The Supreme Court of India is the country’s apex court and the final place for an appeal. Its judgments are binding on all other courts, and it serves as the final interpreter of the Constitution.
The Supreme Court came into existence on 26 January 1950, the day the Constitution came into force. The first Chief Justice of the Supreme court was Justice H.J. Kania. Consisting of the Chief Justice of India and 30 other judges, it has extensive powers in the form of original, appellate and advisory jurisdictions. As the final court of appeal, the Supreme Court takes up appeals primarily against verdicts of the high courts of various states of the Union and other courts and tribunals. It safeguards fundamental rights of citizens and settles disputes between various governments in the country.
The Supreme Court has encroached upon the domains of the Executive and the Legislature. Such uncalled for activism on the part of the incumbent CJI is deplorable and must be condemned.
Mr. Nishikant Dubey is absolutely right in his assertions. If the Supreme Court thinks it can force the President of India to sign on a bill within a time limit, it is living in a fool’s paradise. The President is senior and superior to the CJI in the Constitutional scheme of things and therefore the CJI cannot pass any binding orders on the President.
If the CJI and his brother/sister judges think their job is to frame laws then what exactly is the function of the Parliament or Legislative Assemblies?
Let there be civil wat in the country.
If they think they can win, let them try. They tried to make Kashmir Valley a part of Pakistan for the last 75 years. Did they succeed? Were they able to gain even an inch of our land?
If they think they can win a civil war, let them start it. We Hindus will finish the war and settle the problem once and for all.
The CJI Sanjiv Khanna need not shoulder the burden of “saving the nation from a possible civil war”.