THE TAMIL NADU Dr. AMBEDKAR LAW UNIVERSITY CHENNAI ADMINISTRATIVE LAW Dr. D. Umamaheswari LLM. MHRM, PhD. (Law) Assistant Professor (S.S.) Labour & Administrative Law Department TNDALU SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE IN LAWPreface ‘Administrative law is the body of law that governs the activities of administrative agencies of the government which comprise of rulemaking power when delegated to them by the Legislature as and when the need, power of adjudication to pronounce decisions while giving Judgements on certain matters, implementation/enforcement of public policy. Thus, ‘Administrative law determines the organization, powers and duties of administrative authorities. The concept of Administrative Law is founded on the following principles: Power is conferred on the administration by law; No power is absolute or uncontrolled howsoever broad the nature of the same might be; there should be reasonable restrictions on exercise of such powers depending on the situation. It provides accountability and responsibility in the administrative functioning. Though administrative law is as old as administration itself since they cannot exist separately, in India the early signs of existence of administrative law could be found in the treatises written during the reign of the Mauryas, Guptas Mughals as well as East India Company which introduced the modem administrative law in Indian legal system. There are several reasons and factors responsible for the rapid growth of ‘Administrative law in 20th century such as changed relations of Authorities and Citizens; Origin of Welfare State Concept; Inadequacy of the Legislations; Inadequacy of Courts; Technical Experts are with Administrative Organs; Union of both Administrative & Judicial Funetion; The Judicial System Proved Inadequate In simple words. Thus, the reason behind the growing importance of Administrative law is the assumption by the Administrative authorities of very wide powers including legislative and judicial which was the result of the social welfare state, Since Administrative law is primarily concemed with the control over the exercise of their powers, Le. to prevent Administrative authorities from abuse and misuse of powers, it has become a subject of growing interest-The study of administrative laws is very significant because the very concept of having a democracy and a government to work for the people would be self-defeating as there would be no responsibility or accountability of the public officials to anybody and the administration would run arbitrarily. Dr. D. Umamaheswari Assistant Professor (ss) Labour Law and Administrative Law Department SOEL, TNDALU, Chennai - 600 113.SUBJECT : ADMINISTRATIVE LAW Objectives : Today we are living in a ‘administrative age’ where there is rising tendency to transfer more and more powers to executive which include quasi judicial as well as quasi-legislative which hhas become inevitable in modem democratic state. Therefore, there has been a tremendous increase in powers and functions of the administrative authorities and the obvious result is full of danger of its degeneration and unwanted encroachment on human rights and liberties. Hence, there requires adequate control, safeguard through procedural faimess, judicial review and remedies to those affected by the administration. This syllabus has been prescribed with these objectives. UNIT -I : Introduction to Administrative Law 1. Definition, Nature, Scope - Origin and Development in U.K., U.S. France and India -Sources -Administrative Law and Constitutional Law 2. Rule of Law Concept, Evaluation of Dicey’s concept of Rule of Law, Modern conception of Rule of Law, Rule of Law in U.K., U.S.A. and India, Rule of Law vis-d-vis Administrative Law 3. Doctrine of Separation of Powers — Meaning, Origin, Montesquieu’s Doctrine of Separation of Powers, System of checks and balances, position in UK, USA, and Indi 4. Parliamentary Sovereignty in U.K., Limited Legislative Powers in U.S.A. and India 5. Classification of Administrative Action a. Nature of Powers-Executive, Legislative and Judicial b. Legislative function-Quasi Legislative functions - Administrative Directions. . Judicial function - Quasi Judicial functions — Tribunals and Administrative Justice 4. Executive function - Ministerial functions and discretionary functions,UNIT - II: Delegated Legislation Meaning, Nature, Origin, Development and causes of growth of delegated legislation, Types of Delegated Legislation and Constitutionality of Delegated Legislation-Delegated Legislation and Conditional Legislation, Sub-Delegation-Restraints on Delegation of Legislative Power, Doctrine of Excessive Delegation- Control over Delegated Legislation ~ Judicial, Procedural and Legislative Contypl-Administrative directions and Delegated Legislation UNIT - III : Procedural Fairness and Judicial Review A. Principles of Natural Justice Concept, Parameters and application of the Principles of Natural Justice- Rule against Bias-Audi Alteram Partem or the Rule of Fair Hearing - Meaning, Object, Ambit and Ingredients of Fair Hearing, Institutional Decision, Post-Decision Hearing-Reasoned Decisions-Exceptions to the Rule of Natural Justice-Effects of Breach of Natural Justice B. Administrative Process and Judicial Review 1) Meaning and need for Judicial Review 2) Scope of Judicial Review Jurisdiction of the Supreme Court - Writ Jurisdiction-Appeal by Special Leave (Art. 136)-Scope and Object of Article 136-Jurisdiction of the High Court 3) Judicial Review of Administrative Action through Writs- ‘Scope of the Writ Jurisdiction -Against whom the Writ lies-Territorial extent of Writ Jurisdiction -Relief against an Interim Order - Interim Relief [Art, 226(3)]-Locus-standi-Kinds of Writ -Grounds for issue of Writs 4) Principles for the Exercise of Writ Jurisdiction Alternative Remedy-Laches or Dela-Res Judicata 5) Public Interest Litigation and Locus-Standi6) Doctrine of Legitimate Expectation and Doctrine of Proportionality C. Statutory Remedies 8) Injunction- Declaration against the Government - Exclusion of Civil Suits D. Privileges and Immunities of Goverament in Legal Proceedings Privilege to withhold documents - Miscellaneous Privileges of the Government-Notice, Limitation, Enforcement of Court Order- Binding nature of Statutes over the States action-Promissory Estoppel- Right to Information E. Judicial Control of Administrative Discretion Meaning, Nature and need of Administrative discretion -Ground and Extent of Judicial Review -Fundamental Rights and Discretionary Powers F, Liability of the State Liability of the State in Torts and Contracts UNIT—IV : Ombudsman, Lokpal, Lokayukta and Central Vigilance Commission Meaning, Object, Main characteristics, Need and Utility-Origin and development of the Institution -Ombudsman in New Zealand-Ombudsman in England (Parliamentary Commissioner)-Ombudsman in India -Lokpal- Lokayukta in States-Central Vigilance Commission UNIT -V : Administrative Tribunals and Public Undertaking (A) Administrative Tribunals Meaning, Nature, Main characteristics, Origin and development (US.A., UK. and India)-Franks Committee-Tribunal and Court, Similarity and Difference-Reason for growth of Administrative Tribunals-Merits and Demerits of Administrative Tribunal-Procedure and powers of Administrative Tribunal (U.K., U.S.A. and India) Tribunal under Constitution -High Court’s Superintendence over Tribunals-Appeal to Supreme Court by Special Leave-Working of the Administrative Tribunal Administrative Tribunals under Administrative Tribunals Act, 1985-Administrative Procedure Act in U.S.A.-Domestic Tribunal (B) Public Undertaking Object, Importance, Characteristics, Classification, Reason for the growth - working of Public Corporations-Rights, Duties and Liabilities of Public Corporations-Controls over Public Corporations, Government Control, Parliamentary Control, Judicial Control, Public Control-Role of ‘Ombudsman in Public Undertaking Books Prescribed : 1. MP. Jain and S.N. Jain — Principles of Administrative Law 2. S.P. Sathe - Administrative Law 3. LP. Massey - Administrative Law 4. CK. Takwani — Administrative Law 5. Kailash Rai - Administrative Law Reference Books 1. Wade - Administrative Law 2, De Smith - Administrative Law 3. Foulkes - Administrative Law 4. Indian Law Institute - Cases and Material of Administrative Law 5, Markose — Judicial Control of Administrative action 6. Griffith and Street - Administrative Law 7. Report of the Law Commission - First Report Second Report - Fourteenth Report 8, Report on the Committee of Minister's power Franks Committee report. eeeUNIT :1 INTRODUCTION TO ADMINISTRATIVE LAW Administrative Law The expression "Administrative Law" may mean two different things, namely, (a) law relating to administration, and (b) law made by the administration. The latter would itself be of two kinds. Firstly, it may be rules, regulations, orders, schemes, bye-laws, efc., made by the administrative authorities on whom power to make such subordinate legislation is conferred by a statute. This may be called rule-making. Secondly, certain administrative authorities have power to decide questions of law and/ or fact affecting particular person or persons generally, i.e, adjudication. Most of such powers are exercised quasi-judicially. Such decisions apply a statute or administrative policy and instructions to specific cases, in doing so they create a body of administrative law. Administrative law relating to administration engages the attention of lawyers. Administration is government or a department or an agency of the government. Under the Constitution of India the powers of the state are divided between the Union (including the Union Territories) on the one hand and the states on the other hand. Both the Union and the states are divided into three great departments, namely, (1) the executive, (2) the legislature, and (3) the judiciary. Administrative powers are exercised by the executive in either of two ways. It may act in exercise of the executive power of the Union or of a state or it may act under the authority of a specific statute or subordinate legislation. The exercise of all administrative powers is subject to the rule of law. The legal control may be exercised by three authorities, namely, (1) the legislature, (2) the higher executive, and (3) the judiciary. Administrative law concerns itself mainly with the legal control of the government or of administrative authorities by the courts. It is impossible to attempt any precise definition of administrative law which can cover the entire range of administrative process. The American approach to administrative law is denoted by the definition propounded by Davis. According to him, administrative law is the law concerning the powers and procedures of administrative agencies, including especially the law governing judicial review of administrative action. It does not include the enormous ‘mass of substantive law produced by the agencies. An administrative agency, according to him, is a governmental authority, other than a court and other than a legislative body, which affects the rights of private parties through either adjudication or rule-making, The emphasis in the definition is on judicial control of administrative agencies. But other control mechanisms, like the parliamentary control of delegated legislation, control through administrative appeals , and through the ombudsman type institution, are quite important and significant and need to be studied for a fuller comprehension of administrative law. Dicey bas defined administrative law as denoting that portion of a nation’s legal systemwhich determines the legal status and liabilities of all State officials, which defines the rights and liabilities of private individuals in their dealings with public officials, and which specifies the procedure by which those rights and liabilities are enforced. The definition is narrow and restrictive in so far as it leaves out of consideration many aspects of administrative law, ¢.g., it excludes many administrative authorities, which strictly speaking, are not officials of the States such as public corporations; it also excludes procedures of administrative authorities or their various powers and functions, or their control by Parliament or in other ways, Dicey’s formulation refers primarily to one aspect of administrative law, ic. control of public officials, Dicey formulated his definition with the droit administratif in view. Sir Ivor Jennigs defines administrative law as the law relating to administration. It determines the organization, powers and the duties of administrative authorities. This formulation does not differentiate between administrative and Constitutional law. It lays entire emphasis on the organization, power and duties to the exclusion of the manner of their exercise. Jennings’ formulation leaves many aspects of administrative law untouched, especially the control mechanism. The English administrative law does not lay so much emphasis on procedures of administrative bodies as does the American administrative law. Jennings; definition does not attempt to distinguish Constitutional law from administrative law, and the former “in its usual meaning has a great deal to say concerning the organization of administrative authorities, A satisfactory and a proper formulation to define the scope, content and ambit of administrative law can be: Administrative law deals with the structure, powers and functions of the organs of administration; the limits of their powers; the methods and procedures followed by them in exercising their powers and functions; the methods by which their powers are controlled including the legal remedies available to a person against them when his rights are infringed by their operation. Origin and Development of Administrative Law Administrative law is the bye-product of the growing socio-economic functions of the State and the increased powers of the government. Administrative law has become very necessary in the developed society, the relationship of the administrative authorities and the people have become very complex. In order to regulate these complex, relations, some law is necessary, which may bring about regularity certainty and may check at the same time the misuse of powers vested in the administration. With the growth of the society, its complexity increased and thereby presenting new challenges to the administration we can have the appraisal of the same only when we make a comparative study of the duties of the administration in the ancient times with that of the modem times. In the ancient society the functions of the Statewere very few the prominent amongthem being protection from foreign invasion, levying of ‘Taxes andmaintenance of intemal peace & order. It does not mean, however that there was no administrative law before 20th century. In fact administrative law itself is endemic of organized Administration. Droit Administratif French administrative law is known as Droit Administratif, which means a body of rules which determine the organization, powers and duties of public administration and regulate the relation of the administration with the citizen of the country. Droit Administrative does not represent the rules and principles enacted by Parliament. It contains the rules developed by administrative courts. ‘Napoleon Bonaparte was the founder of the Droit administrative. It was he who established the Conseil d’Etat. He passed an ordinance depriving the law courts of their jurisdiction on administrative matters and another ordinance that such matters could be determined only by the Conseild’Etat, Waline, the French jurist, propounds three basic principles of Droit administrative: 1. the power of administration to act suo motu and impose directly on the subject the duty to obey its decision; 2. the power of the administration to take decisions and to execute them suomotu may be exercised only within the ambit of law which protects individual liberties against administrative arbitrariness; 3. the existence of a specialized administrative jurisdiction. One good result of this is that an independent body reviews every administrative action The Conseild’Etatis composed of ‘eminent civil servants, deals with a variety of matters like claim of damages for wrongful acts of Government servants, income-tax, pensions, disputed elections, personal claims of civil servants against the State for wrongful dismissal or suspension and so on. It has interfered with administrative orders on the ground of error of law, lack of jurisdiction, imegularity of procedure and de toumament de pouvior (misapplication of power). It has exercised its jurisdiction liberally. Main characteristic features of droit administratif. The following characteristic features are of the Droit Administratif in France:- 1. Those matters concerning the State and administrative litigation falls within the jurisdiction of administrative courts and cannot be decided by the land of the ordinary courts. 2. Those deciding matters concerning the State and administrative litigation, rules as developed by the administrative courts are applied. 3. If there is any conflict of jurisdiction between ordinary courts and administrative court, it is decided by the tribunal des conflicts. 4, Conseild’ Etat is the highest administrative court. 10Prof. Brown and Prof. J.P. Gamer have attributed to a combination offollowing factors as responsible for its success i) The composition and functions of the Conseild’Etat itself, ii) The flexibility ofits case-law; iii) The simplicity of the remedies available before the administrative courts; iv) The special procedure evolved by those courts; and vv) The character of the substantive law, which they apply. Despite the obvious merits of the French administrative law system, Prof. Dicey was of the opinion that there was no rule of law in France nor was the system so satisfactory as it was in England. He believed that the review of administrative action is better administered in England than in France. The system of Droit Administratif according to Dicey, is based on the following two ordinary principles which are alien to English law: Firstly, that the government and every servant of the government possess, as representative of the nation, a whole body of special rights, privileges or prerogatives as against private citizens, and the extent of rights, privileges or considerations which fix the legal rights and duties of one citizen towards another. An individual in his dealings with the State does not, ‘according to French law; stand on the same footing as that on which he stands in dealing with his neighbor. Secondly, that the government and its officials should be independent of and free from the jurisdiction of ordinary courts. It was on the basis of these two principles that Dicey observed that Droit Administratif is opposed to rule of law and, therefore, administrative law is alien to English system. But this conclusion of Dicey was misconceived. Droit Administratif, that is, administrative law was as much there in England as it was in France but with a difference that the French Droit Administratif was based on a system, which was unknown to English law. In his later days after examining the things closely, Dicey seems to have perceptibly modified his stand. Despite its overall superiority, the French administrative law cannot be characterized with perfection. Its glories have been marked by the persistent slowness in the judicial reviews at the administrative courts and by the difficulties of ensuring the execution of its last judgment. Moreover, judicial control is the only one method of controlling administrative action in French administrative law, whereas, in England, a vigilant public opinion, a watchful Parliament, a self-disciplined civil service and the jurisdiction of administrative process serve 4 the additional modes of control over administrative action. By contrast, it has to be conceded that the French system still excels its counterpart in the common law countries of the world, India: In India, administrative law can be traced to the well-organized administration under the Mauryas and Guptas, several centuries before the Christ, following through the administrative, system of Mughals to the administration under the East India Company, the 1modem administrative system, But in modem society, the functions of the State are manifold, In fact, the modem State is regarded as the custodian of social welfare and consequently, there is not a single field of activity which is free from direct or indirect interference by the State. Along with duties, and powers the State has to shoulder new responsibilities. The ‘growth in the range of responsibilities of the State thus ushered in an administrative age and an era of Administrative law. The development of Administrative law is an inevitable necessity of the modem times; a study of administrative law acquaints us with those rules according to which the administration is to be carried on. Administrative Law has been characterized as the most outstanding legal development of the 20th-century. Administrative Law is that branch of the law, which is concemed, with the composition of powers, duties, rights and liabilities of the various organs of the Government. The rapid growth of administrative Law in modem times is the direct result of the growth of administrative powers. The ruling gospel of the 19th century was Laissez faire which manifested itself in the theories of individualism, individual enterprise and self help. The philosophy envisages minimum government control, maximum free enterprise and contractual freedom. The State was characterized as the law and order State and its role was conceived to be negative as its internal extended primarily to defending the country from ‘external aggression, maintaining law and order within the country dispensing justice to its subjects and collecting a few taxes to finance these activities. It was era of free enterprise. ‘The management of social and economic life was not regarded as goverament responsibi But laissez faire doctrine resulted in human misery. It came to be realized that the bargaini position of every person was not equal and uncontrolled contractual freedom led to the exploitation of weaker sections by the stronger e.g. of the labour by the management in industries. On the one hand, slums, unhealthy and dangerous conditions of work, child labour wide spread poverty and exploitation of masses, but on the other hand, concentration of wealth in a few hands, became the order of the day. It came to be recognized that the State should take active interest in ameliorating the conditions of poor. This approach gave rise to the favored State intervention in and social control and regulation of individual enterprise. The State started to actin the interest of social justice; it assumed a “positive” role. In course of time, out of dogma of collectivism emerged the concept of “Social Welfare State” which lays emphasis on the role of State as a vehicle of socio-economic regeneration and welfare of the people. Administrative Law and Constitutional Law The growth of administrative law is to be attributed to a change of philosophy as to the role and function of State. The shifting of gears from Laissez Faire State to Social Welfare State has resulted in change of role of the State. This trend may be illustrated very forcefully by reference to the position in India. Before 1947, India was a police State. The ruling foreign power was primarily interested in strengthening its own domination; the 2administrative machinery was used mainly with the object in view and the civil service came to be designated as the “steel frame”. The State did not concem itself much with the welfare of the people. But all this changed with the advent of independence with the philosophy in the Indian Constitution the preamble to the Constitution enunciates the great objectives and the socio-economic goals for the achievement of which the Indian Constitution has been conceived and drafted in the mid-20th century an era when the concept of social welfare State was predominant. It is thus pervaded with the modem outlook regarding the objectives and functions of the State. It embodies a distinct philosophy which regards the State as on organ to secure good andwelfare of the people this concept of State is further strengthened by the Directive Principles of State policy which set out the economic, social and political goals of Indian Constitutional system. These directives confer certain non-justiceable rights on the people, and place the government under an obligation to achieve and maximize social welfare and basic social values of life education, employment, health etc. In consonance with the modem beliefs.of man, the Indian Constitution sets up machinery to achieve the goal of economic democracy along with political democracy, for the latter would be meaningless without former. Therefore, the attainment of socio-economic justice being a conscious goal of State policy, there is a vast and inevitable increase. in the frequency with which ordinary citizens come into relationship of direct encounter with State power holder. ‘The Administrative law is an important weapon for bringing about harmony between power and justice. The basic law of the land i.e. the Constitution governs the administrators. Administrative law essentially deals with location of power and the limitations thereupon. Since both of these aspects are governed by the Constitution, we shall survey the provisions of the Constitution, which act as sources of limitations upon the power of the State. The Indian Constitution has been conceived and drafted in the mid-twentieth century- an era when the concept of social welfare State is predominant. It is thus pervaded with the modem outlook regarding the objectives and functions of the State. It embodies adistinct Philosophy of government, and, explicitly declares that India will be organized as a social welfare State, ., a State that renders social services to the people and promotes their general welfare. This concept of a welfare State is further strengthened by the Directive Principles of State Policy, which set out the economic, social and political goals of the Indian Constitutional system. These directives confer certain non-justiceable rights on the people, and place the governments under an obligation toachieve and maximize social welfare and basic social values like education, employment, health etc. In consonance with the modern beliefs of man, the Indian Constitution sets up machinery to achieve the goal of economic democracy along with political democracy. Thus the Constitution of India is having significant effect on laws including administrative aw. It is under this fundamental laws are made and executed, all govemmental authorities and the validity of their functioning adjudged. No legislature can make a law and no governmental agency can act, contrary to the 13Constitution no act, executive, legislative, judicial or quasi-judicial, of any administrative agency can stand if contrary to the Constitution. ‘The Constitution thus conditions the whole government process in the country.The judiciary is obligated to see any governmental organ does not violate the provisions of the Constitution. This function of the judiciary entitles it to be called as guardian of the Constitution. The Administrative process has grown so much that it will not be out of place to say that today we are not governed but administered. It may be pointed out that the Constitutional law deals with fundamentals while administrative with details. Thus whatever may be the arguments and counter arguments, the fact remains that the administrative law is recognized as separate, independent branch of legal discipline, though at times the disciplines of Constitutional law and administrative law may overlap. Further clarifying the point he said the correct position seems to be that if one draws two circles of administrative law and Constitutional law at a certain place they may over lap and this area may termed as water shed in administrative law In India, in the Watershed one can include the whole control mechanism provided in the Constitution for the control of the administrative authorities that is Article 32, 226,136,300 and 311. Sources of Administrative Law There are four principal sources of administrative law in India:- Constitution of India Acts and Statutes Ordinances, Administrative directions, notifications and Circulars Judicial decisions aege Rule of Law Concept ‘The term ‘Rule of Law’ refers to a government based on principles of law and not of men. In a democracy, the concept has assumed different dimension and means that the holders of public powers must be able to justify publically that the exercise of power is legally valid and socially just. Dicey developed this concept of ‘Rule of Law’. Dicey said ‘Rule of Law’ ‘means, “the absolute supremacy of predominance of regular law as opposed to the influence of arbitrary power and excludes the existence of arbitrariness, or prerogative, or even wide discretionary authority on the part of the government.” According to him, wherever there is discretion there is room for arbitrariness. The term Rule of Law is used in contradiction to ‘rule of man’ and ‘rule according to law’. It is modern name for natural law. The term Rule of Law can be used in two senses: (i) formalistic sense: and (ii) ideological sense. If used in the formalistic sense it refers to organized power as opposed to a rule by one man and if used in an ideological sense it refers to the regulation of the relationship of the 14citizen and the government and in this sense it becomes a concept of varied interest and contents. nits ideological sense, the concept of Rule of Law represents an ethical code for the exercise of public power in any country. Strategies of this code may differ from society to society depending on the societal needs at any given time, but its basis postulates are universal covering all space and time. These postulates include equality, freedom and accountability. Evaluation of Dicey’s concept of Rule of Law Dicey’s formulation of the concept of ‘Rule of Law’, which according to him forms the basis of the English Constitutional Law, contains three principles: (i) Absence of discretionary power in the hands of the government officials. (i) No person should be made to suffer in body or deprived of his property except for a breach of law established in the ordinary legal manner before the ordinary courts of the land. In this sense, the Rule of Law implies: (2) Absence of special privileges for a government official or any other person; (b) All the persons irrespective of status must be subjected to the ordinary courts of the land; (©) Everyone should be governed by the law passed by the ordinary legislative organs of the State. ii) The rights of the people must flow from the customs and traditions of the people recognized by the courts in the administration of justice. Dicey claimed that the Englishmen were ruled by law and law alone; he denied that in England the government was based on exercise by persons in authority of wide, arbitrary or discretionary powers. While in many countries the executive exercised wide discretionary power and authority, it was not so in England. Dicey asserted that wherever there was discretion there was room for arbitrariness which led to insecurity of legal freedom of the citizens: Another significance which Dicey attributed to the concept of Rule of Law was “equality before the law or the equal subjection of all classes of the ordinary law of the land administered by the ordinary law courts”. In England, he maintained, every person was subject to one and the same body of law. He criticized the system of droit administratif prevailing in France where there were separate administrative tribunals for deciding cases between the government and the citizens. He went on to assert that in England there was no administrative law. The idea of having separate bodies to deal with disputes in which 15‘government is concemed, and keeping such matters out of the purview of the common courts, asserted Dicey, was unknown to the law of England, and indeed was fundamentally inconsistent with the English traditions and customs. Dicey was factually wrong in his analysis as he ignored the privileges and immunities ‘enjoyed by the Crown (and thus the whole government) under the cover of the constitutional maxim that the king can do no wrong and also ignored the many statutes which conferred discretionary powers on the executive which could not be called into question in ordinary courts. He also ignore the growth of administrative tribunals. He misunderstood and miscomprehended the real nature of the French droit administratif . He thought that this system designed to protect officials from liability for their acts, and as such, was inferior to the British system of ordinary courts deciding disputes between the citizen and the state. But, as later studies have revealed, droit administratif is in certain respects more effective in controlling the administration than the common law system. Dicey was denying the existence of administrative law in England. Dicey asserted, that so long as the courts dealt with a breach of law by an official, there could be no droit administratif in England and the rule of law would be preserved. Dicey thus reluctantly recognized the beginning of administrative law in England under the force of circumstances. However, since then, things have changed rather demonstrably. Dicey's concept of Rule of Law has had its advantages and disadvantages. Although, complete absence of discretionary powers, or absence of inequality, are not possible in this administrative age, yet the concept of the rule of law has been used to spell out many propositions and deductions to restrain an undue increase in administrative powers and to create controls over it. The rule of law has given to the countries following the common law system, a philosophy to curb the government's power and to keep it within bounds; it has provided a sort of touchstone or standard to judge and test administrative law in the country at a given time. Similarly, rule of law is also associated with the supremacy of courts. Therefore, in the ultimate analysis, courts should have the power to control administrative action and any overt diminution of that power is to be criticized. It also serves as the basis of judicial review of administrative action for the judiciary sees to it that the executive keeps itself within the limits of law and does not overstep the same. But there has been a negative side of the concept of rule of law as well. A grave defect in Dicey’s analysis is his insistence on the absence not only of “arbitrary” but even of “wide discretionary” powers. The needs of the modern government make wide discretionary power inescapable. Perhaps the greatest defect of the concept has been its misplaced trust in the efficacy of judicial control as a panacea for all evils, and somewhat irrational attitude generated towards the French system. 163. Doctrine of Separation of Powers If the “rule of law” hampered the recognition of administrative law in England, the doctrine of “separation of powers” had an intimate impact on the growth of administrative process and administrative law in the United States. It has been characterized as the “principal doctrinal barrier” to the development of administrative law in the U.S.A. The doctrine of separation of powers is implict in the American Constitution. It emphasizes the mutual exclusiveness of the three organs of the government. The form of government in the U.S.A., characterised as the presidential, is based on the theory that there should be separation between the executive and legislature. The doctrine of Separation of Powers is of ancient origin. The history of the origin of the doctrine is traceable to Aristotle. In the 16th and 17thCenturies, French philosopher John Boding and British Politician Locke respectively had expounded the doctrine of separation of powers. But it was Montesquieu, French jurist, who for the first time gave it a systematic and scientific formulation in his book “Esprit des Lois’ (The spirit of the laws). Montesquieu’s Doctrine of Separation of Powers Montesquieu’s view Montesquieu said that if the Executive and the Legislature are the same person or body of persons, there would be a danger of the Legislature enacting oppressive Jaws which the executive will administer to attain its own ends, for laws to be enforced by the same body that enacts them result in arbitrary rule and makes the judge a legislator rather than an interpreter of law. If one person or body of persons could exercise both the executive and judicial powers in the same matter, there would be arbitrary powers, which would amount to complete tyranny, if the legislative power would be added to the power of that person. The value of the doctrine lies in the fact that it seeks to preserve human liberty by avoiding the concentration of powers in one person or body of persons. The different organs of government should thus be prevented from encroaching on the province of the other organ. This theory has had different application in France, USA and England. In France, it resulted in the rejection of the power of the courts to review acts of the legislature or the executive. The existence of separate administrative courts to adjudicate disputes between the citizen and the administration owes its origin to the theory of separating of powers. The principle was categorically adopted in the making of the Constitution of the United States of America. There, the executive power is vested in the president. Article the legislative power in congress and the judicial power in the Supreme Court and the courts subordinates thereto. The President is not a member of the Congress. He appoints his secretaries on the basis not of their party loyalty but loyalty to himself. His tenure does not depend upon the confidence of the Congress in him, He cannot be removed except by impeachment, However, the United 7States Constitution makes departure from the theory of strict separation of powers in this that there is provision for judicial review and the supremacy of the ordinary courts over the administrative courts or tribunals, In the British Constitution the Parliament is the Supreme legislative authority. At the same time, it has full control over the Executive. The harmony between the Legislator and the (Executive) is secured through the Cabinet. The Cabinet is collectively responsible to the Parliament. The Prime Minister is the head of the party in majority and is the Chief Executive authority. He forms the Cabinet. The Legislature and the Executive are not quite separate and independent in England, so far as the Judiciary is concemed its independence has been secured by the Act for Settlement of 1701 which provides that the judges hold their office uring good behaviour, and are liable to be removed on a presentation of addresses by both the Houses of Parliament. They enjoy complete immunity in regard to judicial acts. The doctrine of separation of power does not apply rigorously even in the United States and some exceptions to it are recognized in the Constitution itself. For instance, a bill passed by the Congress may be vetoed by the President, and to this extent, the President may be said to be exercising legislative functions. Again, certain appointments of high officials are to be approved by the Senate, and also the treaties made by the president do not take effect until they are approved by the Senate; to the extent, the Senate may be said to be exercising executive functions. This exercise of some functions of one organ by the other is justified on the basis of checks and balances, ie. the functioning of one organ is to be checked in some ‘measures by the other. In India, the doctrine of separation of power has not been accorded as constitutional status. Apart from the directive principle laid down in Article 50 which enjoins separation of judiciary from the executive, the constitutional scheme does not embody any formalistic and dogmatic division of powers. In India, in Ram Jawaya Kapur v. State of Punjab, in pursuance of the policy of nationalizing text books used in schools in State, Punjab Government issued an executive order acquiring the copyright in selected books from authors and undertaking itself printing, publishing and sale of books. Private publishing houses thus ousted from text-book business. This order was challenged on the ground that executive power of State did not extend to undertaking trading activities without a legislative sanction. The Supreme Court observed, “ordinarily the executive power connotes the residue of governmental functions that remain after legislative and judicial functions are taken uway.” It is neither necessary nor possible to give an exhaustive enumeration of kinds and categories of executive functions. Article 73 of Constitution provides that the executive power of Union shall extend to the matters with respect to which parliament has power to make laws. Similarly Article 62 provides for in case of a State Government. Neither of these articles contain any definition as to what the ‘executive function is and what activities would come within its scope. 18Indian Constitution has not indeed recognized the doctrine of separation of powers in its absolute rigidity but the function of different parts of government have been sufficiently differentiated and consequently it can be very well said that our constitution does not contemplate assumption by one organ or part of the State of functions that essentially belong to another. In Asif Hameed V. State of J&K, the selection to the MBBS course in the two Governmental colleges of J&K has been set aside by High court on the ground that the selection was not held in accordance with the direction of the said court given in an earlier case Jyotshana Sharma V. State of J&K. In that case the High Court directed the State government to entrust the selection process of two medical colleges to a statutory independent body which was to be free from executive influence. No such body was constituted. The primary issue, in this case, is whether the High court has the competence to issue directions to the State Government to constitute “Statutory Body” for selection and whether selection made by any other authority is invalid on the ground alone. The Supreme Court observed that although the doctrine of separation of powers hasn’t been recognized under the Constitution, the Constitution-makers have carefully defined the functions of various organs of the State. Legislature, executive and judiciary have to function within their own where demarcated under the Constitution. No organ can usurp the functions assigned to another. The functioning of democracy depends upon the strength and independence of each of its organs. Legislature and executive have all the powers including, that of finance. Judiciary has power to ensure that the aforesaid two main organs of State function within the constitutional limits. Judicial review is a powerful weapon to restrain unconstitutional exercise of power by legislature and executive. The only check on court’s ‘own exercise is power is the self-imposed discipline of judicial restraint. While exercising power of judicial review of administrative action, the court is not an appellate authority. The Constitution does not permit the court to direct or advise the ‘executive in matters of policy or to sermonize qua any matter which under the Constitution lies within the sphere of legislature or executive, provided these authorities do not transgress their constitutional limits or statutory powers. It is entirely a matter for the executive branch of the Government to decide whether or not to introduce any particular legislation. Of course, any member of the legislature can also introduce legislation but the court certainly cannot mandate the executive or any member of legislature to initiate legislation, however necessary of desirable the court may consider it to be. That is not a matter which is within the sphere of the functions and duties allocated to the judiciary under the Constitution. ‘When the Constitution gives power to the executive government to lay-down policy and procedure for admission to medical colleges in the State then the High Court has no authority 19to divest the executive of that power. The State Government in its executive power, in the absence of any law on the subject, is the competent authority to prescribe method and procedure for admission to medical colleges by executive instructions, but the High Court transgressed its self imposed limits in issuing the directions for constituting statutory authority. However, the selection procedure is always open to judicial review on the grounds of unreasonableness, etc. The “Doctrine of separation of Powers” in today’s context of Liberalization, privatization and globalization cannot be interpreted to mean either ‘separation of powers’ or ‘check and balance’ or principle of restraint? but ‘community powers’ exercised in the spirit of cooperation by various organs of the State in the best interest of the people. Classification of Administrative Action Administrative action is a comprehensive term and defies exact definition. In modem times the administrative process is a by-product of intensive form of government and cuts across the traditional classification of governmental powers and combines into one all the powers, which were traditionally exercised by three different organs of the State. Therefore, there is ‘general agreement among the writers on administrative law that any attempt of classifying administrative functions or any conceptual basis is not only impossible but also futile. Even then a student of administrative law is compelled to delve into field of classification because the present-day law especially relating to judicial review freely employs conceptual Classification of administrative action. Thus, speaking generally, an administrative action can be classified into four categories: 4) Rule-making action or quasi-legislative action. ii) Rule-decision action or quasi-judicial action. iii) Rule-application action or administrative action. iv) Ministerial action i) Rule-making action or quasi-legislative action — Legislature is the law-making organ of any State. In some written Constitutions, like the American and Australian Constitutions, the law making power is expressly vested in the legislature. However, in the Indian Constitution though this power is not so expressly vested in the legislature, yet the combined effect of Articles 107 to III and 196 to 201 is that the law making power can be exercised for the Union by Parliament and for the States by the respective State legislatures. It is the intention of the Constitution-makers that those bodies alone must exercise this law-making power in which this power is vested. But in the twentieth Century today these legislative bodies cannot give that quality and quantity of laws, which are required for the efficient functioning of a 20modem intensive form of government. Therefore, the delegation of law-making power to the administration is a compulsive necessity. When any administrative authority exercises the law-making power delegated to it by the legislature, it is known as the rule-making power delegated to it by the legislature, it is known as the rule-making action of the administrati ‘or quasi-legislative action and commonly known as delegated legislation. Rule-making action of the administration par takes all the characteristics, which a normal legislative action possesses. Such characteristics may be generality, prospectivity and a behaviour that bases action on policy consideration and gives a right or a disability. These characteristics are not without exception. In some cases, administrative rule-making action may be particularised, retroactive and based on evidence. (i) Rule-decision action or quasi-judicial action ~ Today the bulk of the decisions which affect a private individual come not from courts but from administrative agencies exercising 1d judicatory powers, The reason seems to be that since administrative decision-making is also a by-product of the intensive form of government, the traditional judicial system cannot give to the people that quantity of justice, which is required in a welfare State. ‘Administrative decision-making may be defined, as a power to perform acts administrative in character, but requiring incidentally some characteristics of judicial traditions. On the basis of this definition, the following functions of the administration have been held to be quasi- judicial functions: Disciplinary proceedings against students, Disciplinary proceedings against an employee for misconduct, Cancellation, suspension, revocation or refusal to renew license or permit by licensing authority, Determination of citizenship, Power to continue the detention or seizure of goods beyond a particular period, Forfeiture of pensions and gratuity. Rule-application action or administrative action - Though the distinction between quasi- judicial and administrative action has become blurred, yet it does not mean that there is no distinction between the two. If two persons are wearing a similar coat, it does not mean that there is no difference between them. The difference between quasi-judicial and administrative action may not be of much practical consequence today but it may still be relevant in determining the measure of natural justice applicable in a given situation. In AK. Kraipak v. Union of India, the Court was of the view that in order to determine whether the action of the administrative authority is quasi-judicial or administrative, one has to see the nature of power conferred, to whom power is given, the framework within which power is conferred and the consequences. Therefore, administrative action is the residuary action which is neither legislative nor judicial. It is concemed with the treatment of a particular situation and is devoid of generality. It has no procedural obligations of collecting evidence and weighing argument. It ais based on subjective satisfaction where decision is based on policy and expediency. It does not decide a right though it may affect a right. However, it does not mean that the principles of natural justice can be ignored completely when the authority is exercising “administrative powers”. Unless the statute provides otherwise, a minimum of the principles of natural justice must always be observed depending on the fact situation of each case.No exhaustive list of such actions may be drawn; however, a few may be noted for the sake of clarity: such as making a reference to a tribunal for adjudication under the Industrial Disputes Act and functions of a selection committee. Administrative action may be statutory, having the force of faw, or non-statutory, devoid of such legal force. The bulk of the administrative action is statutory because a statute or the Constitution gives it a legal force but in some cases it may be non-statutory, such as issuing directions to subordinates not having the force of law, but its violation may be visited with disciplinary action. Though by and large administrative action is discretionary and is based con subjective satisfaction, however, the administrative authority must act fairly, impartially and reasonable. Therefore, at this stage it becomes very important for us to know what exactly is the difference between Administrative and quasi-judicial Acts. ‘Thus broadly speaking, acts, which are required to be done on the subjective satisfaction of the administrative authority, are called ‘administrative’ acts, while acts, which are required to bbe done on objective satisfaction of the administrative authority, can be termed as quasi- judicial acts. Administrative decisions, which are founded on pre-determined standards, are called objective decisions whereas decisions which involve a choice as there is no fixed standard to be applied are so called subjective decisions. The former is quasi-judicial decision while the latter is administrative decision. In case of the administrative decision there is no legal obligation upon the person charged with the duty of reaching the decision to consider and weigh submissions and arguments or to collate any evidence. (iv) Ministerial or Discretionary action — Functions dischargeable by the administration may either be ministerial or discretionary. Ministerial action is that action of the administrative agency, which is taken as matter of duty imposed upon it by the law devoid of any discretion or judgment. Therefore, a ministerial action involves the performance of a definitive duty in respect of which there is no choice. Collection of revenue may be one such ministerial action. ‘A ministerial function is one where the relevant law prescribes the duty to be performed by the concemed authority in certain and specific terms leaving nothing to the discretion or Judgment of the authority. Discretion implies power to make a choice between alternative courses of action. In any intensive form of government, the government cannot function without the exercise of ‘some discretion by the officials. It is necessary not only for the individualization of the 2administrative power but also because it is humanly impossible to lay down a rule for every conceivable eventuality in the complex art of modem government. But it is equally true that absolute discretion is a ruthless master. It is more destructive of freedom than any of man’s ‘other inventions. Therefore, there has been a constant conflict between the claims of the administration to an absolute discretion and the claims of subjects to a reasonable exercise of it. Discretionary power by itself is not pure evil but gives much room for misuse. 23UNIT: DELEGATED LEGISLATION Delegated Legislation Delegated legislation refers to all law making which takes place outside the legislature and is generally expressed as rules, regulations, bye-laws, orders, schemes, directions or notifications, etc. In other words when an instrument of a legislative nature is made by an authority in exercise of power delegated or conferred by the legislature it is called subordinate legislation or delegated legislation. Parliament is obliged to delegate very extensive law-making power over matters of detail and to content itself with providing a framework of more or less permanent statutes. Salmond defines delegated legislation as “that which proceeds from any authority other than the sovereign power and is, therefore, dependent for its continued existence and validity on some superior or supreme authority. Scope of Delegated Legislation 1. Wide general powers: A standard argument for delegated legislation is that itis necessary for cases where Parliament cannot attend to small matters of detail. 2. Taxation: Even the tender subject of taxation has been invaded to a considerable extent. 3. Power to vary Acts of Parliament: It is a quite possible for Parliament to delegate a power to amend statutes. This used to be regarded as incongruous, and the clause by which it was done was nicknamed ‘the Henry VIII clause’. 4. Technicality: The legislators are often ignorant of legal and technical points and leaves the law making power to the administrative agencies. 5. Emergency Powers: A modem society is many times faced with occasion when there is sudden need of legislature action. The legislature can't meet at short notice, thus executive need to have standby power. ‘Types of Delegated Legislation and Constitutionality of Delegated Legislation, Administrative rule-making or delegated legislation in India is commonly expressed by the term ‘statutory rules and orders’. Parliament follows no particular policy in choosing the forms of delegated legislation, and there is a wide range of varieties and nomenclature. The Delegated legislation can be classified under various classes depending on the purpose to be achieved: 1. Title based classification: An Act may empower an authority to make regulations, rules or bye-laws, to make orders, or to give directions. There is scarcely a limit to the varieties of legislative provisions which may exist under different names. 2. Discretion-based classification (Conditional Legislation): Another classification of administrative rule-making may be based on discretion vested in rule-making authority. On the basis of ‘discretion’ administrative rule-making may be classified into subordinate and contingent or conditional legislation. 243. Pumpose-based classification: Another classification of administrative rule-making would involve the consideration of delegated legislation in accordance with the different purposes which it is made to serve. On this basis the classification may be as: Enabling Act, Alteration Act, Taxing Act, Supplementary Act, Classifying and Fixing Standard Acts, Penalty For Violation Acts, etc. 4, Authority-based classification (Sub-Delegation): Another classification of administrative rule-making is based on the position of the authority making the rules. Sometimes the rule- ‘making authority delegates to itself or to some other subordinate authority a further power to issue rules; such exercise of rule-making power is known as sub-delegated legislation. Rule- making authority cannot delegate its power unless the power of delegation is contained in the enabling Act. 5. Nature-based classification (Exceptional Delegation): Classification of administrative rule- making may also be based on the nature and extent of delegation. The committee on Ministers Powers distinguished two types of parliamentary delegation: a. Normal Delegation: (i) Positive: Where the limits of delegation are clearly defined in the enabling Act. (ii) Negative: Where the power delegated does not include power to do certain things. b. Exceptional Delegation: Instances of exceptional delegation may be: (@ Power to legislate on matters of principle. ) Power to amend Acts of Parliament, ii) Power conferring such a wide discretion that it is almost impossible to know the limits. (iv) Power to make rules without being challenged in a court of law. Such exceptional delegation is also known as Henry VIII clause to indicate executive autocracy. The term ‘constitutionality of administrative ‘rule-making* means the permissible limits of the Constitution of any country within which the legislature, which as the sole repository of law-making power, can validly delegate rule-making power to other administrative agencies. Today the necessity to aid the transition from laissez-faire to a welfare and service State has led to the tremendous expansion of government authority. The new role of the State can be fulfilled only through the use of greater power in the hands of the government which 1s most. suited to carry out the social and economic tasks before the country. The task of enhancing the power of the government to enable it to deal with the problem of social and economic reconstruction has been accomplished through the technique of delegation of legislative power to it, This delegation of legislative power raises a natural question of its constitutionality. In England, Parliament is supreme and, therefore, unhampered by any constitutional limitations, Parliament has been able to confer wide legislative powers on the executive. 25In the USA, the rule against delegation of legislative power is basically based on the doctrine of separation of powers. In America the doctrine of separation of powers has been raised to a constitutional status. The U.S. Supreme Court has observed that the doctrine of separation of powers has been considered to be an essential principle underlying the Constitution and that the powers entrusted to one department should be exercised exclusively by that department without encroaching upon the powers of another. It is accepted that a rigid application of the doctrine of separation of powers in neither desirable nor feasible in view of the new demands on the executive, Therefore, in the USA, courts have made a distinction between what may be termed as “legislative powers” and the power to “fill in the details”. If the delegation is of a regulatory nature, the court has upheld constitutionality of the delegation of legislative power even in the absence of any specified standard. The question of permissible limits of the Constitution in India, within which law-making power may be delegated can be studied in three different periods: 1. When the Privy Council was the highest court of appeal: The Privy Council was the highest court for appeal from Indian in constitutional matters till 1949. During the period the Privy Council was the highest court of appeal, the question of permissible limits of delegation remained uncertain. 2. When Federal Court became the highest court of appeal: In a decision given by Federal Court it was held that in India legislative powers cannot be delegated. 3. When Supreme Court became the highest court of appeal: Here In re Delhi Laws Act is said to be the Bible of delegated legislation. Seven Judges heard the case and produced seven separate judgments. The case was argued from two extreme positions. It was argued that the power of legislation carries with it the power to delegate and unless the legislature has completely abdicated or effaced itself, there is no restriction on delegation of legislative powers. The learned Counsel built his arguments on the theory of separation of powers and tried to prove before the court that there is an implied prohibition against delegation of legislative powers. The Supreme Court took the via media and held: (1) Doctrine of separation of powers is not a part of the Indian Constitution (2) Indian Parliament was never considered an agent of anybody, and therefore the doctrine of delegates non potest delegare has no application. ) Parliament cannot abdicate or efface itself by creating a parallel legislative body. (4) Power of delegation is ancillary to the power of legislation. (5) The limitation upon delegation of power is that the legislature cannot part with its essential legislative power that has been expressly vested in it by the Constitution. Essential legislative power means laying down the policy of the law and enacting that policy into a binding rule of conduct. Even though seven judges gave seven separate judgments but it was not be correct to hold that no principle was clearly Iaid down by the majority of judges. Anyone who surveys the 26whole case comes to an inescapable conclusion that there is a similarity in the view of the judges at least on three points: (i) that the legislature cannot give that quantity and quality of (i) law which is required for the functioning of a modem State, hence delegation is necessity; that in view of a written Constitution the power of delegation cannot be unlimited; and that the power to repeal a law or to modify legislative policy cannot be delegated because these are essential legislative functions which cannot be delegated. The Supreme Court has now made it abundantly clear that the power of delegation is a constituent element of legislative power as a whole under Article 245 of the Constitution and other relative Articles. It is now firmly established that excessive delegation of legislative power is unconstitutional. The legislature must first discharge its essential legislative functions (laying down the policy of the law and enacting that policy into a binding rule of conduct) and then can delegate ancillary or subordinate legislative functions which are generally termed as power “to fill up details”, Whether a particular legislation suffers from ‘excessive delegation’ is a question to be decided with reference to certain factors which may include, (i) subject matter of the law, (ii) provisions of the statute including its preamble, (iii) scheme of the law, (iv) factual and circumstantial background in which law is enacted. The opinion of the Supreme Court is to be analysed in order to determine the extent of permissible delegation. In Rajnarain Singh V. Chairman, Patna Administration Committee, Section 3(1)({) of the impugned Act empowered the Patna local administration to select any provision of the Bengal Municipality Act and apply it to Patna area with such restrictions and modifications as the government may think fit. The government picked up Section 104 and after modification applied it to the town of Patna. The Supreme Court declared the delegation ultra vires on the ground that the power to pick out a section for application to another area amounts to delegating the power to change the policy of the Act which is an essential legislative power, and hence cannot be delegated. During the colonial days in India, modest delegation of legislative power was upheld by the courts under the rubric of “conditional legislation”. The idea behind this term is that the legislature makes the law which is full and complete in all respects, but it is not brought into operation immediately. The enforcement of the law is made dependent upon the fulfillment of 1 condition, and what is delegated to the outside agency is the authority to determine, by exercising its own judgment, whether or not the condition has been fulfilled. Thus in conditional legislation, the law is there but its taking effect is made to depend upon determination of some fact or condition by an outside agency. In Lachmi Narain V. India, the Supreme Court has itself stated that no useful purpose is served by calling a power conferred by a statute as conditional legislation instead of delegated legislation. There is no difference between them in principle, for “conditional” legislation like delegated legislation has “a content, howsoever small and restricted, of the 7law-making power itself,” and in neither case can the person be entrusted with the power act beyond the limits which circumscribe the power. In course of time, through a series of decisions, the Supreme Court has confirmed the principle that the legislature can delegate its legislative power subject to its laying down legal principles and provide standards for the guidance of the delegate to promulgate delegated legislation, otherwise the law will be bad on account of “excessive delegation”. Whatever may be the test to determine the constitutionality of delegated legislation, the fact remains that due to the compulsions of modern administration courts have allowed extensive delegation of legislative powers, especially in the area of tax and welfare legislation. Validation of extensive delegated legislation thus continues unabated in India on ground of administrative necessity. Delegated legislation becomes inevitable with the following reasons is to supply the necessary quantity and quality legislation to the society: 4) Certain emergency situations may arise which necessitate special measures. In such cases speedy and appropriate action is required. The Parliament cannot act quickly because of its political nature and because of the time required by the Parliament to enact the law. ii) The bulk of the business of the Parliament has increased and it has no time for the consideration of complicated and technical matters. The Parliament cannot provide the society with the requisite quality and quantity of legislation because of lack of time. Most of the time of the Parliament is devoted to political matters, matters of policy and particularly foreign affairs.. lit) Certain matters covered by delegated legislation are of a technical nature which require handling by experts. In such cases it is inevitable that powers to deal with such matters isgiven to the appropriate administrative agencies to be exercised according to the requirements of the subject matter."Parliaments" cannot obviously provide for such matters as the members are at best politicians and not experts in various spheres of life. Iv)Parliament while deciding upon a certain course of action cannot foresee the difficulties, which may be encountered in its execution. Accordingly various statutes contain a ‘removal of difficulty clause' empowering the administration to remove such difficulties by exercising the powers of making rules and regulations. These clauses are always so worded that very wide powers are given to the administration. ivyThe practice of delegated legislation introduces flexibility in the law. The rules and regulations, if found to be defective, can be modified quickly. Experiments can be made and experience can be profitability utilized. However the attitude of the jurists towards delegated legislation has not been unanimous. The practice of delegated legislation was considered a factor,which promoted centralization. Delegated Legislation was considered a danger to the liberties of the people and a devise to place despotic powers in few hands. It was said that delegated legislation preserved the 28‘outward show of representative institutions while placing arbitrary and irresponsible power in new hands. But the tide of delegated legislation was high and these protests remained futile. A very strong case was made out against the practice of Delegated Legislation by Lord Hewart who considered increased governmental interference in individual activity and considered this practice as usurpation of legislative power of the executive, He showed the dangers inherent in the practice and argued that wide powers of legislation entrusted to the executive lead to tyranny and absolute despotism. The criticism was so strong and the picture painted was so shocking that a high power committee to inquire into matter was appointed by the Lord Chancellor. This committee thoroughly inquired into the problem and to the conclusion that delegated legislation was valuable and indeed inevitable. The committee observed that with reasonable vigilance and proper precautions there was nothing to be feared from this practice. Nature and Scope of delegated legislation Delegated legislation means legislation by authorities other than the Legislature, the former acting on express delegated authority and power from the later. Delegation is considered to be a sound basis for administrative efficiency and it does not by itself amount to abdication of power if restored to within proper limits. The delegation should not, in any case, be unguided and uncontrolled. Parliament and State Legislatures cannot abdicate the legislative power in its essential aspects which is to be exercised by them. It is only a nonessential legislative function that can be delegated and the moot point always lies in the line of demarcation between the essential and nonessential legislative functions. ‘The essential legislative functions consist in making a law. It is to thelegislature to formulate the legislative policy and delegate the formulation of details in implementing that policy. Discretion as to the formulation of the legislative policy is prerogative and function the legislature and it cannot be delegated to the executive. Discretion to make notifications and alterations in an Act while extending it and to effect amendments or repeals in the existing laws is subject to the condition precedent that essential legislative functions cannot be delegated authority cannot be precisely defined and each case has to be considered in its setting.In order to avoid the dangers, the scope of delegation is strictly circumscribed by the Legislature by providing for adequate safeguards, controls and appeals against the executive orders and decisions. The power delegated to the Executive to modify any provisions of an ‘Act by an order must be within the framework of the Act giving such power. The power to make such a modification no doubt, implies certain amount of discretion but it is a power to be exercised in aid of the legislative policy of the Act and cannot 1) travel beyond it, or ii) run counter to it, or iil) certainly change the essential features, the identity, structure or the policy of the Act. 29Under the Constitution of India, articles 245 and 246 provide that the legislative powers shall be discharged by the Parliament and State legislature. The delegation of legislative power was conceived to be inevitable and therefore it was not prohibited in the constitution. Further, Articles 13(3X(a) of the Constitution of India lays down that law includes any ordinances, order bylaw, rule regulation, notification, ete. Which if found in violation of fundamental rights would be void. Besides, there are number of judicial pronouncements by the courts where they have justified delegated legislation. For e.g. In re Delhi Laws Act case, AIR 1961 ‘Supreme Court 332; VasantlalMaganBhaiv State of Bombay, air 1961 SC 4; S. Avtar Singh v. State of Jammu and Kashmir, AIRI977 J&K 4.While commenting on indispensabitity of delegated legislation JusticeKrishnalyer has rightly observed in the case of Arvinder Singh v. State of Punjab, AIR1979 SC 321, that the complexities of modem administration are so bafflingly intricate and bristle with details, urgencies, difficulties and need for flexibility that our massive legislature may not get off to a start if they must directly and comprehensively handle legislative business in their plentitude, proliferation and particularization Delegation of some part of legislative power becomes a compulsive necessity for viability. A provision in a statute which gives an express power to the Executive to amend or repeal any existing law is described in England as Henry viii Clause because the King came to exercise power to repeal Parliamentary laws, The said clause has fallen into disuse in England, but in India some traces of it are found here and there, for example, Article 372 of the Constitution authorizes the president of India to adopt pro Constitutional laws, and if necessary, to make such adaptations and modifications, (whether by way of repeal or amendment) so as to bring them in accord with the provisions of the Constitution, The State Reorganization Act, 1956 and some other Acts similar thereto also contain such a provision. So long as the modification of a provision of statute by the Executive is innocuous and immaterial and does not affect any ‘essential change in the matter. Administrative Direction: Nowadays, apart from rules and delegated legislations, issuance of directions or instructions by the administration is a common trend. Directions may be issued for different purposes and in various forms, namely, letters, circulars, orders, memoranda, pamphlets, public notices, press notes, a publication in the Official Gazette, etc. ‘The administrative authorities issue such directions while exercising either its general administrative powers or even statutory powers. There is a difference between administrative direction and delegated legislation. The delegated legislation is binding on both the administration and the individual and is enforceable through a court of law and a direction is not so binding and enforceable, To regulate service matters of its employees, the Central Government can issue directions under Article 73 and the State Governments under Article 162 of the Constitution. Regarding the enforceability of an administrative direction, the ‘Supreme Court of India has held that a direction may be binding on the administration to the extent it confers a benefit on an individual. 30‘Types of delegation of legislative power in India There are various types of delegation of legislative power. 1. Skeleton delegation In this type of delegation of legislative power, the enabling statutes set out broad principles and empowers the executive authority to make rules for carrying out the purposes of the Act. A typical example of this kind is the Mines and Minerals (Regulation and Development) Act, 1948. 2. Machinery type This is the most common type of delegation of legislative power, in which the Act is supplemented by machinery provisions, that is, the power is conferred on the concerned department of the Government to prescribe - 1) The kind of forms i) The method of publication lil) The manner of making returns, and iv) Such other administrative details In the case of this normal type of delegated legislation, the limits of the delegated power are clearly defined in the enabling statute and they do not include such exceptional powers as the power to legislate on matters of principle or to impose taxation or to amend an act of legislature. The exceptional type covers cases where — 1) the powers mentioned above are given , or fi) the power given is so vast that its limits are almost impossible of definition, or Ail) while limits are imposed, the control of the courts is ousted. Such type of delegation is commonly known es the Henry VIII Clause. An outstanding example of this kind is Section 7 of the Delhi Laws Act of 1912 by which the Provincial Government was authorized to extend, with restrictions and modifications as it thought fit any enactment in force in any part of India to the Province of Delhi. This is the most extreme type of delegation, which was impugned in the Supreme Court in the Delhi Laws Act case. AJR. 1951 8.C.332. It was held that the delegation of this type was invalid if the administrative authorities materially interfered with the policy of the Act, by the powers of amendment or restriction bist the delegation was valid if it did not effect any essential change in the body or the policy of the Act. That takes us to a term "byetaw” whether it can be declared ultra vires? if so when ? Generally under local laws and regulations the term bye-law is used such as 1) public bodies of municipal kind {i) public bodies concemed with government, or iil) corporations, or Iv) societies formed for commercial or other purposes. 31The bodies are empowered under the Act to frame bye-laws and regulations for carrying on their administration. There are five main grounds on which any bye-law may be struck down as ultra vires. They are ) That is not made and published in the manner specified by the Act, which authorises the making thereof; b) That is repugnant of the laws of the land; ‘¢) That is repugnant to the Act under which it is framed; 4) That itis uncertain ; and ¢) That itis unreasonable, Modes of control over delegated legislation: The practice of conferring legislative powers ‘upon administrative authorities though beneficial and necessary is also dangerous because of the possibility of abuse of powers and otherattendant evils. There is consensus of opinion that proper precautions must be taken for ensuring proper exercise of such powers. Wider discretion is most likely to result in arbitrariness. The exercise of delegated legislative powers ‘must be properly circumscribed and vigilantly scrutinized by the Court and Legislature is not by itself enough to ensure the advantage of the practice or to avoid the danger of its misuse. For the reason, there are certain other methods of control emerging in this field. The control of delegated legislation may be one or more of the following types: - 1) Procedural; 2) Parliamentary; and 3) Judicial Judicial control can be divided into the following two classes: - 1) Doctrine of ultra vires and il) Use of prerogative writs. Procedural Control over Delegated Legislation: (a) Prior consultation of interests likely to be affected by proposed delegated Legislation From the citizen's post of view the must beneficial safeguardagainst the dangers of the misuse of delegated Legislation is the development of a procedure to be followed by the delegates while formulating rules and regulations. In England as in America the Legislature while delegating powers abstains from laying down elaborate procedure to be followed by the delegates. But certain acts do however provide for the consultation ofinterested bodies. and sometimes of certain Advisory Committees which must be consulted before the formulation and application of rules and regulations. This method has largely been developed by the administration independent of statute or requirements. The object is to ensure the participation of affected interests so as to avoid various possible hardships. The method of consultation has the dual merits of providing as opportunity to the affected interests to present 32their own case and to enable the administration to have a first-hand idea of the problems and conditions of the field in which delegated legislation is being contemplated. (b) Prior publicity of proposed rules and regulations Another method is antecedent publicity of statutory rules to inform those likely to be affected by the proposed rules and regulations so as to enable them to make representation for consideration of the rule-making authority. The rules of Publication Act, 1893, S.1. provided for the use of this method. The Act provided that notice of proposed ‘statutory rules’ is given and the representations of suggestions by interested bodies be considered and acted upon if proper. But the Statutory Instruments Act, 1946 omitted this practice in spite of the omission, the Committee on Ministers Powers 1932, emphasized the advantages of such a practice. (©) Publication of Delegated Legislation - Adequate publicity of delegated legislation is absolutely necessary to ensure that law may be ascertained with reasonable certainty by the affected persons. Further the rules and regulations should not come as a surprise and should not consequently bring hardships which would naturally result from such practice. If the law is not known a person cannot regulate his affiars to avoid a conflict with them and to avoid losses. The importance of these laws is realised in all countries and legislative enactments provide for adequate publicity. @ Partiamentary control in India over delegation In India, the question of control on rule-making power engaged the attention of the Parliament. Under the Rule of Procedure and Conduct of Business of the House of the People provision has been made for a Committee which is called ‘Committee on Subordinate Legislation’. The First Committee was constituted on Ist December, 1953 for 1) Examining the delegated legislation, and +) Pointing out whether it has ‘)Exceeded or departed from the original intentions of the Parliament, or ) Effected any basic changes. Originally, the committee consisted to 10 members of the House and its strength was later raise to 13 members. It is usually presided over by a member of the Opposition. The Committee 1) scrutinizes the statutory rules, orders. Bye-laws, etc. made by any-making authority, and Ii) report to the House whether the delegated power is being properly exercised within the its of the delegated authority, whether under the Constitution or an Act of Parliament. It further examines whether 1) The Subordinate legislation is in accord with the general objects of the Constitution or the Act pursuant to which it is made; i) it contains matter which should more properly be dealt within an Act of Parliament; lil it contains imposition of any tax; Iv) it, directly or indirectly, ousts the jurisdiction of the courts of law; 33v) it gives retrospective effect to any of the provisions in respect of which the Constitution or the Act does not expressly confer any such power; vi) Its constitutional and valid; vil) it involves expenditure from the Consolidated Fund of India or the Public Revenues; vill) its form or purpose requires any elucidation for nay reason; ix) it appears to make some unusual or unexpected use of the powers conferred by the Constitution or the Act pursuant to which it is made; and x) there appears to have been unjustifiable delay in its publication on its laying before the Parliament. ‘The Committee of the first House of the People submitted a number of reports and continues to do useful work. The Committee considered the question of bringing about uniformity in the provisions of the Acts delegating legislative powers. It made certain recommendations in its First report (March, 1954) which it ater modified in its Third Report (May, 1955) after noting the existing divergent legislation in India. The following are the modified recommendations 1. That, in future, the Acts containing provisions for making rules, etc., shall lay down that such rules shall be laid on the Table as soon as possible. 2. That all these rules shall be laid on the Table for a uniform and total period of 30 days before the date of their final publication. But it is not deemed expedient to lay any rule on the Table before the date of publication; such rule may be laid as soon as possible after publication. An Explanatory Note should, however, accompany such rules at the time they are so laid, explaining why it was not deemed expedient to lay these rules on the Table of the House before they were published. 3. On the recommendation of the Committee, the bills are generally accompanied with Memoranda of Delegated Legislation in which; -. 1) full purpose and effect of the delegation of power to the subordinate authorities, ii) the points which may be covered by the rules, lil) the particulars of the subordinate authorities or the persons who are to exercise the delegated power, and iv) the manner in which such power has to be exercised, are mentioned. They point out if the delegation is of normal type or unusual. The usefulness of the ‘Committee lies more in ensuring that the standards of legislative rule-making are observed that in merely formulating such standards. It should effectively point out the cases of any ‘unusual or unexpected use of legislative power by the Executive. Parliamentary control of delegated legislation is exercised by: 4) taking the opportunity of examining the provisions providing for delegation in a Bill, and fi) getting them scrutinized by parliamentary committee of the Rules, Regulations, Bye-laws and orders,When the Bill is debated, 1) the issue of necessity of delegation, and i) the contents of the provisions providing for delegation, can be taken up. ‘After delegation is sanctioned in an Act, the exercise of this power by the authority concerned should receive the attention of the House of the Parliament. Indeed, itis this later stage of parliamentary scrutiny of thedelegated authority and the rules as framed in its exercise that is more important, In a formal sense, this is sought to be provided by making it necessary that the rules, etc., shall be laid on the Table of the House. The members are informed of such laying in the daily agenda of the House. The advantage of this procedure is that members of both the Houses have such chances as parliamentary procedure — 1) the modification or the repeal of the enactment under which obnoxious rules and orders are made, or i) revoking rules and orders themselves. ‘The matter may be discussed in the House during the debates or on special motions. The provisions for laying the rule, etc., are being made now practically in every Act which contains a rule making provision. Such provisions are enacted in the following form: - (1) The Government may by notification in the official Gazette, make rules for carrying out all or any of the purposes of this Act. (2) Every rule made under this section shall be laid, as soon as may be, after it is made, before each House of Parliament while it is in session for a total period of fourteen days which may be comprised in one session or in the successive session immediately following, both Houses agree in making any modification in the Rule or in the annulment of the rule. ‘The rule thereafter have effect only in such modified form or shall stand annulled, as the case may be, so however that any such modification or annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under that rule.” If the Parliamentary control is not effective it becomes necessary to provide for certain procedural safeguards, which go to make the delegated legislation ascertainable and accessible. Procedural Control The following requirements are made necessary for the exercise of the delegated authority ‘under different statutes so that procedural safeguards are ensured. The Doctrine of ultra vires: The chief instrument in the hands of the judiciary to control delegated legislation is the "Doctrine of ultra vires.” The doctrine of ultra vires may apply with regard to ‘)procedural provision; and Hl substantive provisions. 1) Procedural defects The Acts of Parliament delegating legislative powers to other bodies or authorities often provide certain procedural requirements to be complied with by such 35authorities while making rules and regulations, etc. These formalities may consist of consultation with interested bodies, publication of draft rules and regulations, hearing of objections, considerations of representations etc. If these formal requirements are mandatory in nature and ace disregarded by the said authorities then the rules etc. so made by these authorities would be invalidated by the Judiciary. In short subordinate legislation in contravention of mandatory procedural requirements would be invalidated by the court as being ultra vires the parent statute. Provision in the parent Statute for consulting the interested parties likely to be affected, may, in such cases, avoid all these inconveniences and the Railway authorities may not enact such rule after they consult these interests. A simple provision regarding consultation thus assumes importance. On the other hand, if the procedural requirements were merely of directory nature, then a disregard thereof would not affect the validity of subordinate legislation. The fact that procedural requirements have far reaching effects , may be made clear by just one example. Suppose the Railway authorities want to relieve pressure of work of unloading goods during daytime at a station amidst a big and brisk business center. The public wants a reduction in the traffic jams due to heavy traffic because of unloading. The traffic authorities and Railway authorities decide to tackle the problem effectively by making the rule that the unloading is done during late hours of night. The railway authorities make an order to this effect, without consulting interested bodies. Such rule might cause many hardships e 4) The conditions of labour are such that unloading of goods during the night would adversely affect the profit margin as the workers would charge more if they work in night shifts fi) It may not be without risk to carry money from one place to another during late hours of night. If safety measures are employed, that in addition to the element of a greater risk, ‘expenses would increase, adversely affecting the margin of profits. iti) The banking facilities may not be available freely during night. iv) Additional staff may be necessary in various concerns for night duty. ¥) This business are loading and unloading during night may cause inconvenience and disturbance in the locality. Now infect of these difficulties another altemative which appears to be desirable is better supervision of unloading and better regulation of traffic by posting more police officers and stricter enforcement of traffic laws. Provisions in the parent statute for consulting the interested parties likely to be affected may, in such cases, avoid all these inconveniences, and the Railway authorities may not act such a rule after they consult these interests. A simple provision regarding consultation thus assumes importance. The question of the effectiveness of the application of the doctrine of ultra vires, so far as procedure is concemed, would largely depend upon the words used in the particular statue. If the words are specific and clearly indicate the bodies to be consulted, then it would be possible to show noncompliance. But in case where the minister is vested with the discretion 36to consult these bodies which he considers to be representative of the interests likely to be affected or where he is to consult such bodies, if any, it is very difficult to prove ‘noncompliance with the procedural requirements. (ii) Substantive Defects: In case of delegated legislation, unlike and Act of the Parliament, the court can inquire into whether it is within the limits laid down by the present starute. If a piece of delegated legislation were found to be beyond such limits, court would declare it to be ultra vires and hence invalid. (R.V.Minister of Health, (1943), 2 ALL ERS91).The administrative authorities exercising legislative power under the authority of an Act of the Parliament must do so in accordance with the terms and objects of such statute, To find out whether administrative authorities have properly exercised the powers, the court have to construe the parent statute so as to find out the intention of the legislature. The existence and extent of the powers of administrative authorities is to be affixed in the light of the provisions of the parent Act. Mandatory or directory procedural provision: The question whether particular procedural requirements are mandatory or directory must be examined with care. In case the statute provided for the effect of noncompliance of such requirements, then it is to be followed by the courts without difficulty. But uncertainty creeps in where the statute is silent on the point and decision is to be made by the judiciary. The courts is determining whether the provisions to this effect in a particular Statute are mandatory or directory are guided by various factors. They must take into consideration the whole scheme of legislation and particularly evaluate the position of such provisions in their relation with the object of legislation. The nature of the subject matter to be regulated, the object of legislation, and the provisions as placed in the body of the Act must all be considered carefully, so as to find out as to what was the intention of the legislature. Much would depend upon the terms and scheme of a particular legislation, and hence broad generalizations in this matter are out of place. Judicial control over delegated legislature Judicial control over delegated legislature can be exercised at the following two levels := 1) Delegation may be challenged as unconstitutional; or 2) That the Statutory power has been improperly exercised. ‘The delegation can be challenged in the courts of law as being unconstitutional, excessive or arbitrary. The scope of permissible delegation is fairly wide.Within the wide limits. Delegation is sustained it does not otherwise, infringe the provisions of the Constitution. The limitations imposed by the application of the rule of ultra vires are quite clear. If the Act of the Legislature under which power is delegated, is ultra vires, the power of the legislature in the delegation can never be good. No delegated legislation can be inconsistent with the provisions of the Fundamental Rights. If the Act violates any Fundamental Rights the rules, regulations and bye-laws framed there under cannot be better. Where the Act is good, still the 37rules and regulations may contravene any Fundamental Right and have to be struck down. ‘The validity of the rules may be assailed as the stage in two ways :- 1) That they run counter to the provisions of the Act; and {i That they have been made in excess of the authority delegated by the Legislature. The method under these sub-heads for the application of the rule of ultra viresis described as the method of substantive ultra vires. Here the substance of rules and regulations. is gone into and not the procedural requirements of the rule making that may be prescribed in the statute, The latter is looked into under the procedural ultra vires rule, Power of Parliament to repeal Iaw Under the provision to clause (2) of Article 254, Parliament can ‘enact at any time any law with respect to the same matter including a law adding to, , varying or repealing the law so made by the Legislature of the State, Ordinarily, the Parliament would not have the power to repeal a law passed by the State Legislature even though it is a law with respect to one of the matters enumerated in the Concurrent List. Section 107 of the Government of India Act, 1935 did not contain any such power. Art. 254 2) of the Constitution of India is in substance a reproduction of section 107 of the 1935 Act, the concluding portion whereof being incorporated in a proviso with further additions. The proviso to Art. 254 (2), the Indian Constitution has enlarged the powers of Parliament and, under that proviso, Parliament can dowhat the Central Legislature could not do under section 107 of the Government of India Act, and can enact a law adding to, amending, varying or repealing a law of the State when it relates to a matter mentioned in the concurrent List. ‘Therefore the Parliament can, acting under the proviso to Art. 254 (2) repeal a State Law. While the proviso does confer on Parliament a power to repeal a law passed by the State Legislature, this power is subject to certain limitations. It is limited to enacting a law with respect to the same matter adding to, amending, varying or repealing a law so made by the State Legislature. The law referred to here is the law mentioned in the body of Art. 254 (2), It is a law made by the State Legislature with reference to a matter in the Concurrent List containing provisions repugnant to an earlier law made by Parliament and with the consent to an earlier law made by Parliament and with the consent of the President. It is only such a law that can be altered, amended, repealed under the proviso. ‘The power of repeal conferred by the proviso can be exercised by Parliament alone and cannot be delegated to an executive authority. The repeal of a statute means that the repealed statute must be regarded as if it had never been on the statute book. It is wiped out from the statute book. In the case of Delhi Laws Act, 1951 S.C.R. 747, it was held that to repeal or abrogate an existing law is the exercise of an essential legislative power. Parliament, being supreme, can certainly make law abrogating or repealing by implication provisions of any preexisting law and no exception can be taken on the ground of excessive delegation to the Act of the Parliament itself. 38(a) Limits of permissible delegation: When a legislature is given plenary power to legislate on a particular subject, there must also be an implied power to make laws incidental to the exercise of such power. It is a fundamental principle of constitutional law that everything necessary to the exercise of a power is included in the grant of the power. A legislature cannot certainly strip itself of its essential functions and vest the same on an extraneous authority. The primary duty of law making has to be discharged by the legislature itself but delegation may be reported (o as a subsidiary or ancillary measure. (Edward Mills Co. Ltd. v. State of ‘Ajmer, (1955) 1. S.C.R. 735) Mahajan C.J. in Hari Shankar Bagla v. State of Madya Pradesh, ALR. 1954 S.C. 555 : (1955) 1.8.CR. 380 at p. 388 observed : "The Legislature cannot delegate its functions of laying down legislative policy in respect of a measure and its formulation as a rule of conduct. The legislature must declare the policy of the law and the legal principles which are to control and given cases and must provide a standard to guide theofficials of the body in power to execute the law". ‘Therefore the extent to which delegation is permissible is well settled. The legislature cannot delegate its essential legislative policy and principle and must afford guidance for carrying out the said policy before it delegates its delegates its subsidiary powers in that behalf. (Vasantlal Maganbhai Sanjanwala v. State of Bombay, A.LR. 1961 S.C. (4). The guidance may be sufficient if the nature of things to be done and the purpose for which it is to be done are clearly indicated. The case of HariShankar Bagla v. State of Madhya Pradesh, A.LR. 1954 S.C. 465: (1955) 1 S.C. 380 is an instance of such legislation. The policy and purpose may be pointed out in the section conferring the powers and may even be indicated in the preamble or elsewhere in the Act. (b) Excessive delegation ss ground for invalidity of statute: In dealing with the challenge the vires of any State on the ground of Excessive delegation it is necessary to ‘enquire whether - The impugned delegation involves the delegation of an essential legislative functions or power, and In Vasantlals case (A.IR. 1961 S.C. 4). SubbaRao, J. observed as follows; “The constitution confers a power and imposes a duty on the legislature to make laws. The essential legislative function is the determination of the legislative policy and its formulation as a rule of conduct. Obviously it cannot abdicate its functions in favour of another. But, in view of the multifarious activities of a welfare State, the legislature cannot presumably work out all the details to sit the varying aspects of complex situations. It must necessarily delegate the working out of details to the executive or any other agency. But there is a danger inherent in such a process of delegation. An overburdened legislature or one controlled by a powerful executive may unduly overstep the limits of delegation. It may not lay down any poticy at all; ) declare its policy in vague and general terms; 39©) not set down any standard for the guidance of the executive; 4) confer and arbitrary power to the executive on change or modified the policy laid down by it without reserving for itself any control over subordinate legislation. The self-effacement of legislative power in favour of another agency either in whole or in partis beyond the permissible limits of delegation. It is for a Court to hold on a fair, generous ‘and liberal construction of on impugned statute whether the legislature exceeded such limits.UNIT-1 PROCEDURAL FAIRNESS AND JUDICIAL REVIEW A. PRINCIPLES OF NATURAL JUSTICE ‘The concept of natural justice is the backbone of law and justice. Initially natural justice was conceived as a concomitant of universal natural law. Judges have used natural justice as to imply the existence of moral principles of self evident and unarguable truth. To justify the adoption, or continued existence, of a rule of law on the ground of its conformity to natural justice in this sense conceals the extent to which a judge is making a subjective moral judgment and suggests on the contrary, an objective inevitability. Thus, the widespread recognition, in many civilizations and over centuries the principle of natural justice belong rather to the common consciousness of the mankind than to juridical science. A comprehensive definition of natural justice is yet to be evolved. Natural Justice is rooted in the natural sense of what is right and wrong. It mandates the Adjudicator or the administrator, as the case may be, to observe procedural faimess and propriety in trail, inquiry or investigation or other types of proceedings or process. The object of Natural Justice is to secure Justice by ensuring procedural faimess. To put it negatively, it is to prevent miscarriage of Justice. The term “Natural Justice” may be equated with “procedural faimess” or “fair play in action”. It is concemed with procedure and it seeks to ensure that the procedure is just, fair and reasonable. It may be regarded as counterpart of the American “Due Process”. Fairness is a component of rule of law, which pervades the constitution. The dispensation of natural justice by statute will render any decision without observance of natural justice as unjust and hence is not acceptable. These two are the basic pillars of the Principles of Natural Justice. No system of law can survive without these two basic pillars. (A) Nemo Judex in Causa Sua: No one should be made a judge in his own case, or the rule against bias. (a) Rule against bias (b) None should be a Judge in his own cause. (B) Audi Alteram Partem: Hear the other party, or the rule of fair hearing, or the rule that no one should be condemned unheard. (@) Hear the other side. (b) Hear both sides. (©) No person'should be condemned unheard. Rule against Bias: A. Nemo Judex in Causa Sua: Doctrine of Bias: One of the essential elements of judicial process is that administrative authority acting in a quasi-judicial manner should be impartial, fair and free from bias. No tribunal can be Judge in his own cause and any person, who sits in judgment over the rights of others, should be afree from any kind of bias and must be able to bear an impartial and objective mind to the question in controversy. Bias and Mala fide Intention: In case of mala fide, Courts insist on proof of mala fide while as in case of bias, proof of actual bias is not necessary. What is necessary is that there was “teal likelihood” of bias and the testis that of a reasonable man. “The reason underlying this rule”, according to prof. M.P. Jain, is that bias being a mental condition there are serious

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