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National Green Tribunal: Assessment of Achievements

India became third country in the world to start a National Green Tribunal (NGT) which is a judicial...

📅 September 27, 2016

Issues & Analysis around Administrative Tribunals

The major analytical topics around administrative tribunals are as follows: What do we understand by the inherent “contempt...

📅 September 27, 2016

Inter-state Disputes and Their Redressal in India

In a federal constitution, the sovereignty is divided between the federation and its units. When sovereignty is divided,...

📅 September 27, 2016

Separation of Powers in Constitution of India

In India, separation of functions is followed and not of powers and hence, the principle is not abided...

📅 September 26, 2016

Doctrine of Separation of Powers: Meaning and History

The separation of powers, also known as trias politica, was first developed in ancient Greece and was widely...

📅 September 26, 2016

Fiscal Federalism in India

Apart from separation of powers of taxation, constitution of India has provided for an institutional mechanism viz. Finance...

📅 September 25, 2016

Issues and Challenges with Indian Federalism [Others]

We have so far discussed regionalism, diversity, division of powers and asymmetries of Indian constitution. Here are some...

📅 September 25, 2016

Asymmetries in Indian Federalism

One of the major concerns about the Indian federalism that it is asymmetric. By “Asymmetric” we mean that...

📅 September 25, 2016

Indian Federalism and Division of Powers

The constitution has divided the legislative authority via 7th schedule {Union, State, and Concurrent Lists}. The residuary powers...

📅 September 25, 2016

Indian Federalism and Regionalism

The term regionalism has both negative and positive connotations. In negative sense, it denotes excessive preference to one’s...

📅 September 25, 2016

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