In a system grounded in constitutional principles, maintaining clear boundaries between institutions is not only important but essential to stability and public trust.
When one institution begins to openly question the role of another, especially from within the judiciary itself, the issue at hand goes beyond reform. It touches the delicate balance of power that underpins the nation’s system of governance.
The chief justice’s suggestion to remove the prime minister’s role in judicial appointments has drawn a range of responses.
Former law minister Ramkarpal Singh, among the...