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<b>Somasekhar Sundaresan</b>: Where the judiciary can intervene

India has a robust culture of constitutional review by the higher judiciary

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LEGAL VALIDITY Protesters outside the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals courthouse in San Francisco, after it heard arguments regarding President Donald Trump’s temporary travel ban on people from seven Muslim-majority nations Photo: Reuters

Somasekhar Sundaresan
It is raining interventions from constitutional courts across nations. A court in the United States passed a temporary restraint order against newly elected President Donald Trump’s executive order to abruptly stop the entry of individuals from seven Muslim-majority nations from entering the country. The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom has ruled that parliament cannot abdicate its role in handling Brexit through just a referendum. A high court in Kenya has intervened to strike down laws that provide for criminal action against defamation.
 
Of course, we too have a robust and vigilant culture of constitutional review by the higher
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