Judicial Activism
Legal definition for Indian law research
Definition
Judicial activism, means a philosophy of judicial decision-making whereby judges allow their personal views about public policy, among other factors, to guide their decisions, usu. with the suggestion that adherents of this philosophy tend to find constitutional violations and are willing to ignore precedent, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 850.
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