Differences among judges be left to judiciary, not be politicised: Prasad

Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad today said that differences among judges should be left to the "foresight and statesmanship" of the judiciary and should not be "politicised".

Prasad, who holds the portfolios of Law and Justice and Electronics and Information Technology, said politicising or interference by the political office would affect the independence of judiciary which is an integral part of Indian democracy.

"There will be differences among judges. There have been in the past also. But let us trust the foresight and statesmanship of the judiciary itself to set those differences aside and resolve them. Political process should never intervene.

"As in the past whenever there were differences, the political office never intervened. The same kind of statesmanship and degree of restraint I would expect from my political colleagues across the board.

"Let us not politicise the differences, because an independent judiciary with qualities of foresight, statesmanship and capacity to resolve their differences is also integral to Indian democracy," he said, adding, "Collusive litigation designed to provoke political debate should be avoided."
On the topic of infrastructure, Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra said that people were clapping when the Law Minister was mentioning thousands and thousands of crores, and said, "Claps you make. Do not clap more."