Lagatar24 Desk
New Delhi, March 5: Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju claimed on Saturday that efforts were being made to convince the outside world that the Indian judicial system and democracy were in trouble. Rijiju declared the wisdom of judges to be above public examination when opening a gathering of the Center’s attorneys in the Eastern states.
“Indian judiciary cannot be questioned, especially the wisdom of judges cannot be put into public scrutiny,” he said.
“At 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 added.
Rijiju asserted that no effort with ulterior objectives can succeed in disparaging India and its democratic system.
Although the US may claim to be the oldest democracy, India is actually the “mother of democracy,” according to him.
Rijiju made his remarks after Congressman Rahul Gandhi said that the Indian democracy was under threat and that various politicians, including himself, were being watched during a lecture at Cambridge University.
Gandhi outlined five main areas of the claimed assault on Indian democracy, including the seizure and control of the media and judiciary, monitoring and intimidation, coercion by federal law enforcement agencies, assaults on minorities, Dalits, and tribals, and the repression of opposition.
Rijiju said it was regrettable that judges were being mistreated on social media and that this was taking place because certain individuals were ignorant of how the Indian judicial system operates. The minister said that the government’s position that judicial orders cannot be used to choose judges is a result of the Constitution.
Everyone cannot share the same observation, he said, thus there may occasionally be a difference between the executive’s and the judiciary’s opinions.
According to Rijiju, 65 unnecessary legislation are up for repeal during the upcoming session of Parliament. 1,486 unnecessary laws have already been repealed.
He claimed that in order to keep India safe and secure, the government must enact strict regulations.
