Shifting scales of justice :
Suresh, Mayur Ed.
Shifting scales of justice : the supreme court in neo-liberal India - New Delhi Orient Blackswan pvt. ltd. 2014 - xxvi,199p.
Contents
List of Figures and Table ix
List of Abbreviations xi
Acknowledgements xiii
Preface xv
Upendra Baxi
Introduction 1
Mayur Suresh and Siddharth Narrain
Embedded Judiciary: Or the Judicial State of Exception?
Aditya Nigam 22
In the Name of the People: The Expansion ofJudicial Power
Usha Ramanathan 39
Environment and the Will to Rule: Supreme Court and Public Interest
Litigation in the 1990sNivedita Menon 59
Fundamental Rights and Public Interest Litigation in India: Overreaching or
Underachieving?Varun Gauri 79
Social Justice and the Supreme Court
Sudhir Krishnaswamy and Madhav Khosla 109
Swallowing a Bitter PIL?: Reflections on Progressive Strategies for Public Interest Litigation inIndia
Arun K. Thiruvengadam 120
A Meandering Jurisprudence of the Court: The Evolving Case Law Related to WaterPhilippe Cullet 139
The Judicial Nineties: Of Politics, Power and Dissent Ujjwal Kumar Singh 162
Notes on Contributors 183
Index 185
9788125054320
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Shifting scales of justice : the supreme court in neo-liberal India - New Delhi Orient Blackswan pvt. ltd. 2014 - xxvi,199p.
Contents
List of Figures and Table ix
List of Abbreviations xi
Acknowledgements xiii
Preface xv
Upendra Baxi
Introduction 1
Mayur Suresh and Siddharth Narrain
Embedded Judiciary: Or the Judicial State of Exception?
Aditya Nigam 22
In the Name of the People: The Expansion ofJudicial Power
Usha Ramanathan 39
Environment and the Will to Rule: Supreme Court and Public Interest
Litigation in the 1990sNivedita Menon 59
Fundamental Rights and Public Interest Litigation in India: Overreaching or
Underachieving?Varun Gauri 79
Social Justice and the Supreme Court
Sudhir Krishnaswamy and Madhav Khosla 109
Swallowing a Bitter PIL?: Reflections on Progressive Strategies for Public Interest Litigation inIndia
Arun K. Thiruvengadam 120
A Meandering Jurisprudence of the Court: The Evolving Case Law Related to WaterPhilippe Cullet 139
The Judicial Nineties: Of Politics, Power and Dissent Ujjwal Kumar Singh 162
Notes on Contributors 183
Index 185
9788125054320
347.5412 / SUR