Democracy not functioning normally: Hegde

September 02, 2011 16:43

Earlier in the day, former Supreme Court judge Santosh Hegde responding to continued criticism over the Lokpal movement said if democracy was functioning "normally", he might have agreed with the view of those who say "you can't make laws in maidan and can't make laws through agitation" in the context of the recent Anna Hazare-led anti-corruption campaign.

Hegde, who retired as Karnataka Lokayukta a month ago, referred to law-making processes in some countries, including in the UK, where a lot of importance is given to public opinion because "it's for the people that laws are made".

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