Arghya Sengupta

Independence and Accountability of the Indian Higher Judiciary

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Mai 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 161mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 669g
• ISBN-13: 9781108485654
• ISBN-10: 1108485650
• Artikelnr.: 56882327

Autorenporträt

Arghya Sengupta is Research Director at the Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy. He is an alumnus of the National Law School of India University and the University of Oxford, and is a Rhodes Scholar.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements
Table of abbreviations
Table of cases
Table of statutes
1. Introduction
Part I. The Indian Experience: 2. Pre-tenure questions: appointments to the higher judiciary
3. In-tenure questions: mechanisms for judicial discipline
4. Post-tenure questions: post-retirement appointments of judges by government
Part II. A Conceptual Analysis: 5. Judicial accountability
6. Judicial independence
7. In search of an effective judiciary: a doctrinal reconciliation of judicial independence and accountability
Part III. Typing the Strands: 8. Harmonising judicial independence and judicial accountability in India
9. Conclusion: a reform proposal for the Indian higher judiciary
Epilogue: the moment the judiciary came out
Appendix: post-retirement employment of judges in government appointed positions
Bibliography
Index.