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In the following illustration, fill in each tier with the judgments give by the various courts in the Sudha Goel case. Check your responses with others in class.

Lower court: In this court Laxman, his mother Shakuntla and his brother-in-law Subhash Chandra were sentenced to death.

High Court: In the decision of high court all three were acquitted.


Supreme Court: Supreme court decided to give life imprisonment to Laxman and his mother while his brother-in-law Subhash Chandra was acquitted for lack of sufficient evidence.


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1

You read that one of the main functions of the judiciary is upholding the Law and Enforcing Fundamental Rights. Why do you think an independent Judiciary is necessary to carry out this important function?

 2

Re-read the list of Fundamental Rights provided in Chapter-1. How do you think the Right the Constitutional Remedies connects to the idea of judicial review?

 4

Keeping the Sudha Goel case in mind, tick the sentence that are true and correct the ones that are false.

(a) The accused took the case to High Court because they were unhappy with the decision of the Trial Court.


(b) They went to the High Court after the Supreme Court had given its decision.


(c) If they don’t like the Supreme Court verdict, the accused can go back again to the Trial Court.

 5

Why do you think the introduction of Public Interest Litigation (PIL) in the 1980s is a significant step in ensuring access to justice for all?