Indian Legal System
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Volume 36 Issue 2 Summer 2008 - Global Challenges & the Indian Legal System 3-2-2009 Article 8
The Indian Legal System
B. N. Srikrishna
Chairman of the Sixth Pay Commission of the Government of India
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The Indian Legal System
B.N. SRIKRISHNA* The legal system in India follows the common law model prevalent in the countries which were at one time under British Rule or were part of the British Commonwealth. The jurisprudence followed in India is almost the same as the one prevalent in England, though it has been cross-fertilized by typical Indian values. The Constitution of India has set up three branches of the State: 1. the executive, 2. the judiciary, and 3. the legislature. These are demarcated by their respective areas of jurisdiction. The judiciary is invested with the power to ensure that all organs of the Constitution act within their respective constitutional limits. It is also the sole interpreter of the constitution and the sole arbiter in all constitutional disputes. India follows the adversary system of legal procedure. This means that the judge acts as a neutral arbiter upholding the balance between
Volume 36 Issue 2 Summer 2008 - Global Challenges & the Indian Legal System 3-2-2009 Article 8
The Indian Legal System
B. N. Srikrishna
Chairman of the Sixth Pay Commission of the Government of India
Follow this and additional works at: http://scholarship.law.cornell.edu/ijli The International Journal of Legal Information is produced by The International Association of Law Libraries. Recommended Citation
Srikrishna, B. N. (2008) "The Indian Legal System," International Journal of Legal Information: Vol. 36: Iss. 2, Article 8. Available at: http://scholarship.law.cornell.edu/ijli/vol36/iss2/8
This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Journals at Scholarship@Cornell Law: A Digital Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in International Journal of Legal Information by an authorized administrator of Scholarship@Cornell Law: A Digital Repository. For more information, please contact jmp8@cornell.edu.
The Indian Legal System
B.N. SRIKRISHNA* The legal system in India follows the common law model prevalent in the countries which were at one time under British Rule or were part of the British Commonwealth. The jurisprudence followed in India is almost the same as the one prevalent in England, though it has been cross-fertilized by typical Indian values. The Constitution of India has set up three branches of the State: 1. the executive, 2. the judiciary, and 3. the legislature. These are demarcated by their respective areas of jurisdiction. The judiciary is invested with the power to ensure that all organs of the Constitution act within their respective constitutional limits. It is also the sole interpreter of the constitution and the sole arbiter in all constitutional disputes. India follows the adversary system of legal procedure. This means that the judge acts as a neutral arbiter upholding the balance between