This book offers an innovative approach to studying ‘judicial activism’ in the Indian context in tracing
its history and relevance since 1773. While discussing the varying roles of the judiciary, it delineates
the boundaries of different organs of the State — judiciary, executive and legislature — and highlights
the points where these boundaries have been breached, especially through judicial interventions
in parliamentary affairs and their role in governance and policy. Including a fascinating range of
sources such as legal cases, books, newspapers, periodicals, lectures, historical texts and records, the
author presents the complex sides of the arguments persuasively, and contributes to new ways of
understanding the functioning of the judiciary in India.

About the Author

Sudhanshu Ranjan — a senior television journalist based in New Delhi, India.

Table of Contents:
List of Abbreviations. Table of Cases. Foreword. Acknowledgements. Introduction 1. Judicial Activism: Making Justice Accessible or a Power Game? 2. Balance of Powers between the Legislature, Executive and Judiciary 3. Appointment of Judges to the Higher Judiciary 4. Truth is above Contempt: People’s Right to Criticise Judges 5. Legislature’s Privileges and the Power to Expel its Members. Bibliography. About the Author. Index