Court Holds Key To Solve Political Disputes

In a well-functioning democratic set-up, a balance among the three organs of the state – legislature, executive and judiciary – is essential for stability, good governance and development. A problematic situation arises when any of the three wings tends to overstep each other's jurisdiction. If the executive shows arbitrary behaviour, the judiciary is invoked to bring the former back on track. In a country where the political disputes often crop up under one pretext or another, quarrels reach the court of justice for their final settlement. But when the court's benches are preoccupied with the bundle of litigations of political nature, democratisation process suffers a setback and delivery of economic justice is inordinately delayed.