Undoubtedly, the Indian Judiciary has shown unprecedented initiative during the last few years and has succeeded in getting the support of the majority of people in the country. In spite of such huge public support, the dangers of judicial activism should not be underestimated. This development cannot be viewed merely as an advance in judicial review. A highly activist judiciary with an unlimited power of judicial review must be reconciled with the representative and majoritarian character of Constitutional Democracy.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Jagat Pal
Professor Jagat Pal (b. 1949) is teaching presently as a Professors of Philosophy in the Department of Philosophy, North Eastern Hill University, Shillong, Meghalaya. He did his graduation and post graduation from the University of Allahabad and Ph.D. from Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, U.P. He started his teaching career from the Jaina Visva Bharati Deemed University, Ladnun, Rajasthan. He has taught several courses in the area of Moral Philosophy, Indian Philosophy, Philosophy of Language, Analytic Philosophy, Symbolic Logic. Philosophy of Natural Sciences, Greek Philosophy and Modern Western Philosophy. He has guided several M.Phil and Ph.D. students. His papers have been published in several learned journals out of which two of them are published in international reputed journal. He has reviewed two books of I.C.P.R. which are published in the I.C.P.R. Journal. His is also co-editor of a book Introduction to Social and Political Philosophy which has been published by the North Eastern Hill University Publication Cell, Shillong in 2002. He has delivered several lectures on Moral Philosophy, Analytic Philosophy of Mind in different University as Resource Person and Visiting Fellow.
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