1ST INTRA STATE CONFERENCE ON "VISTA OF CONSTITUTIONAL LAW" TEAM CODE: T34 JUDICIAL ACCOUNABILITY: A FACET OF REALITY ABSTRACT: “Judiciary unlimited” is an unelected judiciary which is not accountable to anyone except itself. Today Judiciary has marginalised the Indian Government. The Supreme Court has its own laws and ways of interpretation with implementation. The issue is not whether something justifiable has come out of all this but whether the Courts have arrogated vast and uncontrolled
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The British Constitution and Judicial Independence One of the basic principles of the British Constitution is judicial independence . Simply explained‚ this means that judges‚ in making their decisions‚ must not be influenced or coerced by outside forces (History Learning Site). This independence is assured by several safeguards which include fiscal autonomy‚ independent selection‚ and security of tenure. The purpose of these is to ensure that judges will render fair and impartial decisions without
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Pros and Cons of Judicial Review Adam Kimball Pol. 1110 Instr. Madigan 12/10/96 Judicial Review is the power given to Supreme court justices in which a judge has the power to reason whether a law is unconstitutional or not. Chief Justice John Marshall initiated the Supreme Court’s right to translate the Constitution in 1803 following the case of Marbury Vs. Madison‚ in which he declared the Supreme Court as the sole interpreters of Constitutional law. This is one
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I have expressed my views about the Pakistan Supreme Court and its need to maintain judicial self restraint in articles published in this newspaper and elsewhere. However‚ in view of the turmoil currently prevailing in Pakistan‚ a clear elaborate enunciation of the philosophy of judicial restraint is called for. In a recent statement‚ the Chief Justice has said that it is the Constitution‚ not Parliament‚ which is supreme in the country. There is no controversy about this legal position‚ and indeed
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Judicial Precedent is another important source of law‚ it is an independent source of law‚ where there are no legislations on the particular point in statute Books‚ and Judicial Precedent works great. Judicial precedent has been accepted as one of the important sources of law in most of the legal systems. It is also a continuous‚ growing source of law. According to Salmond‚ the doctrine of precedent has two meanings‚ namely (1) in a loose sense precedent includes merely reported case-law which may
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Judicial Precedent Judicial precedent means the decisions of the higher courts automatically binds the lower courts according to the hierarchy of the courts. This refers to the doctrine of stare decisis. For example‚ the Supreme Court decision binds the Court of Appeal‚ Divisional Courts‚ High Court and County Court. Ratio decidendi is the principle of the case or reasons for the decision and it is binding. In London Street Tramways v. London County Council‚ it said that certainty in the
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Judicial notice is a rule in the law of evidence that allows a fact to be introduced into evidence if the truth of that fact is so well known or established that it cannot be refuted. This is done upon the request of the party seeking to have the fact at issue determined by the court. Matters admitted under judicial notice are accepted without being formally introduced by a witness or any other rule of evidence‚ and even if one party wishes to lead evidence to the contrary. In India the concept
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1988 Judicial Crisis In 1988‚on the ground of misconduct‚ Tun Salleh Abas by then Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohammad was brought before a tribunal and this tribunal was chaired by Tun Hamid Omar. Due to the constitutionality of the tribunal‚ Tun Salleh Abas filed a suit in the High Court of Kuala Lumpur and while proceeding‚ interim stay against the tribunal was applied by Tun Salleh Abas until July 4‚ 1988 but the request then denied. Later‚however‚ an interlocutory order was granted to Tun
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Judicial Discretion Judicial discretion refers to the authority that judges have for making and interpreting certain laws. Within the United States‚ judicial discretion is one of the fundamental tenants of the system of law‚ and is guaranteed in the United States Constitution. Both state and federal judges can exercise judicial discretion‚ although their discretion is not unlimited. This study focuses on a series of legal‚ extralegal‚ and systemic variables presumed to affect the workings of criminal-justice
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Name: BTEC Level 3 Applied Law (Unit 2) Judicial Precedent P1: explain the application of judicial precedent in the courts You will need to know: What is judicial precedent? The development of the system The hierarchy of the courts The difference between ratio decidendi and obiter dicta The difference between binding and persuasive precedent How law reports are used What is judicial precedent? ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
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