Recently, the vice president remarked that the Indian judiciary should not behave like a “Super-parliament.” While the controversy was still ripe, another BJP minister came forward and seconded the vice president. Nishikant Dubey said that the Judiciary is responsible for all the civil wars in the country at present.
He posted a message on X which read, “kaanon yadi supreme court hi banayega to Sansad bhawan band kar dena chahiye.” This comes in the backdrop of the Supreme Court judgement where the court said there must be a time limit within which the president decides on bills reserved for her by the governor.
The politician further said that the SC must know its limits and not try to dictate to the parliament. If the legislature is dictated by the judiciary, it will lead to anarchy. Referring to the case, he further emphasised that there will be more discussion on the topic when the parliament meets.
The BJP MP also mentioned the Supreme Court’s ruling with regards to decriminalising homosexuality under Article 377, saying that even Trump’s administration believes that there are only two sexes, every religion claims that homosexuality is a crime. But the SC ruled that it should be decriminalised, Dubey said.
The speech by Nishikant Dubey saw criticism from the opposition Congress Party, which claimed that the BJP was trying to weaken the Supreme Court. Jairam Ramesh, the Congress spokesperson, said that the BJP is taking efforts to weaken the court as it ruled as per the constitutional morality in certain cases like electoral bonds, which did not synchronise with the BJP’s policies.
Manickam Tagore, Congress leader, talking to ANI, also criticised Dubey’s statement as a move to defame the court. He said, “Nishikant Dubey is a person who continuously demolishes all other institutions. Now, he has attacked the Supreme Court. I hope that the Supreme Court judges will take this into notice as he is not speaking in the parliament but outside it.”
This began a to-and-fro tussle between the parties, with once again blaming the other and dragging the Supreme Court into the matter.
