
Supreme Court Chief Justice Justice Esther Hayut today criticized Justice Minister Amir Ohana in a speech at a course for court chief and deputy justices in Ma’ale Hahamisha.
“Following an interview broadcast yesterday with the Justice Minister, it’s important for me to tell you that in my opinion, the fact that a Justice Minister in the State of Israel, on his inauguration day, chooses to share with us an unprecedented and irresponsible legal outlook, according to which not all verdicts handed by a court need necessarily be respected, must be viewed with utmost seriousness,” Hayut said.
“In other words, every litigant will be able, with the Justice Minister’s blessing, to choose which judgment to uphold and which not. I want to say only one thing about this: Between this worldview and the anarchy of ‘every man, what is good in his eyes will do’ – the road is short,” she added.
Justice Hayut was responding to an interview given by Justice Minister Ohana on News 12, during which he was asked about his previous statement that not every court ruling should be observed.