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Kiren Rijiju: few retired judges 'part of the anti-India gang' trying to turn judiciary against govt

He again criticised the collegium system to appoint judges, saying it is a result of the "misadventure" of the Congress party.

Law Minister Kiren Rijiju on Saturday claimed that a few retired judges and some activists who are "part of the anti-India gang" are trying to make the Indian judiciary play the role of the opposition party.
He again criticised the collegium system to appoint judges, saying it is a result of the "misadventure" of the Congress party.
The minister was speaking at the India Today Conclave, where Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud later defended the Collegium system, saying "not every system is perfect but this is the best system we have developed" and the "object was to protect the independence of the judiciary, which is a cardinal value".
Rijiju also hit out at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for his remarks in London on democracy in India, saying the person who speaks the most says he is not allowed to speak.
"Anti-India forces in India and outside India, they use the same language - democracy is in danger, human rights are non-existent in India. What this anti-India gang says, the same language is used by Rahul Gandhi," the minister alleged.

Law minister Kiren Rijiju says making 'secret' IB and RAW reports public a 'matter of grave concern'

He said intelligence agency officials work in a secret manner for the nation, and they would "think twice" in future if their reports are made public.

Law Minister Kiren Rijiju on Tuesday said it was a "matter of grave concern" that certain portions of sensitive reports of the Intelligence Bureau and Research and Analysis Wing were put in public domain by the Supreme Court Collegium.
He said intelligence agency officials work in a secret manner for the nation, and they would "think twice" in future if their reports are made public.
He was responding to questions on some recent Supreme Court Collegium resolutions, which contained potions of IB and RAW reports on certain names recommended by the top court for appointment as high court judges, being made public last week.
The Collegium had reiterated the names to the government earlier this month while rejecting intelligence inputs.
"Putting the sensitive or secret reports of RAW and IB in public domain is a matter of grave concern on which I will react at an appropriate time," Rijiju told reporters at a Law Ministry event in New Delhi.&nbsp;

Congress slams Centre after Rijiju's remark on Supreme Court collegium 

Rijiju has sought this representation, saying it will help infuse transparency and public accountability in the selection of judges.

The Congress on Monday accused the government of "intimidating" the judiciary in a bid to "capture" it, after Law Minister Kiren Rijiju wrote to Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud suggesting the inclusion of the Union and state government representatives in the Supreme Court and high court collegiums.
Rijiju has sought this representation, saying it will help infuse transparency and public accountability in the selection of judges.
"The VP's assaults. The Law Minister's attacks. All this is orchestrated confrontation with the judiciary to intimidate and thereafter capture it totally,"AICC general secretary Jairam Ramesh said on Twitter.
"The Collegium needs reform. But what this Government wants is complete subservience - Its remedy is a poison pill for the judiciary," he also said.
Justifying the letter to CJI, Law Minister Rijiju said in a tweet, "the contents in the letter to hon'ble CJI are exactly in conformity with the observations and directions of the Supreme Court Constitution Bench." "Convenient politics is not advisable, especially in the name of the Judiciary. The Constitution of India is supreme and nobody is above it," Rijiju also said He said the government's demand for the inclusion of its representatives and that of states in collegiums of the Supreme Court and high courts was the "precise follow-up action" suggested by the apex court while striking down the National Judicial Appointment Commission Act.
Rijiju made the remarks while responding to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who dubbed as "extremely dangerous" the government's move to ask the Supreme Court to include its nominees in the collegium.
"I hope you honour Court's direction! This is a precise follow-up action of the direction of the Supreme Court Constitution Bench while striking down the National Judicial Appointment Commission Act. The SC Constitution Bench had directed to restructure the MoP (Memorandum of Procedure) of the collegium system," Rijiju said on Twitter.
"This is extremely dangerous. There should be absolutely no government interference in judicial appointments," Kejriwal said on Twitter.
In November, Rijiju had said that the collegium system of making judicial appointments was "alien" to the Constitution. Vice President and Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar and Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla have also claimed that the judiciary was encroaching on the powers of the legislature. PTI SKC PYK PYK
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"The pendency I am told will reach 5 crore soon. I want there to be a single window system so that everything can be dealt with one click," Rijiju said

Law Minister Kiren Rijiju expresses concern over pending cases in courts

"The pendency I am told will reach 5 crore soon. I want there to be a single window system so that everything can be dealt with one click,"&nbsp;Rijiju said

Law Minister Kiren Rijiju on Tuesday said the number of pending cases across various courts could touch the five crore mark in a couple of months.
Expressing concern over the issue of pendency, he said while such cases are likely to come down in the Supreme Court and high courts, the "real challenge" is in the lower courts.
Addressing an event at the Delhi High Court in the presence of Chief Justice of India D Y Chandrachud, the minister said the number of pending cases is inching towards the five crore mark and flagged the issue of inadequate infrastructure in lower courts.
Till a few months back, the pending cases were estimated at 4.83 crores.
"I try to analyse about the bottleneck when we take the numbers. It is inching towards the five crore pendency. It is a matter of great concern," he said.
Rijiju said he has to reply on the pendency issue in Parliament and elsewhere.
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"It is really difficult for me to answer ... it is about to reach five crore. At the present rate, maybe it will take another couple of months to reach the five crore figure, which does not sound nice," he said.
The majority of the cases are pending with the subordinate judiciary.
"I feel the pendency in the SC and the HCs will come down, but the real challenge is in the lower courts. The infrastructure in the lower courts is a real challenge for me and that is the responsibility of the central government and the state governments together," he said.
Rijiju said he clearly sees that in the very near future, the Indian judiciary will go paperless.
A digital judiciary will have a huge impact on the justice delivery mechanism, he underlined.
He said the judicial process is time-consuming. However, once all documents are available at the click of a button, things will become faster.&nbsp;

it is govt's job to appoint judges: Law Minister Rijiju on collegium system

It is govt's job to appoint judges: Law Minister Rijiju on collegium system

The minister's remarks came after he had said at a conference in Jaipur last month that there is a need to rethink the collegium system of appointments to the higher judiciary.

Union Law and Justice Minister Kiren Rijiju said the people of the country are not happy with the collegium system and according to the spirit of the Constitution, it is the government's job to appoint judges.
Speaking at 'Sabarmati Samvad' organised here on Monday by 'Panchjanya', a weekly magazine published by the RSS, he said he has observed that half of the time judges are "preoccupied" with deciding the appointments, due to which their primary job of delivering justice "suffers".
The minister's remarks came after he had said at a conference in Jaipur last month that there is a need to rethink the collegium system of appointments to the higher judiciary.
"Till 1993, every judge in India was appointed by the law ministry in consultation with the Chief Justice of India. We had very eminent judges at that time," Rijiju said in response to a question on the process of appointment of judges.
"The Constitution is clear about it. It says that the President of India will appoint judges, that means the law ministry will appoint judges in consultation with the Chief Justice of India," he said.
"The Supreme Court in 1993 defined consultation as concurrence. In no other field has consultation been defined as concurrence but in judicial appointments," he said, adding that the collegium system was expanded by the judiciary in 1998.
The Supreme Court collegium is headed by the Chief Justice of India and comprises four seniormost judges of the court.
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While the government can raise objections or seek clarifications regarding the collegium's recommendations, it is bound by procedure to clear the names if the five-member body reiterates them.
"I am aware that the people of the country are not happy with the collegium system of appointment of judges. If we go by the spirit of the Constitution, appointing judges is the job of the government," said.
"Second thing, nowhere in the world except India is there a practice that judges appoint their brothers as judges.
"Third, as the law minister, I have observed that half of the time and minds of judges are preoccupied with deciding who will be the next judge. Their primary work is to give justice, which suffers due to this practice," he said.
"Further, the process of consultation for the selection of judges is so intense that, I am sorry to say such a thing, groupism develops in it. People can see politics among leaders but they do not know the politics going on inside the judiciary," he added.
Rijiju said the law ministry's job is to see that the person whose name has been recommended for appointment by the collegium is fit to be a Supreme Court or high court judge.
"A judge will be above criticism if he is not involved in the selection of another judge. But if he is involved in the administrative work, then he or she is not above criticism," he said.
In 2014, the NDA government had tried to change the system of appointing judges.
The National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC) Act brought in 2014 would have accorded a major role to the executive in appointing judges to the higher judiciary. However, it was struck down by the Supreme Court in 2015.
Responding to a question on judicial activism, Rijiju said, "Several judges pass observations which never become part of the judgement. During my consultations with them, I have requested them to refrain from it, especially when live streaming of court proceedings is taking place. They are being judged by the people." "As a judge, you might not know the practical difficulties or even financial implications of the order you pass," he said.
"We have three pillars &mdash; the executive, legislature and judiciary. The executive and the legislature are bound and regulated by the judiciary. But if the judiciary goes astray, there is no mechanism to control it," he said.

Ex-Supreme Court judge Justice B N Srikrishna, while lamenting the current situation in the country, said if he were to stand at a public square and criticize the Prime Minister, somebody might raid, arrest or throw him in jail without reason.

Justice Srikrishna's comments on 'risks' involved in criticising PM draws Union Law Minister's ire 

Former Supreme Court judge Justice B N Srikrishna, while lamenting the current situation in the country, said that things are 'very bad' and if he were to stand at a public square and criticize the Prime Minister, somebody might raid, arrest or throw him in jail without citing any reason.

Justice Srikrishna retired as a judge of the Supreme Court in 2006. Since his retirement, he has headed several committees both for the Congress-led UPA government and the BJP government.&nbsp;

Former Supreme Court judge Justice B N Srikrishna, while lamenting the current situation in the country, said that things are 'very bad' and if he were to stand at a public square and criticize the Prime Minister, somebody might raid, arrest or throw him in jail without citing any reason.
Srikrishna's comments, made in an interview with The Hindu newspaper, seem to have irked Union Minister for Law and Justice Kiren Rijiju.
Retorting to Srikrishna's comments, Rijiju said in a tweet, "Those people who speak all the time without any restrictions to abuse the popularly elected Prime &nbsp;Minister are crying about freedom of expression! They will never talk about Emergency imposed by Congress party and never dare to criticise &nbsp;some Regional Party CMs."
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In The Hindu interview, Srikrishna was asked if a Telangana IAS officer was wrong in tweeting from her personal account in support of Gujarat riot gangrape victim Bilkis Bano to which he replied criticism which is civil and made in a decent manner is acceptable.
But he was also concerned about the rule of law and how the government responds to critics, he added.
Justice Srikrishna retired as a judge of the Supreme Court in 2006. Since his retirement, he has headed several committees both for the Congress-led UPA government and the BJP government.&nbsp;

The joint conference of chief ministers and chief justices is being held after a gap of six years in the presence of Chief Justice of India N V Ramana. The inaugural session of the joint conference was addressed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.  CJI Ramana and Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju also addressed event. The joint conference is an occasion for the Executive and the Judiciary to come together to create frameworks for simple and convenient delivery of justice and to discuss steps required to overcome the challenges facing the justice system, the Prime Minister's Office said in a statement on Friday. CJI Ramana said deliberate inaction by governments despite judicial pronouncements is not good for the health of democracy. Voicing concern over misuse of PILs, the CJI said it has now turned into "Personal Interest Litigation" and is used to settle personal scores. The last such conference was held on April 24, 2016. 

PM Modi, Chief Justice Ramana attend first joint conference of CMs and chief justices in 6 years

Conference of chief ministers and chief justices held after 6-year hiatus; PM, CJI, Law Minister address

The joint conference of chief ministers and chief justices is being held after a gap of six years in the presence of Chief Justice of India N V Ramana. The inaugural session of the joint conference was addressed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. &nbsp; CJI Ramana and Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju&nbsp;also addressed event.&nbsp;
(("We need to encourage local languages in courts. This will not only increase the confidence of common citizens in the justice system but they will feel more connected to it,"))
The prime minister also appealed to chief ministers to repeal outdated laws to make delivery of justice easier.
((&nbsp;MODI&nbsp;BYTE:&nbsp;"In 2015, we identified about 1,800 laws which had become irrelevant. Out of these, 1,450 such laws of the Centre were abolished. But, only 75 such laws have been abolished by the states,"))
VO: The conference is an occasion for the Executive and the Judiciary to come together to create frameworks for simple and convenient delivery of justice and to discuss steps required to overcome the challenges facing the justice system, the Prime Minister's Office said in a statement on Friday.
VO: Voicing concern over misuse of PILs, the CJI said it has now turned into "Personal Interest Litigation."&nbsp;
((ANI&nbsp;BYTE CJI&nbsp;RAMANA : "These days, PIL has become a tool for those who want to settle political scores or corporate rivalry. Realising the potential for misuse, courts are now highly cautious in entertaining the same,))
The last such conference was held on April 24, 2016.&nbsp;

The Executive and the Judiciary to come together to create frameworks for delivery of justice and to discuss the challenges facing the justice system

The joint conference of chief ministers and chief justices is being held after a gap of six years in the presence of Chief Justice of India N V Ramana. The inaugural session of the joint conference was addressed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. &nbsp; CJI Ramana and Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju&nbsp;also addressed event.&nbsp; The joint conference is an occasion for the Executive and the Judiciary to come together to create frameworks for simple and convenient delivery of justice and to discuss steps required to overcome the challenges facing the justice system, the Prime Minister's Office said in a statement on Friday.&nbsp; CJI Ramana said deliberate inaction by governments despite judicial pronouncements is not good for the health of democracy.&nbsp; Voicing concern over misuse of PILs, the CJI said it has now turned into "Personal Interest Litigation" and is used to settle personal scores.&nbsp; The last such conference was held on April 24, 2016.&nbsp;

In the first cabinet reshuffle and expansion since Prime Minister Modi took over for a second term in May 2019, 15 Cabinet ministers took oath on Wednesday. Among the 15 were 7 ministers of state who were elevated to the cabinet rank.&nbsp;
The 7 ministers are Kiren&nbsp;Rijiju&nbsp;who is Minister of State for Sports, Anuraj&nbsp;Thakur, the Minister of State for Finance,&nbsp;Hardeep Singh Puri&nbsp;who helms the Civil Aviation ministry and G Kishan&nbsp;Reddy, the junior minister for Home Affairs.&nbsp;
The remaining ministers of state who were elevated are Mansukh&nbsp;Mandaviya,&nbsp;Raj Kumar Singh&nbsp;and&nbsp;Parshottam Rupala&nbsp;who handle&nbsp;shipping, skill development and agriculture ministries respectively.&nbsp;

Cabinet expansion: Kiren Rijiju, Anurag Thakur, Hardeep Puri elevated to cabinet rank

This is the first reshuffle or expansion&nbsp;in the Council of Ministers by Prime Minister Modi since he assumed charge for a second term in May 2019

In the first <a href="https://www.editorji.com/story/cabinet-reshuffle-2021-scindia-puri-sonowal-among-bigwigs-take-oath-1625670255130" target="_blank">cabinet reshuffle</a> and expansion since Prime Minister Modi took over for a second term in May 2019, 15 Cabinet ministers took oath on Wednesday. Among the 15 were 7 ministers of state who were elevated to the cabinet rank.&nbsp;
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The 7 ministers are Kiren&nbsp;Rijiju&nbsp;who is Minister of State for Sports, Anuraj&nbsp;Thakur, the Minister of State for Finance,&nbsp;Hardeep Singh Puri&nbsp;who helms the Civil Aviation ministry and G Kishan&nbsp;Reddy, the junior minister for Home Affairs.&nbsp;
The remaining ministers of state who were elevated are Mansukh&nbsp;Mandaviya,&nbsp;Raj Kumar Singh&nbsp;and&nbsp;Parshottam Rupala&nbsp;who handle&nbsp;shipping, skill development and agriculture ministries respectively.&nbsp;
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Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju on Saturday said that he has tested positive for Covid-19 but is feeling "fit and fine". The 49-year-wrote on his Twitter request all those who have come in his contact recently to be observant, exercise self-quarantine and get tested.Rijiju was in Uttarakhand on Friday to inaugurate a Water Sports and Adventure Institute in Tehri.
State chief minister Tirath Singh Rawat, who recovered recently from the dreaded infection, was with him at the inauguration ceremony.
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Sports minister Kiren Rijiju tests positive for Covid-19

Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju on Saturday said that he has tested positive for Covid-19 but is feeling "fit and fine". The 49-year-wrote on his Twitter request all those who have come in his contact recently to be observant, exercise self-quarantine and get tested. Rijiju was in Uttarakhand on Friday to inaugurate a Water Sports and Adventure Institute in Tehri.
State chief minister Tirath Singh Rawat, who recovered recently from the dreaded infection, was with him at the inauguration ceremony.
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Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju on Saturday said that he has tested positive for Covid-19 but is feeling "fit and fine". The 49-year-old wrote on his Twitter, requesting all those who have come in his contact with him recently to be observant, exercise self-quarantine and get tested. Rijiju was in Uttarakhand on Friday to inaugurate a Water Sports and Adventure Institute in Tehri.
State chief minister Tirath Singh Rawat, who recovered recently from the dreaded infection, was with him at the inauguration ceremony.
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President Ram Nath Kovind inaugurated the newly reconstructed Motera cricket ground in Ahmedabad and renamed it after Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Motera cricket ground renamed as Narendra Modi Stadium 

The world's largest cricket stadium is being promoted as the Sports Capital of the world and many former sports persons were present at the inauguration

President Ram Nath&nbsp;Kovind&nbsp;inaugurated the newly reconstructed <a href="https://www.editorji.com/story/ahmedabad-s-motera-stadium-10-things-you-should-know-1614078140350" target="_blank" >Motera cricket ground</a> in Ahmedabad&nbsp;and renamed it after Prime Minister <a href="https://www.editorji.com/topic/narendra-modi-1527239294024" target="_blank" >Narendra&nbsp;Modi</a>. Along with the President, Home Minister Amit&nbsp;Shah, Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports&nbsp;Kiren&nbsp;Rijiju&nbsp;&amp; Gujarat CM Vijay&nbsp;Rupani&nbsp;were also present at Motera&nbsp;stadium which was reconstructed at a cost of ₹800&nbsp;crore.
The world's largest cricket stadium is being promoted as the Sports Capital of the world and many former sports persons were present at the inauguration.
The 1,32,000 capacity facility will only get to host 50% fans due to the Covid-19 restrictions as India hosts England in the 3rd Test which will be a day-night affair.&nbsp;

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