NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday rendered infructuous the challenge to the constitutional validity of the notification appointing a joint committee for drafting of the Lokpal Bill to fight corruption in high offices.
Three PILs focused on different aspects -- the notification being coerced by social activist Anna Hazare's fast to death, the inclusion of private persons in drafting a legislation and that the order was constitutionally not valid.
But, these did not impress a bench of Chief Justice S H Kapadia and Justices K S Radhakrishnan and Swatanter Kumar. It insisted that these challenges were premature since the law has not yet been enacted and that the Bill was in the drafting stage.
When counsel R K Kapoor and M L Sharma insisted on arguing the legal points, the Bench tersely asked: "We do not want to sit in judgment over the wisdom of the executive or the legislature. Please point out the constitutional infirmities in the decision and the fundamental rights it breached."
Advising the counsel to reserve their breath for a full-fledged argument in July, the bench adjourned the hearings to mid-July, when the court reopens after the summer break.
With the joint committee mandated to draft the Lokpal Bill by June 30, the PILs are expected to lose their relevance by mid-July.
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