NEW DELHI: In presence of the Chief Justice of India, Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said on Monday the judiciary has to decide “how far” it can go in taking over power on issues of governance as he stressed the need for all organs to appreciate the proverbial ‘Lakshman rekha’.
Prasad made these remarks at the Constitution Day function organised by the Supreme Court. CJI Ranjan Gogoi and other judges of the top court were present.
“Governance being a highly complicated exercise, may be there is a need to reflect within as to how far the judiciary needs to go. That is for the judiciary to decide,” he said.
Prasad said there are lots of “competing interests”, “lot of complicated claims, lot of other vested interests” that need to be understood when running a Government.
“Yes, I understand the temptation with greatest respect. But mere temptation should not lead to taking over of the power that leads to a larger narrative of some reflection,” he said.
He was responding to remarks made by Attorney General K K Venugopal and Supreme Court Bar Association’s Vikas Singh earlier on the issue of separation of powers between the legislature, the judiciary and the executive. (AGENCIES)
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