Kiren Rijiju, the Union Minister of Statute and Justice, expressed his great anger on November 4 over the Supreme Court’s earlier this year decided to suspend the sedition law. He called the collegium system opaque while criticizing it in a speech. He also stated that the Center is attempting to address the problem of a high case pendency.
In May, a three-judge panel of the Supreme Court suspended the sedition statute, placing all ongoing trials, appeals, and actions involving accusations under section 124A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) on hold until the Center has finished reviewing the clause.
Rijiju asserted that the order was nonetheless made despite the central government has previously declared intention to reform the sedition statute.
The National Judicial Appointments Commission Act of 2014 was declared unconstitutional and void by the top court in 2015, and the collegium method for choosing judges was upheld.
The Chief Justice of India, the two seniormost Supreme Court justices, the Law Minister, and two eminent persons would have made up the planned NJAC’s six members.
The statute was invalidated by the five-judge Constitution Bench of the supreme court without a better option, according to Rijiju.
Rijiju suggested that, as the NJAC intended, names should be provided by the government and the judiciary.
He added that although the administration did not respond right away to the highest court’s order in 2015, it would not remain silent forever. On the other hand, he made it clear that the central government is opposed to engaging in a confrontation with the judiciary.
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