M J Antony aptly analysed the tendency of state and central governments to deploy deliberate negligence to sidestep the implementation of inconvenient court decisions (“Ducking judgment,” September 7). MLAs and MPs may use their knowledge and experience to enact laws, but they lack the judges’ objectivity and expertise in correctly interpreting laws and assessing their import and impact. The courts give the government ample time to present their case. So, when the highest court pronounces its verdict, the government should respect it and implement it without taking recourse to delay tactics. Also amendments in the law should be within the ambit of Constitutional provisions. This approach will reduce avoidable litigation, while a dispassionate analysis of the court decisions would improve the quality of future laws and create a good understanding between the two key organs of democracy.
Y G Chouksey, Pune
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