Month: October 2018

Concept of citizen charters originated in UK. The primary purpose being improving service delivery and professional management with the domain of public goods and services. The charter is the declaration of commitment to superiority in service to customers of the department. A typical citizens charter has the following components: Clarification of purpose Clarity of goods… Continue reading Citizen charters are new look towards publicness of public administration

Growth of administrative law has been due to the increasing complexities of the society, it is a dynamic process. Judicial law is derived from the philosophy of law i.e. it is more focused on philosophical and ideological aspects like justice, rights, principles that govern the justice delivery. Administrative law on the other hand includes the… Continue reading Administrative Law is closer to Sociology of Law than Philosophy of Law

Several inter-connected processes with regard to the democratic aspiration of  building the rule of law and enhancing citizenship have been initiated in developing societies and more so in India. More than ever before, regime legitimacy is linked to the credibility and success of law construction. At  the  same time, judicial institutions and legal processes have… Continue reading Judicialization of Politics and politicialization of judiciary – Two sides of the same coin

Judicial control is either through citizens or results in encroachment of well established predefined procedures of executive responsibility. In the constitutional scheme, and the idea of separation of powers, it is the legislature that must ensure executive accountability. Parliamentary democracy ensures that it is the legislature which causes the formation of executive and hence to… Continue reading Judicial control over administration if not subservient is neither superior to legislative control