On deadlines, we must also look within: Supreme Court
The Supreme Court of India emphasized that the judiciary must hold itself accountable to statutory deadlines before imposing them on other constitutional authorities like the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly. This statement came during a hearing regarding disqualification petitions against rebel MLAs.
Why it matters
This reflects an internal push for judicial reform and a cautious approach to the separation of powers between the judiciary and the legislature.
NEW DELHI: On a petition seeking direction to West Bengal speaker to expeditiously decide the disqualification petitions against rebel TMC MLAs, SC Monday said before setting a deadline for other constitutional authorities, the judiciary must introspect whether it conformed to statutory deadlines for adjudication of cases.When senior advocate Kapil Sibal pressed for seeking a response from the office of the speaker on the three-month-old disqualification petitions, a bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justices Joymalya Bagchi and V Mohana said it will dispose of the petition asking the Supreme Court to abide by its 2020 judgement in Keisham Meghachandra Singh case, fixing a three-month deadline for a decision by the speaker.Sibal said he had no problem with this order but requested the court to examine the set pattern in which…
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