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Judicial review, is not only concerned with the merits of the decision but also of the decision-making process. It intends to protect the individual against the misuse or abuse of the power by a wide range of authorities. Judicial review is a protection to the individual and not at weapon, Kartar Singh v. State of Punjab, (1994) 3 SCC 569 (738).

Means to look again main object of granting a review of judgment in reconsideration of the same matter by the same judge under certain conditions (CPC, 1908, s. 114)

Judicial Review, is the power of the court to review statutes or administrative acts and determine their constitutionality. The examination of Federal and State Legislative Statutes and the acts of executive officials by the courts to determine their validity according to written Constitution, Dictionary of Political Science, Joseph Dunner, 1965, p. 285.

In England the judiciary has no power to review the laws made by Parliament, Limited Government and Judicial Review, D.D. Basu, p. 275.

U.S. Supreme Court exercises the power to judicial review of Acts passed by the Congress and has struck down several Statutes as unconstitutional, Dictionary of Political Science, Joseph Dunner, 1965, p. 285.