News > Centre’s intervention in judiciary dangerous, says former Karnataka Lokayukta Hegde

Centre’s intervention in judiciary dangerous, says former Karnataka Lokayukta Hegde

Former Karnataka Lokayukta and Supreme Court judge, Justice N. Santhosh Hegde (retd) on Tuesday termed the Union government’s intervention in the appointment of judges and in the judicial system incorrect and “dangerous”. At an interaction programme with the media, he underlined that the executive should not intervene with the judiciary. Hegde further said that there is a danger of the country getting divided into the lines of religion and language.