An Emperical Researchon Judicial Activism in India with Preference to Media

Abstract

The Independence of judicial activism is largely driven by people’s perception from the role of the courts in a democratic country. While some believe that judicial activism is necessary for the protection of public interests, others are in the opinion that judiciary  functions, The Honorable courts are required to interpret law and not to enact laws. For the purpose of this empirical study Descriptive research is used to show the public opinion on judicial activism, Convenient sampling method is used to collect the samples.  Samples are collected with special reference to Chennai. The sample size is 1605. Dependent factor are the factors that influence judicial activism; no cause of action arises against media and rewritten judgments with personal option. It has significant impact of chi square is the research tool used in this research. The primary sources are taken from the general public in the form of survey method and also the secondary data from other journals and web sources. The outcome of the research is that by carrying out chi square test the value is 0.00 for all the three tables hence it is proved that null hypothesis is rejected at all. Media has the right to publish the facts. The reason why public support judicial activism because administration have been apathetic and non performing prevails .The aim of the research is to study about the judicial activism in India with preference to media