convicted person from contesting elections‚ the exception carved out under Section 8(4) of the RPA had till now allowed a convicted law-maker to complete his five-year tenure unless his or her appeal is dismissed earlier. It was beyond the power of Parliament to defer the date from which the disqualification will come into effect in the case of sitting MPs and MLAs‚ the court said‚ making it clear that the ruling would hold supreme. The disqualification will‚ however‚ not come into effect for sitting
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Seperation of powers The constitutional principle that limits the powers vested in any person or institution. It divides governmental authority into three branches: legislative (Parliament or Senate)‚ executive (President or Prime Minister and the Cabinet)‚ and judiciary (Chief Justice and other judges). This principle is expressed fully in the US Constitution‚ but is used only as a guide in the UK. Read more: http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/separation-of-powers.html#ixzz2HCkLCaUA
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Devolution is defined as “the transfer of power to a lower level‚ especially by central government to local or regional administrations” (oxforddictionaries.com). It can also be defined as “the transfer of power from a superior sovereign to a subordinate parliament or assembly.” (Tonge 2010). Within a devolved state‚ the sovereign power retains the technical power to suspend the devolved government. Since Labour came into power in 1997 under Tony Blair‚ power has been devolved from Westminster to Scotland
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[pic] By Bhabani Sankar B.Singh Bhabani Sankar B.Singh Daringbadi‚ Kandhamal Odisha‚ India Pin-762104 A few words from me......... Bhabani Sankar B.Singh ( MA BJ ) Being a student of journalism writing is an obvious passion .Apart from that ‚am passionate
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One reform introudced after 1997 was devolution. The centrepiece of Labour’s programme of constitutional reform was undoubtedly this. Referendums had been held in Scotland‚ Wales and Northern Ireland regading whether they should have their own Parliaments and devolved government. Devolution will almost certainly have an impact on the wishes of the people who live there to see complete independence for their country. Once devolution had been granted‚ complete independence would see an opportunity
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HISTORY OF RIGHT TO INFORMATION INTRODUCTION: Right to Information has given a platform to the people to know about the proper functioning and the administration of the government. Before the need for Right to Information emerged‚ there were other acts such as the Evidence Act and the Official Secrets Act which gave certain privileges to the government to prevent certain documents to be disclosed to the public. As a result the government started using these privileges to serve their own ends
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Wembley Need to talk about criteria/ funding where the money came from The Wembley stadium was built using a Design and build Procurement strategy. A Design and build strategy is where a single contractor is responsible for both the design and construction of the stadium. The client must specify the type of building they require and the contractor proposes the best design to meet this‚ this information was found at the web address Building.co.uk. A design and build project allows the low
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politicians from the mid 19th century. This lithograph shows members of parliament sitting in rows- some staring‚ some sleeping‚ and some talking. They are sitting quite stern faced. The main material used in this image was a very fine pencil. Daumier uses a large range of textures and tones in this image‚ which varies from rich‚ velvety blacks to sharp whites. This image is organised to be very even to give the real idea that the parliament is one- they are all in a sense greedy‚ sly and corrupted people
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which the Yang di-Pertuan Agong is head of state and the Prime Minister of Malaysia is the head of government. Executive power is exercised by the federal government and the 13 state governments. Federal legislative power is vested in the federal parliament and the 13 state assemblies. The judiciary is independent of the executive and the legislature‚ though the executive maintains a certain level of influence in the appointment of judges to the courts. The Constitution of Malaysia is codified and
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Pressure Groups Pressure groups can influence political decisions in many ways. Pressure groups represent a particular issue/issues and tries to put pressure on the government to change laws concerning their specific interest. This can take place in several different ways but methods used by insider pressure groups are different to the ones used by outsider pressure groups. Outsider pressure groups keep their independence from the government. Because of this these pressure groups are not bound
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