Vice President Jagdeep Dhankar laments the limitations of the Indian Parliament

It would be difficult to answer the question “are we a democratic nation,” according to vice president Jagdeep Dhankhar on Wednesday. In the Kesavananda Bharati case, the Supreme Court ruled in 1973 that the Parliament has the authority to modify the Constitution but not its essential principles. He highlighted this decision.

Vice President Jagdeep Dhankar cites 1972 Kesavananda Bharati case

In his opening remarks at the 83rd All-India Presiding Officers Conference in Jaipur, he brought up the subject of the authority granted to the judiciary in relation to the legislative once more. He also emphasised the Supreme Court’s 2015 ruling to invalidate the 2014 National Judicial Commission Act. In his inaugural speech as the Rajya Sabha Chairman in 2022, he had brought up this problem.

He also stated that Parliamentary sovereignty and its autonomy cannot be qualified or compromised as it is of paramount importance to the survival of the democracy.

Furthermore, he explained that neither the president nor the legislature had the jurisdiction to draught judicial orders.

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Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla acknowledges judiciaries jurisdiction

Om Birla, the Speaker of the Lok Sabha, had earlier in the day emphasised the value of respect between the government, the legislature, and the judiciary. He claimed that the legislature has always acknowledged the judiciary’s jurisdiction and rights and that it was the judiciary’s responsibility to uphold the Constitution’s provision for the separation of powers. He made the case that the three branches ought to work together confidently and harmoniously.

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