As the executive and the judiciary try to iron out differences over a document to guide future appointment of judges, another matter remains pending for the past five months between the two due to divergence of opinion on certain issues.
Five months after the Chief Ministers-Chief Justices conference was held here, the Law Ministry and the Supreme Court have not resolved their differences over certain points in the minutes of the meeting.
The minutes were prepared by the Supreme Court. But the Law Ministry said that some of the points drafted by the apex court were "definitive" in nature, whereas talks on those issues remained inconclusive in the meeting.
When the conference was held in April, D V Sadananda Gowda was the Law Minister and he kept the matter pending due to disagreement over certain points. The issue was brought to the knowledge of present incumbent Ravi Shankar Prasad who took over in July. The ministry has so far not cleared the minutes.
These issues relate to the role of National Informatics Centre (NIC) in further development of the e-courts project. While government wants private players, keeping in mind the poor track record of NIC, some judges oppose outside agencies as it could compromise data safety.
"The differences will not come in way of day-to-day functioning of courts. But the minutes and the resolutions at such meetings help judiciary decide on its future course of action ... The issue will be resolved in the coming days," a senior functionary said.
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