Reforms In The Judicial System

Introduction The constitution of India secures to all citizens the concept of justice (social, economic, and political). The ideal of justice had been circumscribed in our Indian constitution to carry out the purpose of law so that its concept reaches …

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Constitutional Position Of The Election Commission

Article 324 of the Constitution of India provides for the appointment of the Election Commission to direct and control the elections. The Commission is an All-India body having jurisdiction over elections to Parliament, State Legislatures, Office of the President and …

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Emergence Of Public Interest Litigation In India

“Access to justice through class actions, public interest litigation and representative proceedings is the present Constitutional jurisprudence”.[1]’ – Justice Krishna Iyer The emergence of Public Interest Litigation was initiated by few Judges of the Supreme Court.[2] The method was to …

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Who Is Supreme: Executive Or The Judiciary?

It is said that the tussle between the executive and the judiciary started when the Ninth Schedule of the Constitution was added to the Constitution vide the First Constitutional Amendment Act,1951. The Act provided that the laws included under the …

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Is PIL A Pill For All Wrongs?

Originated and developed in the USA in 1960s, it was designed to provide adequate legal representation to the deprived classes. The concept of PIL in India is a product of the Supreme Court of India through the process of judicial …

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