Alka Verma –
Published On: November 27, 2021 at 17:10 IST
On Friday, while delivering a speech at an event celebrating Constitution Day 2021, Chief Justice of India N. V. Ramana stated that intervention of Courts happens to nudge the Government or to take care of unresolved grievances.
Adding to this, CJI also stated that the Judiciary has no motive to usurp the role of the Government by intervening.
“The Laxman Rekha drawn by the Constitution is sacrosanct. But there are times when Courts are compelled to pay attention to unresolved grievances in the interest of justice. The intention behind such limited Judicial interventions is to nudge the executive, and not to usurp its role,” Stated Justice Ramana.
The Chief Justice also stated that the attempts to term judicial interventions and constructive observations as targeting is totally misplaced.
“Such misplaced attempts would ultimately prove detrimental to the health of the Democracy,” stated CJI.
The CJI made all these statements while keeping all the incidents in mind which happened throughout the year wherein, the Judiciary intervened in between.
CJI talked about all such incidents including vaccination programme for COVID-19, distribution of oxygen during 2nd wave of Covid, and appointing a retired High Court Judge to monitor the Lakhimpur Kheri murders of farmers and civilians in which the prime Accused was the son of a Union Minister.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who was also present there, stated that it is the collective responsibility of the Executive, Judiciary and Legislature to resolve the problems.
“Government and Judiciary were born from the womb of the Constitution. They are twins. It is because of the Constitution that both came into existence. So, if you look closely, despite being separate, they complement each other,” stated PM Modi.
The CJI also talked about the increasing cases of attacks on Judges, both physically and on the Social Media.
“These attacks appear to be sponsored and synchronised. The law enforcing agencies, particularly the Central agencies, need to deal with such malicious attacks effectively. The Governments are expected to create a secure environment so that the Judges and Judicial Officers can function fearlessly,” stated the CJI.
At the end, CJI stated that the Preamble of the Constitution states that it will provide Social, Economic, and Political Justice to all the citizens so it’s the duty of the State to work accordingly as a whole.