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  • Law minister slams ex-SC judge for remarks on lack of freedom of expression 

    By PTI

    NEW DELHI: Law Minister Kiren Rijiju has hit out at former Supreme Court judge Justice B N Srikrishna for his remarks on lack of freedom of expression, saying those who speak without restrictions to abuse a popularly elected prime minister are crying about freedom of expression.

    Responding to a tweet which quoted a portion of an interview given by Justice Srikrishna (retd) to a national daily, Rijiju said,  “Those people who speak all the time without any restrictions to abuse the popularly elected Prime Minister are crying about freedom of expression! They will never talk about emergency imposed by Congress party and never dare to criticise some Regional Party CMs.

    “The former top court judge had said that today things are “very bad.

    “I must confess, if I were to stand in a public square and say I don’t like the face of the Prime Minister, somebody might raid me, arrest me, throw me in jail without giving me any reason. Now that is something that all of us oppose as citizens,” the former Supreme Court Judge had said.

    In a series of tweets on Saturday, the law minister said he does not know whether a former judge of the Supreme Court has actually said this.

    “If it’s true then the statement itself is demeaning the institution he has served,” the minister said without naming anyone.

    NEW DELHI: Law Minister Kiren Rijiju has hit out at former Supreme Court judge Justice B N Srikrishna for his remarks on lack of freedom of expression, saying those who speak without restrictions to abuse a popularly elected prime minister are crying about freedom of expression.

    Responding to a tweet which quoted a portion of an interview given by Justice Srikrishna (retd) to a national daily, Rijiju said,  “Those people who speak all the time without any restrictions to abuse the popularly elected Prime Minister are crying about freedom of expression! They will never talk about emergency imposed by Congress party and never dare to criticise some Regional Party CMs.

    “The former top court judge had said that today things are “very bad.

    “I must confess, if I were to stand in a public square and say I don’t like the face of the Prime Minister, somebody might raid me, arrest me, throw me in jail without giving me any reason. Now that is something that all of us oppose as citizens,” the former Supreme Court Judge had said.

    In a series of tweets on Saturday, the law minister said he does not know whether a former judge of the Supreme Court has actually said this.

    “If it’s true then the statement itself is demeaning the institution he has served,” the minister said without naming anyone.

  • Supreme Court orders handing over Gokarna temple management to panel headed by ex-judge

    By PTI

    NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court Monday said the management of Gokarna Mahabaleshwar temple would be handed over to an oversight committee headed by former apex court judge Justice B N Srikrishna.

    A bench comprising Chief Justice S A Bobde and Justices A S Bopanna and V Ramasubramanian delivered its verdict on a batch of pleas including the one filed by the Ramchndrapura Math.

    The ‘Math’ had filed an appeal against a Karnataka High Court’s judgment of 2018 quashing the state government’s order handing over the management of Mahabaleshwar temple at Gokarna to the Ramchandrapura Math.

    The top court modified its earlier interim orders and ordered that the Gokarna Mahabaleshwar temple shall now function under the oversight committee headed by the former apex court judge Justice (retd.) Srikrishna.

    The appellant ‘Math’ will have to hand over the management to the committee which shall function adhering to all customs and traditions, the bench said in its judgement.

    “We direct the overseeing committee shall function under the chairmanship of Justice B N Srikrishna. Appellant shall hand over the charge to the Assistant commissioner who will report to the overseeing committee,” the CJI said while pronouncing the verdict through video conferencing.