Two recent judgements of the Supreme Court on Judicial Activism and PILs have expectedly generated a spirited controversy within the Supreme Court and outside about the scope and limits of the court’s jurisdiction in PILs and about Judicial Activism in general.

The recent statements by the Chief Justice of India (CJI) that his is a Constitutional office and therefore exempt from the Right to Information (RTI) Act , has justifiably drawn much criticism.

In 1993, a nine-judge bench of the Supreme Court laid down a new system for making appointments of judges to the high courts and Supreme Court.

The judiciary in the country today has come to enjoy enormous powers. It is not only the arbiter of disputes between citizens, between citizens and the State, between States and the Union, it also in purported exercise of powers to enforce fundamental rights, directs the

The foundations of public interest litigation were laid in the late 70s with cases like the Ratlam Municipalities case.