"Attempt To End Judicial Independence Is...": Former Supreme Court Judge | Read

Efforts to infringe on the freedom of judiciary will not work, former Supreme Court judge Madan Lokur told NDTV today in the backdrop of the judiciary's escalating friction with the government on the subject of judicial appointments. He also questioned Law Minister Kiren Rijiju's recent statements critical of the judiciary, saying they are "completely unprovoked" and therefore "shocking".  "There is no way the government can take away the independence of the judiciary through legislation or constitutional amendment," Justice Lokur said, when asked about former law minister Kapil Sibal's accusation that the government was trying to take away the "last citadel of freedom".