Both are right. Delayed justice has made a mockery of the judicial system. The collapse of governance has all but destroyed democracy. Who is to blame? For starters, both the President and the Chief Justice cannot escape a share of the responsibility. Just one pending issue shows that neither the President nor the Chief Justice has discharged responsibility adequately.
Consider the new Office of Profit Law. Almost two years ago, implementing the Office of Profit law, Jaya Bachchan was removed from the Rajya Sabha much to the glee of ruling MPs. Alas, sauce for the goose was also sauce for the gander! Applying the same law the Election Commission served notices to over 40 MPs and 200 MLAs asking them why they too should not be removed. Throwing honour to the winds out most honourable MPs enacted a new Office of Profit law to protect themselves.
Former President Kalam deemed the amended law unconstitutional. He returned it to Parliament for reconsideration. Parliament sent back the unaltered law. Parliament accepted the President’s objections and said it would appoint a Joint Parliamentary Committee to incorporate suitable amendments for addressing his concerns. Meanwhile it urged the President to sign the unaltered, unconstitutional Act to make it law. The President obliged. Thereby he violated his oath of office and became vulnerable to impeachment. But neither did MPs seek to impeach him, nor did he resign.