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SC is wrong in putting intel report public: Rijiju

SC is wrong in putting intel report public: Rijiju

With the ongoing conflict over judicial appointments, Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju today strongly objected to the Supreme Court making public the government's objections to candidates recommended for judges.

Last week, the Supreme Court collegium headed by the Chief Justice of India, DY Chandrachud, published on the Supreme Court website the government's objections to the elevation of three candidates for judge and its own counter.

Amid a tussle with the government, it was an unprecedented move by the Supreme Court to make public the inputs of intelligence agencies - the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) and the Intelligence Bureau (IB) - on the government's objections.

Law Minister Kiren Rijiju said today that he would "react at an appropriate time" but made his views clear in front of the camera while addressing the media. .

"Putting out secret and sensitive reports of RAW or IB in public domain is a matter of grave concern, to which I will react at an appropriate time. Today is not the appropriate time," the Law Minister told reporters. 

"If the concerned officer who is working for the nation in disguise or secret mode in a very secretive location, he will think twice if tomorrow his report is put out in the public domain, and it will have implications. That is why I will not make any comment," Law Minister stated. 

When asked whether he would take it up with the Chief Justice, the minister said: "The Chief Justice and I meet so often. We are always in touch. He is the head of the judiciary, I am the bridge between the government and the judiciary. We have to work together - we can't work in isolation. It is a contentious issue...let's leave it for another day."

 

SC is wrong in putting intel report public: Rijiju

SC is wrong in putting intel report public: Rijiju

With the ongoing conflict over judicial appointments, Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju today strongly objected to the Supreme Court making public the government's objections to candidates recommended for judges.

Last week, the Supreme Court collegium headed by the Chief Justice of India, DY Chandrachud, published on the Supreme Court website the government's objections to the elevation of three candidates for judge and its own counter.

Amid a tussle with the government, it was an unprecedented move by the Supreme Court to make public the inputs of intelligence agencies - the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) and the Intelligence Bureau (IB) - on the government's objections.

Law Minister Kiren Rijiju said today that he would "react at an appropriate time" but made his views clear in front of the camera while addressing the media. .

"Putting out secret and sensitive reports of RAW or IB in public domain is a matter of grave concern, to which I will react at an appropriate time. Today is not the appropriate time," the Law Minister told reporters. 

"If the concerned officer who is working for the nation in disguise or secret mode in a very secretive location, he will think twice if tomorrow his report is put out in the public domain, and it will have implications. That is why I will not make any comment," Law Minister stated. 

When asked whether he would take it up with the Chief Justice, the minister said: "The Chief Justice and I meet so often. We are always in touch. He is the head of the judiciary, I am the bridge between the government and the judiciary. We have to work together - we can't work in isolation. It is a contentious issue...let's leave it for another day."

 

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