Ashok Dhingra & Sonia Gupta1
Rule of law is foundation of any civil society and survival and
growth of society is dependent upon how strong its foundation is.
Legislature frames laws which are implemented by bureaucracy,
interpreted and protected by judiciary, which are the pillars of
any democratic and rule-based society. If legislature frames laws
which are beyond the mandate of the Constitution or autocratic, the
judiciary steps in being protectors of the Constitution and rights
of citizens. Hence, a fine balance is always needed between all the
pillars of democracy – legislature, bureaucracy and judiciary
– of which Indian democracy is a shining example.
Some of the key elements of any legislation are – date of
coming into force, applicability, subject matter of legislation,
compliance and consequences of non-compliance, enforcement,
designated enforcers, adjudication and appellate remedies, etc.
Thus, each legislation has to be complete code in itself
