JAMMU: Chief Justice of India T S Thakur was today critical of the Government for the delay in enforcement of laws and appointment of high court judges saying time has come to audit its performance by some process.
He said at a time when people are languishing in jails and others are crying for justice, the Government can’t be “sitting over the proposal (on judges’ appointment) for more than two months”.
Inaugurating a two-day legal seminar here, Justice Thakur said, “… It is actually the protection of the rights of the people for whom the laws were made that you act. It is not for any personal glorification that the court act, it is for the enforcement of these laws. I don’t know but I think time has come when you do audit of the performance of the Government, when we need to do audit of the Government by some processes,” he said.
On the appointment of judges, he said, the 50 per cent of selected candidates (for judges) which have been cleared (through various stages) are languishing with the Government for the past two months. (AGENCIES)
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