Kiren Rijiju

Sources said in the letter, Rijiju has pointed out the finalisation of the Memorandum of Procedure (MoP) regarding appointment of judges is still "pending", and suggested inclusion of a government representative in the "search-cum-evaluation committee (SEC)", which would provide inputs on suitable candidates to the appointment panel or the collegium.

The Law Minister, in a letter, said having government representatives will infuse transparency and public accountability. The letter has come against the backdrop of the ongoing row between the Centre and judiciary over the appointment of judges.

P. Chidambaram, in his tweet, said that even though we are "obliged" to accept the law, "it is necessary to point out that the majority has not upheld the wisdom of the decision; nor has the majority concluded that the stated objectives were achieved. In fact, the majority has steered clear of the question whether the objectives were achieved at all".

Speaking at the 16th National Conference of Akhil Bharatiya Adhivakta Parishad on the topic: "New challenges and opportunities in front of the Indian judicial system", Rijiju claimed that many years ago, some steps were taken by people who were in the government to supersede the judges' seniority, then there was a debate and discussion that a committed judiciary is needed for the government.

In a series of tweets, Rijiju posted photos and videos from Arunachal Pradesh saying that "Arunachal Pradesh is fully secured" The first tweet, sharing a video of Rahul Gandhi's press conference, Rijiji said, "Rahul Gandhi is not only insulting Indian Army but damaging nation's image. He is not only a problem for the Congress Party but he has also become a huge embarrassment the country.

In a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha, Law Minister Kiren Rijiju said that the simultaneous elections would result in huge saving to the public exchequer, avoid replication of effort on the part of the administrative and law and order machinery and also bring considerable savings to the political parties and candidates in their election campaign.

Kiren Rijiju said this while addressing a seminar on 'Environment and Sustainable Development - Role of Judiciary' and 'Digitisation of Indian Judiciary - its Impact in Dispensation of Justice', organised by the Gauhati High Court. The minister, however, said the per capita GDP in India is still poor "when we compare it to the developed nations".

The development comes after the Election Commission noted that the declarations provided by the political parties about the financial ramifications of poll promises are quite routine and ambiguous. The poll panel proposed to mandate the political parties to provide authentic information to the voters to assess the financial viability of their election promises.

Justice Srikrishna said, "Today, things are very bad. I must confess, if I were to stand in a public square and say I don't like the face of the Prime Minister, somebody might raid me, arrest me, throw me in jail without giving me any reason. Now that is something that all of us should oppose as citizens." Rijiju, in a tweet on Saturday, said: "Those people who speak all the time without any restrictions to abuse the popularly elected Prime Minister are crying about freedom of expression! They will never talk about emergency imposed by Congress party and never dare to criticise some regional party CMs."

Rijiju said in Parliament many MPs question him, 'why there is pendency of cases and why there is delay in delivery of justice?' He added, "I become helpless, I cannot answer in definite terms...I have a Lakshman Rekha, which I never dare to cross..." Rijiju said he can make statements from his seat, but he never does that, and understands that he has to come back to the judiciary, talk to the Chief Justice and also interact with judges.