Defending the Judicial Appointments Bill, Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said that the government has the highest regard of the judiciary and that there were no efforts to tame it. "This is the first time that on one voted against a law, this will make appointment of judiciaries more transparent," he said. When asked for his reaction to senior jurist Fali Nariman's reaction, Prasad said, "I have the highest regard for him, I won't comment on what he said."