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MAIN TOPICS

Role of the Judiciary                  

Independent Judiciary
Structure of courts in India 
Branches of legal system           
PIL(public interest litigation)   
 ROLE OF THE JUDICIARY
The courts take decisions on a large no. Of issues
.Broadly speaking, the work that the judiciary does can
be divided into the following :                               
 Dispute resolution :it means that the judicial system
provides a mechanism of resolving  disputes between
two citizens ,and between citizen and government, and
between 2 state governments ,between state and central
governments. Here are some disputes from real life.
 JUDICIAL REVIEW
At the final interpreter of the Constitution ,the
judiciary also has powers to strike down the
particular laws Parliament if it believes that these are
a "Violation" of basic structure of Constitution.an
example of such review in real life is given below
           The supreme court declared that the Judicial
Act of 1789 is unconstitutional  
He is the founder of the act

HE'S SENATOR OLIVER

ELLSWORTH
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 UPHOLDING LAW AND
ENFORCING
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS
If a citizen's fundamental rights
are violated then they can
approach Supreme court or the
High court . Article  21 provides
every citizen right to life and
include right to health too.
 An agricultural
labourer fell from
a running train and
was heavily
injured. His
conditions were
worse because
several hospitals
AN EXAMPLE OF refused to admit
UPHOLDING AND him.
ENFORCING LAWS
INDEPENDENT
JUDICIARY
Judiciary is an Independent body . It is an
independent one because if it is an
dependent one any politician can make
every decisions in his favor by appointing
and dismissing judges. So ,to not make any
decisions favor of anyone Judiciary Is an
independent one.
 AN IMAGE OF
INDEPENDENT
JUDICIARY
 The structure of
STRUCTURE OF Indian courts were the
COURTS IN INDIA supreme court below
it state high courts
and below them
district courts and
below are subordinary
Courts and there is a
system of appealation
In which if a citizen is
not satisfied with high
or district courts he
can move on to
supreme court.
STRUCTURE OF INDIAN
COURTS
BRANCHES
OF LEGAL
SYSTEM
The laws of
Indian
constitution are
of two
types:CRIMINA
L LAW and
CIVIL LAW.
Deals with conduct or murder or assault or acts that
the law defines as offences . For example, theft,
harassing a woman to  bring more dowry , murder. 
It usually begin with FIR with the police who
investigate the crime after which a case is filed in
court.
If found guilty the accused can be sent jail and also
fined.

CRIMINAL LAWS
 CIVIL LAW

Deals with any harm or injury to rights

of Individuals . For example, disputes
relating to sale of land, purchase of
goods , rent matters, divorce cases 
A petition has to be filed before the
relevant court by the affected party
only. In a rent matter, either thelandlord
or tenant can file a case.
 PIL(PUBLIC INTEREST
LITIGATION)
Public Interest Litigation or PIL is a mechanism to
increase access to justice, it allowed any individual or
Organization to file a PIL In the high court or the
Supreme court on behalf of those whose rights have
been violated. In the early years, PIL was used to secure
justice on a large no. Of issues such as rescuing bonded
labourers from inhuman work conditions and, securing
the release of prisoners in Bihar who had been kept in
jail even after their punishment term was completed .
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P.BI.JEEVAN RAM
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