Chief Justice of India TS Thakur on said he was "disappointed" that Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his Independence Day speech did not mention about appointment of judges, further escalating a contentious issue between the judiciary and the executive.
In his speech after hoisting the national flag at the Supreme Court, Thakur said Prime Minister had mentioned a lot of things in his Independence Day speech but left out the pending topic of appointment of judges to higher courts.
"I heard the popular Prime Minister for one and a half hours... I expected some mention about justice also, about appointment of judges," the Chief Justice said at a function here where Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad was present.
"I want to tell the Prime Minister only one thing, you remove poverty, create employment, bring schemes etc but also think about justice for the countrymen," Thakur added.
He said the issue was hampering the functioning of the judiciary with courts taking ten years to clear cases, the same as that during British time.
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