As a result, their offices are now fair game in the fierce contest among politicians, their interests and their parties. He will, and rightly so, explore full limits of this space before arriving at any decision on even admitting the petition. Political power is expressed through these institutions, which by themselves are supposed to run on principles of fair play enshrined in the Constitution. There is an argument that ‘unbridled authority’ has seen the judiciary in many shades of power, from activism to overreach. But that institutional balance of power argument has now morphed into a power struggle of retaining and extending influence.

Source: Economic Times April 23, 2018 05:37 UTC