Judicial Activism

After Supreme Court grills CPIL, it's time to ask whether PILs are truly in 'public interest'

The observations of a bench of the Supreme Court, questioning an organisation which has filed a large number of public interest litigations, have brought into focus the nature of such pleas.

With UPA in terminal decline, India is closed for business

A weak government that has lost the will to govern has created a vacuum that countless other players are rushing to fill. The result: a Tower of Babel, policy muddle, and an environment that is forcing investors to flee.

Prez sounds note of caution on judicial activism

Sounding a note of caution on judicial activism, President Pranab Mukherjee on Saturday said judicial pronouncements must respect the boundaries that separate the legislature, executive and judiciary.

'Coup politics': Progress in Pak, regression in India

Beyond the dynamics of the 'judicial coup' in Pakistan, there are signs of a maturing of political systems in that country. In India, however, there has been a disquieting regression on that count.

Is the judiciary ruling India? Or just filling the gap?

Ever since the 2G case there's been a lot of worry about an activist judiciary ruling India. But how justified is it? Is it time to worry about the separation of powers?

Your Honour, mind the line between activism and overreach please

There are indications that the courts are getting inclined to exceeding their mandate and transgressing into areas they should be staying off as matter of propriety. It does not augur well.