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The Aryan Path July 1949

1949

In some republics the President had the same power over the judiciary that the King had while in others like the United States of America the Presdent who is the chief executive head of the republic also appoints the highest members of the judiciary subject to the approval of the Senate with the result that the judiciary has become tinged with a political colouring.19491 THE JUDICIARY IN [...] The King is generally above party politics while in the case of a republic the President is a party man and when he becomes the head of the State there is great danger of the interests of the judiciary being subordinated as has happened in the United States where the President is the head of the Executive also. [...] The rcruitment promotion and transfer of judges and magistrates should be left with the High Courts under the supervision of the Supreme Court only and the Judges of the High Court and the Supreme Court should be appointed by the President of the Republic on the advice of the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. [...] The system which now prevails in India is the best for the higher judicial appoinments namely the selection of Judges by the Chief Justice of the High Court and the Governor of the Province with the approval of the Chief Justice of India ; and the person so selected should be formally appointed by the Governor-General i.e. [...] The starting-point of the raja-parampara of Ceylon is the year of the demise of the Buddha and that of the therparampara is the date of the First Buddhist Council convened in the city of Rajagalia under the presdency of the Venerable Maha kassapa.
philosophy religion
Pages
56
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.120051
Segment Pages Author Actions
Frontmatter
i-ii Sophia Wadia view
“Thus Have I Heard”—
289-290 Shravaka view
The Judiciary in a Free Democratic State
291-295 H. V. Divatia view
Education for the Great Valleys
296-300 Aubrey Haan view
Early Kings of Ceylon as in the Chronicles and Inscriptions
301-305 B. C. Law view
Yeats and his Circle
306-309 R. M. Fox view
Bhaskara’s Leelavathi: its Cultural Importance
310-314 K. S. Nagarajan view
Peace Foundation in India
314-314 Sophia Wadia view
Knights on Camel-Back in the Sahara
315-319 M. A. Moyal view
Scientific Research
319-319 Sophia Wadia view
New Books and Old
320-334 Sophia Wadia view
Ends and Sayings
335-336 Sophia Wadia view
Backmatter
i-iv Sophia Wadia view

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