Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. BJP MP Ravi Shankar Prasad on Thursday said that the Indian judiciary is an extraordinary institution and has got every right to decide any issue in the way it want. India News | BJP's Ravi Shankar Prasad Backs Letter by 600 Lawyers to CJI Against 'group Trying to Influence Verdicts'.
".It is indeed saddening that some people, including those who are close to the Congress establishment, have always taken a very grim view at times about judiciary, depending upon what kind of judgments have come. These are the people who at one time talked of committed judiciary. These are people who at one time hailed the supersession of judges by the Congress government in the 1970s.Indian judiciary is an extraordinary institution. We are very proud of it," the BJP MP said.
The strongly-worded reaction came after PM Modi targeted the Congress over the letter, accusing the party "bullying" the judiciary. Responding to PM Modi's 'vintage Congress culture remark, Mallikarjun Kharge reminded PM about the press conference by 4 senior-most Supreme Court judges warning against "destruction of Democracy". "That happened under your regime," he said., India News - Times Now
Prominent senior lawyers have written to Chief Justice of India D.Y. Chandrachud alleging a vested group is trying to influence the judicial process and defame courts on the basis of stale political agendas. The lawyers demanded the apex court should take steps to protect courts from these attacks.
A group of lawyers, including senior advocate Harish Salve and Bar Council of India chairperson Manan Kumar Mishra, has written to the Chief Justice of India, alleging that a "vested interest group" is trying to put pressure on the judiciary and defame courts "on the basis of frivolous logic and