Assembly elections results: Uinon Minister Kiren Rijiju, while speaking on India TV, slammed Congress saying the party is no longer relevant and BJP is the future of the northeast.

Hitting back at the Congress party, Law Minister Kiren Rijiju said that they (Congress) should better understand they can no more treat India as their personal fiefdom. Now, India will be guided by the people of India as per the provisions of the Constitution of India.

Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju asserted that no one can give a 'warning' to anyone, amid the fact the court runs by the constitution.

The minister told Rajya Sabha that 58 judges out of 554 were from OBC, 19 from SC, 6 ST and 27 from minorities. The general category judges account for over 77 per cent of the total appointment since 2018.

Uniform Civil Code: Kiren Rijiju further responded that the government had requested the 21st Law Commission of India to undertake an examination of various issues relating to UCC and to make recommendations thereon.

Nariman was part of the Supreme Court collegium till he retired in August 2021. Rijiju has time and again questioned the collegium system of appointment of judges, noting that it was "opaque and not transparent".

Law Minister Kiren Rijiju will be responding to questions over several trivial issues on country's most popular show 'Aap Ki Adalat' hosted by India TV Chairman and Editor-in-Chief Rajat Sharma.

He was responding to questions on some recent Supreme Court Collegium resolutions, which contained potions of IB and RAW reports on certain names recommended by the top court for appointment as high court judges, being made public last week.

Rijiju has been vocal in the criticism of the collegium system for the appointment of judges and even termed it alien to the Constitution.

Union Law Minister Kiren Rijiju shared the video of an interview of Justice RS Sodhi (retd), a former judge of the Delhi Court, saying it is the "voice of a judge" and that majority of people have similar "sane views".

Centre vs SC Collegium: Reacting to this development, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said that this is extremely dangerous. "There should be absolutely no government interference in the judicial appointments."

The Congress leader had claimed that China is preparing for war and accused the government of trying to "ignore" this threat, saying it was "asleep" and not ready to accept the situation drawing a sharp response from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

Speaking in Rajya Sabha, Rijiju said the total number of cases pending in various courts is about to touch five crore. He observed that the impact of such a huge pendency of court cases on the public is obvious.

Law Minister Kiren Rijiju had said "anything which is alien to the Constitution merely because of the decision taken by the courts or some judges and how do you expect that the decision will be backed by the country?

The minister said there was a need to make the lower judiciary the "centre of attention" to ensure not only checking the pendency but reducing it. He said most of the pendency is in the lower courts as the figure is about to reach five crore.

Collegium system in India: Law Minister explained that once the Supreme Court or a high court collegium sends recommendation, the government has to do due diligence.

Justice DY Chandrachud is all set to take oath on October 9, the same day that incumbent CJI Justice Uday Umesh Lalit demits office.

Law ministers conference in Gujarat: The conference witnessed discussions revolving around topics like alternative dispute resolution mechanisms such as arbitration and mediation for quick and affordable justice; upgrading overall legal infrastructure.

Religious conversion event row: The minister's remarks came after a video clip purportedly showing Delhi Social Welfare Minister Rajendra Pal Gautam at an event where hundreds took a pledge to convert to Buddhism while denouncing Hindu deities went viral.

Rijiju said appointments in the higher judiciary are "pending", but "not due to Law Minister but due to the system".