Indian Judiciary
Dec 27 2007, Pratyush

The Judiciary in India may turn into a dictator. The Supreme Court Judge P Sathasivam said that the �tool of judicial activism� should be used carefully by the judges, failing which the Supreme Court could turn into a �tyrant institution�....

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