Administrative Law Notes, Important Case Laws and Reading Materials

Administrative Law is the law relating to administration. It includes 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.

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Basic Introduction to Administrative Law

• Definition, Nature, Scope and Significance of Administrative Law
• Relationship between Constitutional Law and Administrative Law
• Administrative Action- Meaning, Classification and Need to control
• Administrative Actions: Nature, Scope and Significance
• Basic Doctrines-
  • Rule of Law
    • Evolution of Rule of Law in India
    • Rule of Law and its application in India
  • Separation of Powers
    • Doctrine of Separation of Powers and its relevance in Contemporary Times
      

Delegated Legislation

• Meaning of Delegated Legislation and its Growth
• Delegated Legislation in USA
• Delegated Legislation in UK
• Delegated Legislation in India
• Conditional Legislation
  

Administrative Adjudication

• Administrative Adjudication- Meaning, Needs and Reasons for its growth
• Administrative Tribunal: Definition, Constitutional Status, Finality of decisions and Judicial Review
• Tribunals: meaning, difference between tribunals and courts, its types- Statutory and Domestic Tribunals
  

Administrative Directions

• Administrative Directions and Enforceability of Administrative Directions

Administrative Discretions

• Meaning and significance of Administrative Discretion and Grounds of control
• Judicial Control of Administrative Discretion – Control at the stage of delegation of discretion
  

Natural Justice

Principles of Natural Justice: Concept, Principles of Natural Justice – Rule against Bias and Rule of Fair Hearing, Exceptions to Natural Justice, Violations of Natural Justice and Application of Natural Justice in India

Review of Administrative Actions and Remedies

• Judicial Review-
  • Writ jurisdiction of Supreme Court and High Court,
  • What is writ and who can file it?
• Grounds of Review of Administrative Action –Illegality, Irrationality, Procedural Impropriety, Proportionality
• Doctrines developed by Judiciary –
  • Doctrine of Legitimate Expectation
  • Doctrine of Reasonableness
  • Doctrine of Proportionality
  • Doctrine of Promissory Estoppel

• Judicial Review of Administrative Actions
• Judicial Review of Administrative Actions by Writs
• Other remedies for administrative action–Statutory Remedies, Equitable Remedies, Ombudsman –Lok Pal and Lokayukta and other miscellaneous remedies

Liability of administration

• Contractual Liability of the Administration –Constitutional and other Provisions
• Tortious Liability of the Administration –Constitutional and other provisions
  

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