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[Collegium system] Judges spending more time on judges appointments than deciding cases: Law Minister Kiren Rijiju

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The Law Minister was speaking at an event held in Ahmedabad called Sabarmati Samvad, organised by weekly magazine Panchajanya, which is published by the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS).

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People do not see the politics that is happening inside the judiciary while appointing judges. The process is very opaque: Law Minister

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On judicial activism, he said that when the judiciary passed an order outside of its scope such as directing the executive to do something, the judge has no idea of the practical difficulties and financial constraints the executive has to face while adhering to the order.

On oral observations by judges

Whenever, I have conversations with judiciary or when I speak to judges, I always tell them in a cordial manner that whatever they wish to say, they must express it through their orders rather than making oral observations: Law Minister

The Law Minister suggested an in-house mechanism to be put in place by the judiciary to regulate the oral observations made by judges during hearings.

On judiciary bashing on social media, he said,

"The CJI wrote to me asking me to take action against those making such comments. I have deliberately not replied to the letter, because I have to take action once I reply, and I have to think of the consequences of such action."

In the last eight years, under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the government has not done anything to cause harm to judiciary: Law Minister Kiren Rijiju

"If we want to correct anything, the sentiments of the country must be attached to that correction. When we had introduced NJAC, that was challenged in Supreme Court and struck down. We could have taken action in furtherance of that but we did not," he said.