POST RETIREMENT APPOINMENTS: A THREAT TO INDEPENDENCE OF JUDICIARY
POST RETIREMENT APPOINMENTS: A THREAT TO INDEPENDENCE OF JUDICIARY “The bedrock of our democracy is the rule of law and that means we have to have an independent judiciary, judges who can make decisions independent of the political winds that are blowing.” ~ Caroline Kennedy The doctrine of Separation of Powers (SOP) came into existenceto demarcate the boundaries for the functioning of all the three organs of the state: Legislature, Executive and the Judiciary.It provides for a responsibility to the judiciary to function as a supervisory body to check whether the executive and the legislature are functioning within their limits as envisaged under the constitution. This task given to the judiciary to supervise the doctrine of SOP cannot be carried on in true spirit if the judicia