Impact of Judicial Activism on Government

Black’s Law Dictionary defines JUDICIAL ACTIVISM as “Philosophy of judicial decision or political consideration rather than on existing law.’’ HISTORY OF JUDICIAL ACTIVISIM- ARTHUR SCHLESINGER Jr. introduced the term ‘judicial activisim’ in January 1947 in FORTUNE MAGAZINE article titled “The …

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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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