New Delhi, April 18 -- Former Additional Solicitor General (ASG) Aman Lekhi on Friday said that while the government has the authority to enact laws, at the same time, those laws remain subject to judicial scrutiny, adding that the judiciary cannot be a wing to the government.

Lekhi said that the judiciary is not supposed to oppose the government for the sake of opposing, but it cannot always be seen on the government side.

"I am not saying that any system should be averse to scrutiny, but the criticism should be warranted, and the scrutiny should be sensible... The judiciary cannot be a wing of the government... The judiciary is not supposed to oppose the government for the sake of opposing, but the judiciary cannot always be seen as b...