‘CJI Khanna Responsible For All Civil Wars In This Country’: BJP MP Mounts Attack On SC; Congress Slams Remarks
BJP MP Nishikant Dubey said that if the judiciary is to make laws, then there is no need for the Parliament to exist. He also blamed the Chief Justice of India, Sanjiv Khanna, for all the civil wars happening in the country.
Amid the hearing of the Waqf (Amendment) Act in the Supreme Court, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Nishikant Dubey said on Saturday that if the judiciary is to make laws, then there is no need for the Parliament to exist. The top court is hearing petitions challenging the constitutional validity of the amended Waqf Act, passed by both houses of the Parliament.
“If the Supreme Court makes the law then the Parliament House should be closed," posted Dubey on X.
क़ानून यदि सुप्रीम कोर्ट ही बनाएगा तो संसद भवन बंद कर देना चाहिये
— Dr Nishikant Dubey (@nishikant_dubey) April 19, 2025
Later, Dubey also said that the Chief Justice of India, Sanjiv Khanna, is responsible for all the civil wars happening in this country. He further added that Supreme Court is going beyond its limit and if one has to go to the Supreme Court for everything, then Parliament and State Assembly should be shut.
#WATCH | Delhi: BJP MP Nishikant Dubey says "Chief Justice of India, Sanjiv Khanna is responsible for all the civil wars happening in this country" https://t.co/EqRdbjJqIE pic.twitter.com/LqEfuLWlSr
— ANI (@ANI) April 19, 2025
Congress Calls Comment 'Defamatory'
Responding to the comment of BJP leader, Congress leader Manickam Tagore termed it "defamatory," and said that his attack on the top court is "not acceptable."
"This is a defamatory statement against the Supreme Court. Nishikant Dubey is a person who continuously demolishes all other institutions. Now, he has attacked the Supreme Court. I hope that the Supreme Court judges will take this into notice, as he is not speaking in Parliament but outside it. His attack on the Supreme Court is not acceptable," Tagore told ANI.
Congress MP Imran Masood said that the reported statement made by the BJP leader is "unfortunate."
"The kind of statements that are coming against the Supreme Court are very unfortunate...This is not the first time that the Supreme Court has given a decision against the full majority government...This frustration is incomprehensible," Masood said.
The Supreme Court has granted a week's time to the Centre to file a preliminary response to the pleas challenging the validity of the contentious Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025, and posted the matter on May 5. The bench has also decided to hear only five of the total number of pleas before it and titled the case: In Re: Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025.
About 72 petitions, including those by AIMIM leader Asaduddin Owaisi, All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB), Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind, the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), Anwar Basha former chairman Karnataka State Board of AUQAF represented by advocate Tariq Ahmed, Congress MPs Imran Pratapgarhi and Mohammad Jawed, were filed against the law.
Senior counsel, including Kapil Sibal, Abhishek Singhvi, Huzefa Ahmadi appear for the petitioners in the case. While appointing three lawyers as the nodal counsel on Thursday, the bench asked the advocates to decide among themselves who was going to argue. The petitioners were allowed to file their rejoinders to the Centre's reply within five days of the service of the government's response.
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