'Supreme Court responsible for inciting religious wars': BJP MP Nishikant Dubey attacks judiciary

BJP MP Nishikant Dubey (ANI photo)

BJP MP Nishikant Dubey on Saturday accused the Supreme Court of inciting religious wars in the country. Launching a scathing attack against the top court, he said that it is going beyond its limits and hence should be closed down.

He alleged that the Supreme Court wants to take the country towards 'anarchy'. Questioning the apex court for 'giving direction to the Parliament, he said, ""How can you give direction to the appointing authority? The President appoints the Chief Justice of India. The Parliament makes the law of this country. You will dictate that Parliament? How did you make a new law? In which law is it written that the President has to take a decision within three months? This means that you want to take this country towards anarchy," Dubey said.

The BJP MP's remark comes amid the ongoing hearing in the Supreme Court over several petitions challenging the constitutionality of the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025.

"Supreme Court is responsible for inciting religious wars in the country. The Supreme Court is going beyond its limits. If one has to go to the Supreme Court for everything, then Parliament and State Assembly should be shut," Dubey told news agency ANI.

The BJP MP appeared to question the court's critical observations on the Act's dilution of the "Waqf by use" provision, saying it has sought documentary proof in cases involving temples, including Ram Mandir in Ayodhya, but has chosen to ignore the similar need in the ongoing case.

Citing Article 368 of the Constitution, he said that law-making is the job of Parliament, and the Supreme Court is meant to interpret the laws.

"Article 141 says that the laws we make, the judgments we give, are applicable from the lower court to the Supreme Court. Article 368 says that Parliament has the right to make all laws and the Supreme Court has the right to interpret the law ... The court can order the government but not Parliament, he asserted.

Nishiant Dubey also slammed the top court over its decisions to decriminalise consensual homosexuality, which was covered under Section 377 of the erstwhile Indian Penal Code, and to strike down Section 66(A) of the IT Act to target its alleged overreach.

"There was an Article 377 in which homosexuality is a big crime. The Trump administration has said that there are only two sexes in this world, either male or female...Whether it is Hindu, Muslim, Buddhist, Jain or Sikh, all believe that homosexuality is a crime. One fine morning, the Supreme Court said that we abolish this case," he added.