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Shifting scales of justice : the supreme court in neo-liberal India

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: Orient Blackswan pvt. ltd. 2014 New DelhiDescription: xxvi,199pISBN:
  • 9788125054320
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DDC classification:
  • 347.5412 SUR
Contents:
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
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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



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