The Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju stated on Saturday that the Central government and the judiciary shared an “excellent” relationship, and that any reports of crises resulting from disagreements between the two were sending the wrong message to the world.
He went on to say that the executive and the judiciary were currently working in perfect harmony.
“Our relationship with the judiciary is excellent. Sometimes I feel sad when some reports appear in the media that there are differences between the Supreme Court and the government, or between the legislature and the judiciary. We must understand that we are living in a democratic country. A vibrant democracy that India is proud of. There are bound to be differences in terms of approaching something. Especially on the administrative side, we may have certain differences. That doesn’t mean there is a confrontation. It sends a wrong message to the world,” he remarked.
The Law minister further stated that he wanted to make it clear that all state organs were operating smoothly.
“We are absolutely perfect in the way that we are working in the present time. There are bound to be differences. We are not being ruled by a dictatorial king. These differences cannot be termed as a crisis in Indian democracy. So we have to be extremely careful. We can criticise each other but when it comes to national interest, we must be one,” he added.
Rijiju made the remarked while speaking at the foundation stone laying ceremony for additional court buildings in the district court campus at Madurai.
Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu MK Stalin, Justice V Ramasubramanian and Justice MM Sundresh of the Supreme Court, Acting Chief Justice of the Madras High Court T Raja, Justice R Mahadevan, Justice VM Velumani, Justice D Krishna Kumar, Justice SS Sundar, and Justice S Vaidyanathan, and Tamil Nadu Advocate General R Shunmugasundaram were also in attendance.
