Government doing everything possible to strengthen judicial system: Kiren Rijiju

“We are doing everything possible to strengthen the Indian judicial system and also to have a very close, cordial relationship with the Indian judiciary,” Law Minister Rijiju said.

Law Minister Kiren Rijiju on November 26 said the government is doing everything possible to strengthen the judicial system and have a "very close, cordial relationship" with the judiciary.

The remarks came close on the heels of the Minister attacking the collegium system of appointment of judges and describing it as something alien to the Constitution.

Addressing the Constitution Day event at the Supreme Court in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Justice of India (CJI) D. Y. Chandrachud, Mr. Rijiju said, "We work as a team from the government's side under the visionary leadership of the Prime Minister."

“We are doing everything possible to strengthen the Indian judicial system and also to have a very close, cordial relationship with the Indian judiciary,” he said.

Mr. Rijiju said he is fortunate to have shared a very cordial relationship with the previous two CJIs N. V. Ramana and U. U. Lalit and incumbent Mr. Chandrachud as well as the judges of the Supreme Court and high courts.

"...we have shared very cordial relationship and identified those issues which we have to deal with collectively," he said.