AMN
Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today suggested that the judiciary should function in its domain and not take decisions, which fall under the jurisdiction of the executive.
Replying to questions during an interaction at Indian Women’s Press Corps in New Delhi, Mr Jailtey said that activism has to be blended with restraint and there cannot be a compromise with other aspects of the basic structure in the name of independence of the judiciary.
He said, judicial review is legitimate domain of judiciary but then the Lakshmanrekha has to be drawn by all the institutions themselves and the executive decisions are to be taken by the executive and not the judiciary.
He said that the courts can also strike down a decision taken by the executive if it is found to be unconstitutional but all these options are not available when the court ends up taking executive decisions.