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Doctrine Of Separation Of Power In India

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SYMBIOSIS LAW SCHOOL
SYMBIOSIS INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY

Administrative Law

An Essay on
“Doctrine of separation of power in India”

Submitted By:- Name: Ronak Sirsikar Roll No: 117 Class: Div B, Sem 5 PNR: 13010124117

Application of doctrine of separation of power in India

In 1748, The principle of separation of powers enunciated by French Jurist Montesquieu in his book L. Esprit Des Lois (Spirit of Laws) for the first time with a with a view to protect individual liberty from any unwarranted authoritarian and absolute concentration of power in one entity. Montesquieu 's doctrine signifies the fact that one person or body of persons should not exercise all the three powers of the Government - legislative, executive and judiciary. That is why he is known as modern exponent of this theory.
Doctrine of Separation of Powers or des pouvoirs means that each organ of government should be independent of the other and that no organ should perform functions that belong to the other. There should not be concentration of powers in the hands of any particular body of the Government. The three organs of the government which we know as the executive, the judiciary and legislature represent the people in a country and are responsible for the smooth running of democratic governance. The legislature is the law-making body, the executive is responsible for the

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