CONTENTS PAG) PARTI. 1, INTRODUCTION EVOLUTION AND HISTORICAL BACKGROUND REASONS FOR JUDICIAL ACTIVISM. POWER OF JUDICIAL REVIEW RYN PART IL. ANALYTICAL APPRECIATION OF JUDICIAL ACTIVISM ARTICLE 21 AND JUDICIAL ACTIVISM SOCPE AND EXTENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS, PERSONAL LIBERTIES RIGHT TO EQUALITY DOCTRINE OF ARBITRARINESS MISUSE OF POWER JUDICIAL ACTIVISM AND ARTICLE 356 IMPACT OF JUDICIAL ACTIVISM PART I. JUDICIAL ACTIVISM AND CRIMINAL LAW JUDICIAL ACTIVISM AND ENVIRONMENTAL LAW JUDICIAL ACTIVISM AND LABOUR/INDUSTRIAL LAWS JUDICIAL ACTIVISM AND RIGHT TO LIFE UNDER ARTICLE-21. JUDICIAL ACTIVISM AND FAMILY LAWS JUDICIAL ACTIVISM AND LAW RESPECTING COMPENSATIONS 15 19 41 49 54 58 65 68 74 80 4 100 110 132 156 171 187ot? PARTIV * FACETS OF JUDICIAL ACTIVISM PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION EXPANSION OF LOCUS STANDI POST CARD LITIGATION/ ASSUMED SUO MOTO JURISDICTION PART V. JUDICIAL ACTIVISM IN PROCEDURAL LAW DELAYS AND LATCHES. JUDICIAL DIAGNOSIS OF DELAY JUDICIAL ACTIVISM IN REVERSE GEAR PART Vi MOUNTING ARRERS JUDICIAL ACTIVISM AT A HALT PART VIL CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTIONS, REFERECES AND BIBLIOGRAPHY 206 214 221 229 231 231 237 249 259 273 274