Harish Salve: Judging constitutional bodies risks replacing rule of law
Former Solicitor General of India and senior advocate Harish Salve on Tuesday, 5 May issued a sharp warning that repeated attacks on constitutional institutions — including the Election Commission of India (ECI) — amount to judging those bodies by personal standards, a trend he said could replace the rule of law with the rule of men. Speaking in an exclusive interview with IANS from New Delhi, Salve also weighed in on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's refusal to formally resign following her party's Assembly election defeat, and drew a sharp parallel with Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Arvind Kejriwal's conduct towards judicial institutions.
On Banerjee's Refusal to Resign
Salve noted that Banerjee's term as Chief Minister was set to end within two days of the interview, leaving the West Bengal Governor with two constitutional options: invite her to continue as caretaker Chief Minister or advise the Union to impose President's Rule. He described her stance as
