‘Legislature & judiciary should use their power for benefit of people’

Sheezan Nezami / Jan 12, 2023, 08:41 IST

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The speaker of the Bihar Vidhan Parishad, Devesh Chandra Thakur, said that both the legislature and judiciary should use their power for the benefit of people without disturbing each other's sanctity and keeping their limits intact. He was speaking at the 83rd All India Presiding Officers' Conference in Jaipur. He said that the functioning of both the organs of the Constitution were complementary to one another, as the legislature formulates the law for the fulfillment of public aspirations and the judiciary empowers it. Ram Chandra Purbey, deputy chairperson of the Bihar Vidhan Parishad, spoke on the need to make parliament and vidhan mandal more effective, and said that the basic spirit of democracy is "the beauty of the parliamentary system, in that decisions are taken with exchange of words instead of swords." The conference was inaugurated by the vicepresident and chairman of the Rajya Sabha, Jagdeep Dhankar, Lok Sabha speaker, Om Birla, deputy chairperson of the Rajya Sabha, Harivansh Rajasthan Chief Minister, Ashok Gehlot, Rajasthan Legislative Assembly Speaker, CP Joshi, along with speakers and deputy speakers of state assemblies, and chairpersons and deputy chairpersons of councils

‘Legislature & judiciary should use their power for benefit of people’

Patna: Bihar Vidhan Parishad chairperson Devesh Chandra Thakur on Wednesday emphasised that both the legislature and judiciary should use their power for the benefit of people, without disturbing each other’s sanctity and keeping their limits intact.
Thakur was delivering a speech on the topic ‘Harmonious relation between legislature and judiciary as per the spirit of Constitution’ at the 83rd All India presiding officers’ conference in Jaipur.He said the functioning of both the organs of Constitution were complementary to one another, as legislature formulates the law for the fulfillment of public aspiration and judiciary empowers it.
Bihar Vidhan Parishad deputy chairperson Ram Chandra Purbey spoke on ‘The need to make Parliament and Vidhan Mandal more effective, liable and productive’. Talking about the basic spirit of democracy, he said, “The beauty of the parliamentary system lies in the fact that decisions are taken with exchange of words, instead of swords.”
The conference was inaugurated by the vice-president and chairman of the Rajya Sabha Jagdeep Dhankar. Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, deputy chairperson of Rajya Sabha, Harivansh, Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot, Rajasthan legislative assembly Speaker CP Joshi, along with speakers and deputy speakers of state assemblies as well as chairpersons and deputy chairpersons of councils of different states were present.

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