Justice, Judocracy and Democracy in India: Boundaries and Breaches

ISBN-13: 9780415632874 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 360 str.

Sudhanshu Ranjan

Opis

This book is an innovative approach to studying judicial activism in the Indian context. While discussing the varying roles of the judiciary, it delineates the boundaries of different organs of the State judiciary, executive and legislature and highlights the points where these boundaries have been breached.

Spis treści

List of Abbreviations. Table of Cases. Foreword. Acknowledgements. Introduction 1. Judicial Activism: Making Justice Accessible or a Power Game? 2. Balance of Powers between the Legislature, Executive and Judiciary 3. Appointment of Judges to the Higher Judiciary 4. Truth is above Contempt: People’s Right to Criticise Judges 5. Legislature’s Privileges and the Power to Expel its Members. Bibliography. About the Author. Index

O autorze

Sudhanshu Ranjan is a senior television journalist based in New Delhi, India.