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NEW DELHI: The Union federal government bristled at the recommendation that following a rebuke and hazard of unpalatable action from the Supreme Court, it quickly notified the appointment of 5 judges of the apex court, with law minister Kiran Rijiju publicly asserting that no one can offer an alerting to anybody .

Speaking at events of 150 years of the Allahabad High Court Bar Association at Prayagraj, in the presence of judges of the Supreme Court and high court, Rijiju said: Somebody explained that SC has actually offered a caution.

People of this nation are lord of this country, we are simply servants.

Everybody here is a sewak (servant), if there is any master it is the janta (residents).

And if there is any guide, it is the Constitution.

The country will run as per the assistance of the Constitution and based on the dreams of individuals.

No one can offer a warning to anyone.

We are all servants of this nation.

It is a benefit and we are fortunate to have actually been offered an opportunity to serve the nation.

Rijiju also said that there is no judiciary-versus-government tussle in the country .

The ministers remarks came amid suggstions that the federal government had to accelerate the appointment of five judges to the SC because of a caution from an SC bench of Justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Abhay S Oka that failure to instantly notify the suggestions of the collegium might lead to both administrative and judicial actions which might not be tasty .

The bench had likewise stated it would stop offering judicial work to judges who are on the transfer list sent to the government.Even as the law minister tweeted the elevation of five judges to the SC, sources said the government had completed the process of notification and the attorney general had actually communicated as much to the bench headed by Justice Kaul.

Such type of unwarranted aggression is not helpful for smooth performance, a senior source stated amidst clear indications that the risk of action by the bench might have further strained the already tense ties between the federal government and the top court.

Strong words were utilized when they were not needed, stated the source.The freshly designated SC judges-- Chief Justices Pankaj Mithal (Rajasthan HC), Sanjay Karol (Patna HC) and PV Sanjay Kumar (Manipur HC), and Justices Ahsanuddin Amanullah (Patna HC) and Manoj Misra (Allahabad HC)-- are most likely to take the oath of office on Monday.Rijiju had recently gone on record stating the collegium system of visit of judges to the SC and HCs are alien to the Constitution.

He had actually even composed to the CJI requesting him to make up a screening-cum-selection committee, both at the level of the SC and of the HCs, which might help the collegium in the choice of appropriate candidates for judgeships in the higher judiciary.Rijiju had actually later clarified that these suggestions were based on the instructions of the five-judge Constitution Bench that had in an order in December 2015 suggested the development of a mechanism outside the collegium to make sure openness in appointments by setting up a secretariat and a system that can also deal with complaints against judges.The December 2015 judgment of the Constitution Bench had actually followed it had earlier struck down the National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC) Act as unconstitutional.The law minister also said that optimum usage of the native tongue during arguments need to be motivated in the interest of litigants, adding that his ministry has prepared a legal glossary and a book on legal terminology in order to make this job easier .

He said that the judiciary, bar and the federal government should work together as a group so as to supply easy and low-cost justice to individuals, which is our aim and goal .

Regarding other techniques to lower case pendency, the law minister stated, The federal government is making all possible efforts to strengthen the alternative disagreement resolution approach ...

a mediation expense is going to be passed soon.

Arbitration is a quasi-judicial process, mediation will be a judicial process, he said.One of the visitors of honour, Justice Vikram Nath, also a Supreme Court judge, fondly remembered the days spent in this bar association.

In lighter vein, he described the Union law minister as articulate and outspoken , saying his frequent statements show how outspoken he is.





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