Arun Jaitley’s remarks — that “the Indian democracy cannot be the tyranny of the unelected” — over the National Judicial Appointments Commission (NJAC) verdict, were not in good spirit. They were even more unexpected considering that he himself is a senior advocate. Perhaps he made them under compulsion to defend the government. Our judiciary needs to have complete autonomy from the executive. The apex court’s verdict scrapping the Constitution (99th) Amendment was victory for Indian democracy. India is the largest democracy in the world and whenever the executive has failed, the judiciary has come to its rescue, many court-monitored probes being the best examples.
Mudgal Venkatesh,
Kalaburagi