Parliamentary supremacy..!

With the Supreme Court in India asserting her right to choose her own judges, without any interference from elected representatives, a government spokesman commented that this goes against the tenets of Parliamentary supremacy!
I wonder what the politician swore on when he assumed office, did he lay hands on a brick from the Parliament building or did he swear on the a copy of the Constitution and to uphold the Constitution of the country, which is what the law is all about and which is what the judges of the Supreme Court, High Court and every court in the country is all about isn’t it sir?
“Do what you want sir! Frame laws, argue, yell, shout, but all within the framework of the Constitution of the country!”
This is something that our citizens and their leaders hardly realize.  I had sat at an AGM where I heard the man who chaired the meeting, an ex-government official shouting that even if there was a law that prohibited the members from passing a particular item, that they needn’t worry because the people were supreme. In other words the people for whom the law was made were above the law and didn’t need to abide by the law.
Like the youngsters of today would say, “How cool is that!”
Yeah cool, real cool! No need for policemen, to prevent a mob from lynching a person who didn’t belong to the community of the mob, no need, for courts and judges, because the majority would decide!
Even as we smile at the ludicrousness of the situation, think a moment; isn’t that what the country is marching into right now?
Mobs made up of the majority of whichever community dominate an area, rule the roost!
What has happened for us to have reached this state? Who is to blame? Sadly it is the judges themselves! Instead of appointing more judges to fill in vacancies, instead of seeing that justice is not delayed but judgments passed within a year, cases go on sometimes beyond the lifetimes of the parties concerned. No judges, no courtrooms, no justice!
Don’t blame the politician for having made such a statement, because whoever he was, in all probability he’s never seen a court case won, or even the insides of a courtroom. And if justice takes twenty years or more, then any law that is passed, however wrong, remains a law for a few decades, by which time great wrongs have been committed.
Which means Parliament is indeed supreme, and really there is no need for the government to feel bad about the Supreme Court’s order, because nothing’s changed..!
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Parliamentary supremacy..!

With the Supreme Court in India asserting her right to choose her own judges, without any interference from elected representatives, a government spokesman commented that this goes against the tenets of Parliamentary supremacy! I wonder what the politician swore on when he assumed office, did he lay hands on a brick from the Parliament building or did he swear on the a copy of the Constitution and to uphold the Constitution of the country, which is what the law is all about and which is what the judges of the Supreme Court, High Court and every court in the country is all about isnt it sir? Do what you want sir! Frame laws, argue, yell, shout, but all within the framework of the Constitution of the country! This is something that our citizens and their leaders hardly realize. I had sat at an AGM where I heard the man who chaired the meeting, an ex-government official shouting that even if there was a law that prohibited the members from passing a particular item, that they neednt worry because the people were supreme. In other words the people for whom the law was made were above the law and didnt need to abide by the law. Like the youngsters of today would say, How cool is that! Yeah cool, real cool! No need for policemen, to prevent a mob from lynching a person who didnt belong to the community of the mob, no need, for courts and judges, because the majority would decide! Even as we smile at the ludicrousness of the situation, think a moment; isnt that what the country is marching into right now? Mobs made up of the majority of whichever community dominate an area, rule the roost! What has happened for us to have reached this state? Who is to blame? Sadly it is the judges themselves! Instead of appointing more judges to fill in vacancies, instead of seeing that justice is not delayed but judgments passed within a year, cases go on sometimes beyond the lifetimes of the parties concerned. No judges, no courtrooms, no justice! Dont blame the politician for having made such a statement, because whoever he was, in all probability hes never seen a court case won, or even the insides of a courtroom. And if justice takes twenty years or more, then any law that is passed, however wrong, remains a law for a few decades, by which time great wrongs have been committed. Which means Parliament is indeed supreme, and really there is no need for the government to feel bad about the Supreme Courts order, because nothings changed..! [email protected]