If top court makes the laws, shut down Parliament: BJP MP Nishikant Dubey
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New Delhi: BJP MP Nishikant Dubey on Saturday called out the Supreme Court saying that if the apex court wanted to make laws, the Parliament should be shut down, India Today reported.
Dubey’s controversial remarks came in the wake of the apex court raising questions over some provisions in the Waqt (Amendment) Act, 2025 amid the ongoing hearing in the case after the parliament passed the Bill.
Dubey in the post reportedly said: ‘If the Supreme Court has to make laws, then Parliament should be shut down.’
After the court raised questions including on provisions such as the 'Waqf by user’, the government told the court that it would not implement some parts of the Act until the next hearing taking place on May 5.
The BJP leadership distanced themselves from Dubey’s remarks with the party chief JP Nadda saying that the saffron party did not endorse Dubey's remarks, terming them ‘personal statements’.
‘Bharatiya Janata Party has always respected the judiciary and gladly accepted its orders and suggestions because, as a party, we believe that all the courts of the country, including the Supreme Court, are an integral part of our democracy and are the strong pillar of the protection of the Constitution,’ Nadda posted in Hindi.
The BJP chief said that the party had directed Dubey and MP Dinesh Sharma and other leaders not to make such statements anymore.
Dubey, who is a four-time MP for Godda, accused the apex court of overreaching its powers, adding that the court was directing the President alongside striking down laws passed by Parliament.
Dubey made it clear that it is Parliament’s job to create laws under Article 368 of the Constitution, while it is the role of the court to interpret the law.
Dubey asked: ‘How can you give direction to the appointing authority? The President appoints the Chief Justice of India. The Parliament makes the law of this country. You will dictate that Parliament?’
Senior advocate and Congress leader Salman Khurshid responded to Dubey's comments saying that an MP questioning the Supreme Court or any court is a ‘matter of great sadness’, adding that ‘In our legal system, the final word is not of the government, it is of the Supreme Court. If someone does not understand this, then it is a matter of great sadness.’