know how the Government is functioning, they
can fulfill the role which democracy assigned to them
and make democracy a really effective participatory
democracy. Right ... information is basic to any
democracy. A vibrant citizenry is a pre-requisite for
survival of democratic society and governance. The
quality of life
Maqbool Fida Husain vs Raj Kumar Pandey [Along With Crl. ... on 8 May, 2008
Author
dark as it is not in the interest of the democracy and well being of the country. The Court directed the Election Commission to secure ... situations that may emerge from time to time in a large democracy, as every contingency could not be foreseen or anticipated by the enacted laws
modern society. It is a necessary instrumentality for strengthening the process of democracy. In this country it has risen to great heights in the past ... their duty. Judiciary is the bed rock and handmaid of democracy. If people lose faith in justice parted by a Court of law, the entire
power, fortune, science and technology and even steadfast democracy. Its potential when channelised is capable of banishing ignorance, poverty, hunger and want. It plays significant ... every walk and sphere of life, including the field of politics and democracy. It can transform democratic institutions and the governance of the country
based principally on two reasons. It is now widely
accepted that democracy does not consist merely
in people exercising their franchise once in five
years ... taking any
interest in the government. Today it is common
ground that democracy has a more positive content
and its orchestration has to be continuous
submits that the Press and the media, being the fourth pillar of
democracy, perform a public function and discharge a public duty in
providing news ... discussion in the society. The press and the media, in a democracy where
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freedom
assistance. It is not out of place to mention that in a democracy every citizen has a fundamental right to know subject to exceptions which ... democratic form of Government. Where a society has chosen to accept democracy as its cradle faith, it is elementary that the citizens ought to know
proceedings and right
to vote as an elective representative; that the parliamentary democracy is the
basic feature of the Constitution of India and to sustain ... Page 4 of 29
indefeasible right to attend the Parliament; that though democracy is the
basic feature of the Constitution of India
with. The
learned counsel for the appellant would urge that in a democracy, correction
of entries in electoral roll has its own sanctity and when ... right and it can
only be curbed within the statutory parameters. Parliamentary democracy
has its sacrosanct features. In this context, we think
