tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15602189.post1932638612586158839..comments2023-09-21T16:17:51.838+05:30Comments on Law and Other Things: How ‘activist’ IS the Indian Supreme Court?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09348738084817273397noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15602189.post-12523298154823154312008-03-03T20:14:00.000+05:302008-03-03T20:14:00.000+05:30The editorial would have made better sense had the...The editorial would have made better sense had the points been argued at some length with relevant examples. Judicial activism itself is a contested<BR/>concept.There are methodological issues in assessing the court<BR/>in terms of an 'empirically grouned research'. For example<BR/>should we include the key judgments of the 50s or should<BR/>be take into account post-77 judgments only. Should we see<BR/>the judgment in Romesh Thapar<BR/>case as an example of judicial<BR/>activism or not. Some of the<BR/>cases in 50s dealt with admission to temples and other issues.<BR/>Should they be considered as<BR/>routine cases or as cases that<BR/>expounded a particular interpretation of the Constitution<BR/>for the first time. Finally the issue can be addressed<BR/>only when one explicitly states<BR/>ones expectations from the SC<BR/>and the role one envisages for it<BR/>vis a vis the organs of the state.ரவி ஸ்ரீநிவாஸ்https://www.blogger.com/profile/10176389904737294055noreply@blogger.com