From Sentinel To Sovereign: Judicial Activism, Overreach, Constitutional Limits Of Judicial Power In India

Akanksha Ravindra Karankal, B.B.A. LL.B. (Hons.), Maharashtra National Law University Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar ABSTRACT The Indian Supreme Court has been transformed due to post-emergency era into a proactive interpreter of constitutional rights, generating the phenomenon broadly termed judicial activism. While the Court's expanded role has reinforced democratic accountability and enlarged the protective scope of fundamental rights, it has simultaneously prompted scholarly and constitutional...