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Bid to generate ill feeling between judiciary and executive: Karunanidhi

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"Democracy better served if they did not clash with each other"

CHENNAI: "It is my view that not even an inch of space should be given to elements that seek to generate ill feeling between the judiciary and the executive taking advantage of certain undesirable incidents," Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi said on Wednesday.

In a statement here, he said there could be no two opinions as to the fact that the functioning of democracy would be better served if the judiciary and the executive did not clash with each other. "It would be in the best interests of all that everyone involved cooperates to ensure that both the judiciary and the executive discharged their duties without disagreement in an unbiased manner," Mr. Karunanidhi said.

The people were aware that he not only respected the rule of law but was also willing to face the consequences when situations arose that forced him to transgress the law, such as during a social or political agitation. He was also aware through his experience that there were differences in how one approached the law while one was in the Opposition and while one was in the ruling party. Regardless, he did not consider himself above the law.

That was the basis of his July 8 courtesy call on Chief Justice A.P. Shah at his residence. At the meeting, he was apprised of the various needs of the court. These were announced as being taken up by the previous government, but were not. He had called for the files and had expedited the works. This was appreciated by the judges, the Chief Minister said.

Some people who were used to adopting a confrontationist approach towards the court did not like this conducive atmosphere developing. It was at this juncture that the local body elections took place. Though the elections were peaceful in over one lakh places, merely because there were a few unexpected incidents in Chennai, some people sought to mislead the court and label the State Election Commissioner a partyman. As a result of this, on both sides, there had been some undesirable incidents that should not have happened, he said.

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