INDIAN JUDICIAL SYSTEM
The Indian Judicial System has been placed in between Westminster model (where Judiciary is rather toothless) and American model (where Judiciary is supreme). The Judiciary has in India’s independent history more often than not tipped the scales back in favor of libertarian democracy whenever the balance has been distributed by executive nation. The Indian Judicial system is one of the oldest legal system in the world today. It is a part of inheritance India received from British after a 200 years of colonial rule. The framework of the current legal system has been laid down by the Indian Constitution and the Judicial system derives the power from it. The Constitution of India is the supreme law of the country, the fountain source of law in India. It came into effect on 26 January 1950 and is the world’s longest written constitution. It not only laid the framework of the Indian Judicial system, but has also laid out the powers, duties, procedures and structures of the ...