P. Sreeramakrishnan, speaker of the Kerala Legislative Assembly, on Friday, took exception to judicial activism that overrides the legislature.
“Of the four pillars of democracy, legislature is the most critical and the judiciary should not attempt to cut at its roots. Laws legislated at the Assembly stem from the aspirations of the people. While it is the responsibility of the judiciary to examine the laws if they go against the spirit of the Constitution or become discriminatory, this obligation should not be used as a sceptre of power against the legislature. It is necessary to address the lacunae in the laws, if any. But it is really unfortunate that irresponsible and biased opinion is made on the basis of news reports,” said Mr. Sreeramakrishnan while inaugurating a meeting of former chairpersons and members of the Kerala Public Service Commission as part of its diamond jubilee celebrations.
For better democracy
There was a need for the judiciary and the legislature to come around in an atmosphere of larger consensus for better democracy, he said. The Constitution was not just a compilation of sections or directive principles, but a powerhouse of values and morality.
PSC member P. Sivadasan said the agency had devised plans to bring down the time taken between conduct of examinations and declaration of results. “At present, there are four centres for the conduct of examinations online. The plan is into include the engineering colleges in the State as examination centres, thereby facilitating 30,000 candidates to take online examinations at a time”.
