Uddhav Thackeray-led Sena slams Kiren Rijiju's comments on collegium system

The Uddhav Thackerayled faction of the Shiv Sena on Thursday said Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju has crossed the Laxman Resha by commenting on the collegium system of appointment of judges and he should resignAn editorial in the party mouthpiece Saamana alleged that the Narendra Modi government wants to control all important institutions including the judiciaryIt wants people of its ideology in the judiciary and is trying to destroy democracy Parliament and opposition leaders For this the government wants its people in the high courts Supreme Court and also among prosecutors it saidRijiju recently called as opaque the present Supreme Court collegium system through which judges are appointedThe basic fault with the present collegium system is that the judges are recommending those colleagues whom they know Obviously they would not recommend a judge they do not know Rijiju had saidThe Sena mouthpiece said it was clear that the law minister had crossed the line which meant he had started meddling in the judicial processAlso Read Mumbai traffic updates Police issues restrictions ahead of Mahaparinirvan DiwasDr Babasaheb Ambedkar was once the law minister of the country The one who is occupying that post now has crossed the Laxman Resha The law minister has no right to occupy the post Like a python the Centre has swallowed up all the institutions and now it wants to swallow up the judiciary too the newspaper claimedThis is a matter which warrants the law ministers resignation Saamana addedThe editorial further said that Rijiju apparently thinks that the prime minister should appoint the judgesBut Rijijus suggestion is more dangerous The collegium process is at least the law of the land and it has to be followed it notedRijiju cites instances of other countries where judges are appointed by the government but can such judges act sternly against the government in the present ModiShah regime it askedA judge of the Allahabad High Court showed courage by passing a verdict against then prime minister Indira Gandhi the editorial said referring to the historic judgement of 1975 which held Gandhi guilty of electoral malpractices and disqualified her from holding a public office for six yearsCan governmentappointed judges show such courage it askedThe Supreme Court is currently hearing a petition about the appointments on the Election Commission and it has become clear that the government made appointments to the poll body as per its whims and fancies it further notedThis 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