Judiciary in India: The Dialogic Space
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2015
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Journal of Political Studies
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Yasin, M.
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University of North Bengal
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Chakraborty, R. (2015). Judiciary in India: The Dialogic Space. Journal of Political Studies, 11, 125–147. https://ir.nbu.ac.in/handle/123456789/3752
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Chakraborty, Ranjita
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The judiciary in India has been praised and blamed in the same breath, praised for
being the voice of the people, upholding democracy in India at a time when faith in the
other institutio ns responsible for upholding democracy is ebbing, and blamed for
making a mark in the number of pending cases that stands to at present a scary
3.2crores figure. Critics point to this pendency as undesirable, for justice delayed is
justice denied. The crit ics further point out that this delay is caused by the tendency of
the judiciary in India to go for sensationalism and overreach, taking up cases for
hearing that are sensational and in the process not responding to the civil and criminal
cases that get fi led in the courts. Supporters of the judiciary however, have reasons for
this pendency like the strength of the judiciary and the number of cases to be heard
ratio, vacancies, poor infrastructure and support system etc. This is the political
argument which the present paper would not focus on but would, by a discussion of
some select cases; attempt to highlight the representational role played by the judiciary
in India, facilitating the creation of a space for dialogue between the different sections
of the society in India.
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11
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2278-4039
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125 - 147