Attempts being made to tell world Indian judiciary, democracy in crisis: Rijiju

Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju said attempts were being made to tell the world that the Indian judiciary and the democracy were in crisisInaugurating a conference of the Centres counsels in the Eastern states Rijiju on Saturday said the wisdom of judges was beyond public scrutinyIndian judiciary cannot be questioned especially the wisdom of judges cannot be put into public scrutiny he saidAt times calibrated attempts are being made from both inside and outside the country to tell the world that the Indian judiciary is in crisis A message is being sent to the world that Indian democracy is in crisis It is a deliberate attempt by some groups to malign the image of the country he addedNo campaign with ulterior motives can succeed in defaming India and its democratic setup Rijiju saidThe US may stake claim to be the oldest democracy but India truly is the mother of democracy he saidAlso Read Making IB RAW reports public a matter of grave concern Kiren Rijiju on SC Collegium resolutionsRijijus comments came after Congress leader Rahul Gandhi at a lecture at Cambridge University alleged that Indian democracy is under attack and several politicians including himself are under surveillanceGandhi listed five key aspects of the alleged attack on Indian democracy capture and control of media and judiciary surveillance and intimidation coercion by federal law enforcement agencies attacks on minorities Dalits and tribals and shutting down of dissentNoting that it was unfortunate that judges were being abused on social media Rijiju said this was happening as some people were not aware of how the Indian judiciary functionsIt is not a good sign when the judiciary is subjected to some kind of criticism The judiciary must be far away from public criticism he said adding that the problem lies with the same group which wants to force the judiciary to play the role of the opposition partyThe Indian judiciary will never accept it I am sure the judiciary will resist the forceful attempt to make it play the role of opposition This cannot happen he saidThe minister maintained it is because of the Constitution that the government is of the view that the appointment of judges cannot be done by judicial ordersThe opinion of the executive and the judiciary may differ at times as everybody cannot have the same observation he saidRijiju said 65 redundant laws have been proposed to be repealed in the next session of Parliament So far 1486 redundant laws have been removedHe said the government wants to make India safe and secure and so it has to make stringent lawsOn the demand for a permanent bench of the high court in western Odisha he said the Centre was ready to give its approval if the state government submits a complete proposalThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever