Indian democracy is based on three pillars ; the Legislative, the Judiciary and the Executive. It is the job of the legislature to make laws but it is important that these laws don't violate the letter and spirit of the Constitution. Thus, it becomes the job of the Judiciary to ensure that the laws made by the legislative are true to the letter and spirit of the Constitution and more importantly don't violate the fundamental rights enshrined in the Constitution. The system has been designed as such to ensure that there are enough checks and balances in the system and it is not abused by the majority. The constitutional bench of the Supreme Court is tasked with ensuring that laws passed by the legislature confirm to the letter and spirit of the Constitution. The Supreme Court can and has sent back, cancelled many laws that it found would violate the letter and spirit of the Constitution. It is shocking that a minister as well as an MP of the Modi government has openly threatened to interfere in the judiciary if the judiciary performs its function of putting laws passed in the parliament to test.
