New Delhi: Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has asserted that the judiciary should leave the governance of the country to those who have been elected by the people to govern.

"The governance must be left to those elected to govern by the people of India," the minister remarked while speaking at a function of the National Human Rights Commission.

The minister said that while the judiciary can set aside a law which is unconstitutional, it must leave governance and law making to those elected by voters. 

"Of late, I am seeing a great propensity of certain courts to take over governance...there is a need to reflect upon this trends. They must hold accountability to their power," Prasad said.

Prasad, who was speaking in the presence of NHRC chairman and former Chief Justice of India H L Dattu, said the judiciary must set aside any law which is found to be unconstitutional or any order which is found to be arbitrary. But at the same time, he said, there is a need to recognise the fact that "governance must be left to those elected to govern by the people of India." 

"Why I say so? The governance and accountability go hand in hand. You cannot take governance and not be accountable," he added. Parliament, legislature, media and organisations such as the NHRC are platforms which bring in accountability for the political class, he pointed out.