New Delhi, Dec 15: The government is trying to micromanage the judiciary, Opposition leaders alleged on Thursday, a day after Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju said if the Supreme Court takes up all bail applications and “frivolous PILs”, then it will cause a lot of extra burden.
Taking to Twitter, senior lawyer and Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal said, “Rijiju alleged(ly) said: Supreme Court must not take up bail pleas … Does he even know the meaning of liberty?” Lok Sabha MP Manish Tewari asked the minister if he has read the treatise — bail, not jail is the rule.
“Obviously Law Minister Kiren Rijiju had other pressing preoccupations in Law School other than Law. He perhaps has never read Justice Krishna Aiyer’s seminal treatise — bail not jail is the rule. How else can a law Minister say SC should not hear bail pleas,” the Congress leader said on Twitter.
Hitting out at the government, former law minister Salman Khurshid said, “Forget NJAC, Government wants to micromanage judiciary: cut vacations, no priority to bail, et al. What next?” (PTI)
