{"id":40276,"date":"2015-12-06T20:14:23","date_gmt":"2015-12-06T14:44:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=40276"},"modified":"2015-12-07T04:15:06","modified_gmt":"2015-12-06T22:45:06","slug":"no-worry-till-judiciarys-independence-is-intact","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/no-worry-till-judiciarys-independence-is-intact","title":{"rendered":"No worry till judiciary&#8217;s independence is intact"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_40277\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-40277\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/12\/Thakur_2608704f.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"40277\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/no-worry-till-judiciarys-independence-is-intact\/thakur_2608704f\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/12\/Thakur_2608704f.jpg?fit=636%2C477&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"636,477\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Thakur_2608704f\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/12\/Thakur_2608704f.jpg?fit=636%2C477&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-40277 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/12\/Thakur_2608704f.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"No worry till judiciary's independence is intact\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/12\/Thakur_2608704f.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/12\/Thakur_2608704f.jpg?w=636&amp;ssl=1 636w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-40277\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">No worry till judiciary&#8217;s independence is intact<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Terming the debate on intolerance as a &#8220;political issue&#8221;, Chief Justice of India T S Thakur today said there is no need to fear or worry till the judiciary is &#8220;independent&#8221; and upholds the rule of law.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Yeh siyasi pahlu hain (this is a political issue). We have a Rule of Law. So long as Rule of Law is there, so long as there is an independent judiciary and so long as courts are upholding the rights and obligations, I do not think anyone has to fear for anything,&#8221; the CJI said in an informal interaction with journalists here.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am heading the institution which upholds the the Rule of Law and the rights of every citizens will be protected&#8230; I think, we are capable of protecting the rights of all sections of people. My institution is capable of upholding the rights of citizens. Certain rights are for the citizens and certain rights are for non-citizens also and we are capable of protecting the rights,&#8221; Justice Thakur said.<\/p>\n<p>He further said, &#8220;India is a big country, we should not be afraid of anything. Yeh sab perception ki baten hain. Jab tak judiciary independent hai, koi baat ki dar nahi honi chahiye (These are all matters of perception. There is nothing to fear till the judiciary is independent).&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>However, he refrained from commenting on the political aspects of the intolerance debate, saying &#8220;siyasi log iska kaise upyog karten hain, main kuch nahi kehna chahunga (I do not want to comment anything on how politicians use this).&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But, we are committed to uphold the Rule of Law and protect right of all citizens of the society and people from all creeds and religions. There is no fear to any section of society,&#8221; Justice Thakur said.<\/p>\n<p>Observing that certain rights are available even to non- citizens, including terrorists, he said they are the beneficiaries of the Rule of Law and can be tried only in conformity of law and &#8220;cannot be hanged&#8221; without due process.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In so far as we are concerned, we have no such impediments. We have no such bias and we have no such reluctance. We can protect the rights of all citizens,&#8221; he said while specifically answering questions on the recent trends and the issue of intolerance.<\/p>\n<p>Making it clear that he was not referring to any particular incident, the CJI said this country has been home to all religions and even those who were persecuted in other countries have &#8220;thrived&#8221; here.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>( Source &#8211; PTI )<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Terming the debate on intolerance as a &#8220;political issue&#8221;, Chief Justice of India T S Thakur today said there is no need to fear or worry till the judiciary is &#8220;independent&#8221; and upholds the rule of law. &#8220;Yeh siyasi pahlu hain (this is a political issue). We have a Rule of Law. 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