Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad today slammed the Congress for attacking the Modi government over the stalling of the appointment of Justice K M Joseph to the Supreme Court, alleging that it was the opposition party which had a "record" of meting out "unfair treatment" to the judiciary.
In a fresh confrontation with the judiciary, the government told the Supreme Court collegium to reconsider its proposal to appoint Uttarakhand High Court Chief Justice K M Joseph to the top court, saying the elevation may not be "appropriate".
The Congress criticised the government move saying that the independence of the judiciary "is in danger" and asked if it would now speak in one voice to state "enough is enough".
Responding to the Congress's criticism, Prasad told reporters, "The whole record of the Congress party is littered with instances of superceding judges who were found to be inconvenient...the legendary judge HR Khanna who gave the dissenting judgement during Emergency and upheld the freedom of Indians was denied the post of Chief Justice even for two months and superceded by a junior."
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