Rule of Law its Achievement, Paradox and Trivialization :
Lead author · Corresponding
Shalini Kumari
Legal Consultant Directorate of Enforcement, India.
Co-author
Jasleen Walia
Legal Consultant Directorate of Enforcement, India.
Abstract
"The bedrock of our democracy is the rule of law and that means we have to have an independent judiciary, judges who can make decisions independent of the political winds that are blowing.” - Caroline Kennedy. The term ‘Rule of Law’ is nowhere defined in the Indian Constitution but this term is often used by the Indian judiciary in their judgments. Rule of law has been declared by the Supreme Court as one of the basic features of the Constitution so it cannot be amended even by the constitutional amendment. So in brief one can say that the rule of law means the government of law, not men.