The Supreme Court’s mundane burden – The Hindu (Aug 12, 2016)
Shortage of judges, inadequate infrastructure and resource constraints are perennial problems of the judiciary. For further reading,visit “The Hindu”.
Word List:
- Mundane (adjective) – usual, common, ordinary, everyday.
- Perennial (adjective) – everlasting, continuing, never-ending, permanent.
- Lamentation (noun) – weeping, wailing, crying, moaning.
- Appeal (noun) – the process in which an appellant who brings a case to a high court for a formal change of the decision of a subordinate/lower courts. (Appellant is the one who brings a case to a high court).
- Appellate (adjective) – (of a court) dealing with cases on appeal to review the decision of a lower court.
- Tribunal (noun) – court, court of justice, court of law; a kind of court that has authority in a specific area.
- Flag (verb) – mark out, indicate, identify, point out; draw attention to.
- Bog down (phrasal verb) – hamper, hinder, obstruct, impede; overburden.
- Litigation (noun) – legal proceedings/actions/dispute, law suit. (Litigant is the one who involves in a law suit; opponent, complainant, petitioner, appellant, respondent).
- Special leave Petition (SLP) – a petition filed for an appeal. The Constitution of India under Article 136 vests the Supreme Court of India with a special power to grant special leave, to appeal against any judgment or order or decree in any matter or cause, passed or made by any Court/tribunal in the territory of India. (Courtesy: Wikipedia).
- Provision for (noun) – preparations, planning, prearrangement, precautions.
- Statutory (adjective) – mandatory, necessary, essential; enforced, demanded.
- Borne (past participle of bear) – endure, experience, tolerate, manage.
- Sparingly (adverb) – in small quantities; barely, economically, meagrely.
- Interpretation (noun) – explanation, clarification, definition; analysis, evaluation, examination.
- Ought to (model verb) – must, should.
- Decriminalise (verb) – make something as legal (by the law).
- Uphold (verb) – confirm, justify, approve, validate, ratify.
- Defamation (noun) – libel, character assassination; disparagement, denigration.
- Oust (verb) – (of law) take away/bar/remove a court’s jurisdiction.
- Jurisdiction (noun) – authority, control, power, sovereignty.
- Provision (noun) – term, clause, requirement; condition, qualification, restriction, reservation.
- Cassation Benches – Regional Benches can be established (by dividing the Supreme Court of India) to deal with all appeals coming from the high courts.
- Rely on (verb) – depend on, lean, hinge; resort to.
- Constitutional court – it is a court that deals primarily with constitutional law.
- Final Arbiter (noun) – someone who has ultimate authority/power.
Note:
- Click each one of the words above for their definition, more synonyms, pronunciation, example sentences, phrases, derivatives, origin and etc from http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/ .
- Definitions (elementary level) & Synonyms provided for the words above are my personal work and not that of Oxford University Press.
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