About the Book
Contours of Constitutional Power: Essays on Governance and Accountability in India is a scholarly edited collection examining the constitutional distribution, exercise, and control of public power in India. The volume brings together essays on federalism, executive authority, parliamentary privilege, electoral accountability, emergency powers, judicial innovation, and democratic institutional design.
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Key Themes
Constitutional Law
Governance
Accountability
Indian Federalism
Public Law
Emergency Powers
Election Commission of India
Judicial Review
Parliamentary Privilege
Suo Motu Jurisdiction
Editors
Prof. (Dr.) V.J. Praneshwaran
Director, CMR University, School of Legal Studies, Bengaluru
Prof. (Dr.) V.J. Praneshwaran is a legal academic with extensive experience in legal practice, client counselling, teaching, and legal education. He holds an LL.M. in Constitutional Law, M.Phil. in Law, and Ph.D. from Bangalore University.
Dr. Vidya Selvamony
Advocate & Visiting Faculty, CMR University, School of Legal Studies, Bengaluru
Adv. (Dr.) Vidya Selvamony is a legal scholar, practicing advocate, visiting faculty member, and social reformer with more than 25 years of experience in the legal field.
Table of Contents
1. Executive Lawmaking through Ordinances in India
Author: Ms. Maddi Vandana Reddy
2. Parliamentary Privileges in India
Author: Ms. Gnaneshwari G
3. The Indian President and Federal Balance
Author: Ms. Vega Shree S
4. Reimagining Federal Balance: Doctrine of Pith and Substance
Author: Mr. Basavaraja
5. Revisiting Gubernatorial Discretion in India
Author: Mr. Gopinath Deshi
6. Reimagining Federalism: Local Self-Government
Author: Mr. Syed Suhail
7. Trade, Commerce and Fiscal Power under Part XIII
Author: Ms. Sairaab Shafi Shora
8. Legal Immunity of Election Commissioners in India
Author: Ms. Ziana George
9. Independence of the Election Commission of India
Author: Mr. Kumar Raj
10. Constitutional Safeguards Against Emergency Powers
Author: Mr. Ajith Kumar V
11. Article 356 and President’s Rule in India
Author: Mr. Beireizi Khithie
12. Financial Emergency under Article 360
Author: Ms. Vaishnavi R
13. Supreme Court’s Suo Motu Jurisdiction in India
Author: Ms. Razan Fatima Dawood
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