A piece of persons are seizing all democratic energy and this poses a risk to the nation’s federal construction, West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee stated on Sunday, including that this may occasionally result in a “presidential type of governance” within the nation.
Banerjee was talking on the 14th convocation of the West Bengal Nationwide College of Juridical Sciences (NUJS) within the presence of Chief Justice of India Uday Umesh Lalit.
“I request current and future leaders of judiciary. Please see to it that our federal construction stays intact. Persons are being unnecessarily harassed. All democratic powers are being seized by a bit of individuals. If this goes on, then the nation will transfer in direction of presidential kind (of governance). The place is democracy? Please save democracy,” she stated in her tackle, with out naming any political social gathering.
Chief Justice of Bangladesh Hasan Foez Siddique; chief justice of Kolkata excessive courtroom Prakash Shrivastava and several other former judges have been additionally current on the occasion.
Banerjee additionally addressed CJI Lalit immediately from the dias: “I don’t know whether or not I can use this platform or not, however I need to congratulate our current Chief Justice Lalit Ji. He obtained solely two months. As far as my data goes, he’s retiring on the eighth of subsequent month. However throughout these two months, we’ve seen what’s judiciary. Folks’s religion within the judiciary was restored. I’m not saying folks have misplaced their religion in judiciary. However these days, the scenario goes from worse to worst…”
“Judiciary should save the folks from the catastrophe, from injustice. Judiciary should hear the cry of the folks. Persons are crying behind closed doorways,” she added.
Banerjee additionally lashed out on the media saying trials have been being carried out to information the judiciary.
“I apologize if I’ve stated one thing unsuitable however these days, the media is conducting trials earlier than a courtroom passes its verdict. Media is guiding the judiciary. Media can not management the judiciary. Nowadays, they accuse and abuse anyone,” stated Banerjee.
“Our izzat (honour) is all that we’ve. Whether it is gone, all the things is gone,” she additional quipped.
Addressing the scholars, Banerjee stated: “It’s a historic day for you. At present, you’ll start as layers and tomorrow, you may be sitting on the decide’s chair. The regulation is within the palms of the younger era. Please see to it that the judiciary stays for the folks, of the folks and by the folks.”
“Folks go to courtroom after they lose hope. Now we have the very best regard for the judiciary. It’s like our temple, masjid and church. All attorneys should see to it that justice is served and peace, freedom of speech and liberty are maintained,” stated Banerjee.
In his tackle to college students, CJI Lalit suggested college students to maintain their minds open to each suggestion and to have compassion for mankind and society.
Attributes of capability constructing in numerous spheres and compassion for mankind won’t ever fail an individual to find an answer to any drawback, the CJI stated.
As a lawyer, one by no means ceases to be a pupil of regulation, he stated including that as an expert, as an academician and as a decide, one retains studying each passing day and yr, however the basis is there in regulation college.
Justice Lalit stated that after stepping out of the partitions of the college and embracing the world, regulation graduates ought to try to present again to society one thing better than what they’ve obtained.
Chief Justice of Bangladesh, Justice Hasan Foez Siddique, the visitor of honour on the convocation, stated in his tackle that the graduates, who could select totally different professions from regulation to civil service, ought to do it with ardour, dignity and a way of honour.
The opposition Bharatiya Janata Social gathering (BJP) slammed Banerjee’s remarks.
“This isn’t the primary time she has addressed the judiciary on this method and questioned our federal construction. She discovered no time to attend the state house ministers’ conclave held at Surajkund (Haryana) by Union house minister Amit Shah earlier this week. So many essential points have been mentioned there however our chief minister was absent,” stated chief of the opposition within the Bengal meeting, Suvendu Adhikari.
(WITH PTI INPUTS)