in every human some way or the other. Law is for the society and humans that constitute it, are not machines but living beings with a living conscience. Hence, as long as the society will needlaw, morality will follow and prevail.