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Judiciary has acquired the role of both, a legislature and an executive in recent years. Examine with suitable examples.

  • UPSC 2017
  • 20 marks
  • Principal Organs of Government

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India never adopted a rigid separation of powers; Ram Jawaya Kapur v. State of Punjab (1955) described a functional division with checks and balances. Judicial review lets courts invalidate what the other organs do. The claim examined here is that the higher judiciary now also makes the rule and runs the programme. The evidence largely…

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  • The judiciary as legislature
  • The judiciary as executive
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