Executive will not breach its limits; Judiciary must also remain within Constitutional limits: Law Minister Kiren Rijiju

The Union government will not breach its limits and encroach upon the domain of other wings of the State and the judiciary is also expected to abide by the same, Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju said on Monday. .Any breach in the limits set by the Constitution gives fodder to the media to broadcast news with 'masala', he said."We (government) will not breach our limits and judiciary should also be in the constitutional limits and then news media will not get masala. But if you breach then you give them fodder," the Law Minister said.He was speaking at the 16th National Conference of Akhil Bharatiya Adhivakta Parishad on the topic: 'New challenges and opportunities in front of the Indian judicial system.'The Law Minister in his speech responded to the recent allegations by political opponents that the ruling BJP government was trying to control the judiciary.On the recent executive-collegium tussle, the Law Minister said that though judges are not elected by the people, they should at some point develop the thought process that they are also responsible to the public. "We are working for the public and those who are working in judiciary must also think that in some way or other that they are also answerable to the public. So judges will (sic) also think that while delivering a judgment they will think what is to be done," Rijiju said..Presently, no one can question judges, the Law Minister said.."In a conference, I had told the judges that after every 5 years we have to go before the public and public examines our work, but a judge is not chosen by anyone and is here because of their system. So whatever a judge does is not open to public voting but indeed there is public scrutiny," said Rijiju. Hence, the judges must think about their accountability to the public, the Law Minister underscored."If it is such, there will be no friction between legislature, executive and judiciary," Rijiju opined..Read more about what Rijiju said here. .[Read live coverage of the speech below]