Parliamentary Institutions in India Development or Decay
Contents: Preface. 1. Introduction: whither the Parliamentary Institutions in India/D. Sundar Ram. 2. A stable national alternative to party Government in India/R. Venkataraman. 3. Challenges of Indian Democracy/Atal Behari Vajpayee. 4. Fifty years of Democracy in India: an assessment/P.C. Alexander. 5. Independence of the judiciary: the case of the institutions of Lok Ayukta and Lok Pal in India/D.J. Jagannadha Raju. 6. Constitutional changes and the presidential system in India: a need of the hour/Nani A. Palkhivala. 7. The judiciary, robbed delinquency and the syndrome of docket delays/V.R. Krishna Iyer. 8. Decline of institutions in India: a need for reform/Ramakrishna Hegde. 9. Can parliament cope/Hiren Mukherjee. 10. Dilemmas of the Parliamentary Institutions in India: stress on judicial system/K. Jayachandra Reddy. 11. The role of the speaker and the judiciary in India/Alladi Kuppuswamy. 12. Developments in parliamentary institutions since independence/Subhash C. Kashyap. 13. Role of the Parliamentary Committees in India: some reflections/P. Upendra. 14. Party system and disempowerment of parliament/M. Abel. 15. The Indian parliament/Mahendra Prasad Singh. 16. Developments in Indian parliamentary institutions since independence/C. Veera Raghavan. 17. Distortions in the working of the Indian parliamentary system: a study of conflict areas/B. Gopal. 18. Role of legislators in a legislative system: study of parliamentary behaviour in India/S.N. Mishra. 19. Decline of Indian Democracy: the role of political leadership/Subhash Chandra Hazary. 20. Parliamentary reform in India/G. Palanithurai. 21. Election Commission of India: a critical study of its growth and emerging problems/C. Narayana Rao. 22. Power to the people in India: Panchayati Raj: changes and challenges/E.A. Narayana. 23. Evolution of Parliamentary Government in India: some impediments/D. Sundar Ram. Appendices: 1. Sadachar Bharati: code of conduct for Ministers and people\'s representatives. 2. Model code of conduct for the guidance of political parties and candidates. 3. Towards 2000: minimum programme for national regeneration.
"This collection of original essays constitutes an important contribution to the on-going search for alternatives to the dilemmas of the Indian Parliamentary Institutions over the last five decades. A distinguished panel of contributors comprising a former President of the Indian Republic, former Prime Minister of India, a Governor, a former Chief Minister, a former Union Minister, senior Parliamentarians, eminent jurists, administrators, political scientists, journalists and academics review the strength and weaknesses of the existing parliamentary institutions whether it serves the basic needs and objectives of the Indian Parliamentary System or have become obsolete and, if so, whether a systemic change is required." (jacket)
