Intolerance debate: CJI T S Thakur puts a full stop, says people of India safe till judiciary is independent

Supreme Court Justice said there might be political discussion happening over the issue, but people should not be afraid as Supreme Court is present to uphold the rule of law.

Edited By: Saurav Mukherjee

Updated: December 6, 2015, 2:17 PM IST

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New Delhi, December 6: Putting a full stop to the ongoing intolerance debate over the last couple of months, the newly appointed Chief Justice of India T S Thakur said on Sunday that people of India need to be afraid as judiciary is independent. The Supreme Court justice also mention that there is no place of fear in the country.

Expressing his views over the intolerance debate, Thakur said that there might be political discussion happening over the issue, but people should not be afraid as Supreme Court is present to uphold the rule of law. He also mentioned that India is a country where person of every religion has a right to stay and profess and practice their religion. (ALSO READ: Parliamentary updates for the day: Yogi Adityanath, Asaduddin Owaisi join ‘intolerance’ debate in Lok Sabha, PM Modi speaks in Rajya Sabha)

The intolerance debate had gained momentum after Shah Rukh Khan and Aamir Khan made controversial comments. Also, more than 40 writers returned their Sahitya Akademi awards, 36 filmmaker submitted their national awards and more than five eminent people submitted their Padma Shree awards citing the reasons of rising intolerance in the country. This debate went so far that even the Parliament had to discuss on the issue for one and half day in its Winter Session.

However the debate did start from the incidence that took place in Dadri where a person was lynched to death by a mob over the suspicion of consuming beef and restoring it in his house. Also, the inaction over the murder of Kannada author M M Kalburgi and Govind Pansare raised sparks among the intellectuals. Since there has been a debate over the issue of intolerance, there has been a sense of fear among the citizens of India. (ALSO READ: BJP MP Meenakshi Lekhi tears into Opposition over intolerance issue, calls Award Wapsi protest ‘dubious’)