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Judiciary vs govt: The more things change, the more they remain the same

The problem, as many experts have pointed out, lies with the power of judicial review. The judiciary has invested it to mean absolute judicial supremacy, while the govt begs to differ

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T C A Srinivasa-Raghavan

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There is the beginning of a new trend in the world: a new phase of executive-judiciary confrontation. First, there was the news that the current Israeli government was trying to pass legislation that would restrict the Israeli judiciary in some ways. Now comes the news that the current Pakistani government is also considering doing the same. Earlier, some other countries had done it.

This has led to two sorts of discussions. The obvious one is that the current Indian government will also go down this path. A major American newspaper yesterday also alleged that the Modi government has been pressuring
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