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VP Dhankar Says That Parliament Is The Highest Authority

Jagdeep Dhankar states the incident of when the Supreme Court was in favour of the decision taken by the Executive

Vice President Jagdeep Dhankar, on Tuesday, said that the elected representatives are the “ultimate masters” of Constitutional content. He said that no authority is above the Parliament.

He also held that the Parliament is “supreme” and also cited a past example of emergency where the Executive suspended the fundamental rights and the top court upheld the decision.

These remarks were made just days after the Judiciary was slammed by him, stating that the judges “act as super-parliament” but have no accountability.

“Public representatives are severely accountable on occasion through elections. A Prime Minister who imposed an Emergency was held accountable. Democracy is for the people and is a repository of safeguarding, it is that of elected representatives,” the Vice President said while addressing an event.

“Elected representatives are the ultimate masters as to what constitutional content will be. There is no visualisation in the Constitution of any authority above Parliament. Parliament is supreme. It is as supreme as every individual in the country,” Dhankhar added.

It was recalled by the Vice President how fundamental rights were suspended during the Emergency imposed by Indira Gandhi and how the decision taken by the Executive of suspending fundamental rights was ruled in favour of by the Supreme Court, with the verdicts of 9 high courts of the country being overruled.

“Why do we celebrate Constitution Day and Samvidhan Hatya Diwas? Because in 1949 the Constitution was adopted. And that Constitution was “distained rugged” in 1975. That time (Emergency) was the darkest period in human history of the democratic world. I say darkest because the highest court of the land held, ignoring the verdict of 9 high courts.”

“9 high courts were uniformed that democracy’s fundamental rights could never be put on hold, but that was done. What was held by the Supreme Court, Executive of the day is the sole arbiter of fundamental rights, it can suspend for as much time as it likes,” Dhankhar detailed, a day after the top court observed during a hearing that allegations were being made against the court of interfering in the Executive.

“As it is, we are alleged to have encroached upon parliamentary and executive functions,” the SC had said. This was while hearing a plea seeking President’s rule in West Bengal over recent violence.

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