Talking to media after assuming the charge of the Law Minister in Shastri Bhavan here, Khurshid said: “pragmatic and practical difficulties of running the political system not alien to the judiciary because ultimately judiciary also comes from the same system.”
Khurshid said that he was familiar with and in the know of the initiatives taken by his predecessor Veerappa Moily and they would continue uninterrupted.
On the appointment judges to the higher judiciary, the Law Minister said that the change in system of appointment of judges should be through consensus and not through confrontation. The change in the appointment of judges should appear to be evolving process and not through confrontation. He said that all stake holders would be taken on board before deciding on new procedure for the appointment judges.
On the recent verdicts of the apex court annulling the decision taken by the government, Khurshid said that “I think they should understand each others’ compulsions but keeping an eye on the constitutional mandate which is frankly ultimately safeguarded by the judiciary.”
Calling for a formal and informal dialogue between the government and the judiciary, Khurshid said that we should not be “detracted by specific issues on which we may have different compulsions.”
However, Khurshid said that instead of taking a critical view, “these are something we should be able to persuade and more effectively present to the judiciary” our side and hoped that government will do that.