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History of Courts · Unit 3

Courts under the Constitution; Rule of Law, Independence of the Judiciary and Separation of Powers

Unit 3 of History of Courts, Legislature and Legal Profession (syllabus: Module III — the integrated judiciary; the Supreme Court, its constitution, qualifications, tenure and its original, appellate, special leave, writ and advisory jurisdictions; the High Courts, Arts. 214, 215, 226 and 227; the subordinate courts, Arts. 233 and 235; the rule of law before and after independence; the seven devices securing judicial independence; and separation of powers under Art. 50). Below: what the unit covers, the provisions it turns on, and the cases an examiner expects you to name.