Law Minister for the Union Government Kiran Rijuju said "To tackle pendency, we are being supportive, but until the procedure for appointment of changed, the question regarding pendency and vacancies will be raised."

Rijuju spoke during the question hour in the Rajya Sabha in reply to the question of the pendency of cases across the country nearing 5 crores.

Law Minister further stated that "The Government has taken numerous steps to tackle pendency. Without referring to those, I want to say that right now, the government has very limited power to fill vacancies. We only approve the names recommended by the Collegium. We have no authority to look for and recommend judges ourselves."

He added that "We've also requested them to ensure that the appointments are high-quality and are also representative of the country's diverse population. But I feel that we're not able to work as per the sentiments of the House, the sentiments of the people."

It was added by the Law minister that "I don't want to comment on the Court, because it might seem like government interference. But if you see the Constitution, the process of appointment of judges was the right of the government."

On the issue of the National Judicial appointment Commission, Rijuju said "Supreme Court's 5-member Bench struck it down. A lot of retired judges, including members of the Constitution Bench, said that the decision to strike down an enactment passed unanimously in the Parliament was not right."