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 powers to themselves. Courts are important element of governance
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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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Judicial Activism Active Judiciary‚ passive executive In normal circumstances‚ judicial activism should not be encouraged. But the circumstances are not normal. The political system is in a mess. In several areas‚ there is a situation to administrative paralysis. Take the recent Hawala case‚ which is a good example of judicial activism. What transpired in this case is very instructive. In this case the prime minister’s name was also involved‚ and
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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 Activism vs. Judicial Self-Restraint There are many differences between Judicial Activism and Judicial Self Restraint. Judicial Activism is the process by which judges take an active role in the governing process and Judicial Self Restraint is that Judges should not read their own philosophies into the constitution. Judicial activism is the view that the Supreme Court should be an active and creative partner with the legislative and executive branches in help shaping the government policy
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controversy of judicial review which at extreme points‚ is called judicial activism‚ is a concept new to India. Judicial review can be defined as the judiciary‚ in the exercise of its own independence‚ checking and cross checking the working of the other organs of the government‚ while trying to uphold the ideal of ‘the rule of law’. Judicial activism more reformist in character is often confused with judicial review. According to Black’s Law Dictionary‚ judicial activism is “a philosophy of judicial decision-making
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How to write selection criteria Related Links Selection criteria are statements that describe the qualifications‚ knowledge‚ skills‚ abilities and experience that are required in a job. When you are asked to respond to selection criteria‚ you are being asked to describe how you meet the requirements of the job‚ providing examples. Types of criteria The kind of responses you will write for selection criteria will depend on the kind of job you are applying for. Different employers will ask different
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6 Judicial Activism in India Chief Justice P.N. Bhagwati Last fall the Law School was honored by a visit (rom Indian Chiefjustice Praiullachand Natwarlal Bhagwati. Justice Bhagwati came as the guest of Prof Marc Galanter‚ himself an expert on Indian law and a consultant to the Indian government in the Bhopal disaster. Bhagwati is the 17th chief justice of the Indian Supreme court‚ and follows his father as a justice of that court. India Today called Bhagwati‚ ’~conscious disciple of Felix Frankfurter
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Judicial Decisions.The effective law making process of modern Malaysia Table of Content Introduction Malaysian Judiciary Judiciary Administration Law Making Process … … Conclusion Introduction History of Malaysian Law Different countries practices difference types of legal system. Some country practices one type of legal system while other practices the mixed legal system which means a combination of two or more legal systems. Malaysia for example‚ practices the mixed legal system which
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molded our American beliefs in this great nation. This branch of government is respected because of the code of conduct that the judges‚ no matter how conservative or liberal. The language of the court as well as the uniform of the cloaks that judges wear has most probably contributed towards this widespread respect. Throughout the history of the United States‚ I noticed a pattern of “cause and effect” that our judiciary branch had practiced. I noticed that the judicial branch usually restrain themselves
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