Judicial Activism and Human Rights in Pakistan and India
Ullah, Dr. Aman
Human rights, along with right to life as a most basic human right of all, were expressly protected in the Constitutions of India and Pakistan, when international human rights law was in its embryonic form. No doubt, the new jurisprudence of human rights placed their protection on a higher pedestal than other provisions of the Constitution, and was welcomed warmly. However, judicial activism was a sheer deviation from the spirit and norms of a...