"Don't Lecture Judiciary": Supreme Court To Centre Over Abu Salem Plea

The Supreme Court's remark came on the Home Ministry's affidavit that said "it is not the appropriate time" for the government to take a call and that the Supreme Court may decide on the case involving Abu Salem.

On gangster Abu Salem's petition against his jail sentence, the Supreme Court today used stern words while rejecting the Union Home Ministry's stance that the plea is premature.

The Supreme Court also objected to the Centre asking it to decide on the case.

"Don't lecture the judiciary. We do not take it kindly when you tell us to decide something which you have to decide," Justice SK Kaul told the Home Ministry.

"The Home Secretary is nobody to tell us to decide the issue," he said.