Praising the Modi Govt of Centre for all the work it has done for the improvement of courts and facilities for judges, the Law Minister Mr. Kiren Rijiju expressed resentment over the fact that the Prime Minister still gets accused of hijacking the judiciary.
While answering to a question posed by the show-host of "Aap ki Adalat" during his interview there, Mr. Rijiju said that its sad that people have such mindset.
"What PM Modi has done in 8.5 years to increase facilities for judges, make court halls, lawyers chambers etc.. first the fund is approved for that. ₹9,000 crores was approved for judiciary and no other government has done all this. After we have done so much for judiciary, we are said that we are hijacking judiciary. Truth is there is a problem with their thinking," he said.
The Law Minister also took a hit at the opposition Congress-party and mentioned the 'National Emergency' period during which, he alleged that Ex-Prime Minister Indira Gandhi made attempts to hijack the judiciary.
"Committed judiciary argument came during the regime of PM Indira Gandhi. That was a time when the seniority of a senior judge was ignored and a junior was made a senior. Emergency was declared and judiciary was controlled and they blame us now," Mr, Rijiju said.
When he went on to mention that Supreme Court was wrong in putting out in public, IB and RAW information, the host, Mr. Rajat raised the issue of transparency.
"The measure of transparency is always different. There are things in national interest which should not be disclosed in public domain and there are things which should be said in public domain. This rule is clear," the Law Minister replied.
When specific question was raised regarding appointement of Senior Advocate Saurabh Kirpal and issues around his sexual orientation, he answered as below:
"Process of judges appointment is confidential one & there are things which we cannot discuss in public. But whatever Central government decides it is well thought of. Thus, such things should not be in public domain...neither from us and nor from judiciary. These things Supreme Court collegium has brought in public domain. I don't want to react to this. I will address this in an appropriate forum and we work in accordance with PM Modi's vision,"
However, he deviated from his previous stance on judge's vacation during the interview and conceded that Indian Judges can't be compared to Foreign Judges and they do need some time off of their highly busy schedule.
"Abroad judges hear one case per day. In India, judges hear 50 to 60 cases minimum per day. So they also need time to rejuvenate and if they don't rest then they can collapse also. I am not on length of vacations but they also need rest," the Law Minister opined.
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