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South Asia will see rising polemic over judiciaries

Wednesday, May 16, 2018

Subject

Varying power of judiciaries across South Asia.

Significance

Spats involving supreme courts are increasingly a feature of South Asian politics. The balance of power between the judiciary and other branches of governments varies across the region’s different countries.

Impacts

  • Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi may issue more ordinances, despite the Supreme Court urging limits to their use.
  • Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s Awami League will register more legal cases against opposition politicians.
  • Maldivian President Abdulla Yameen will face rising international pressure to ensure free and fair elections later this year.
  • Ahead of Pakistan’s elections, Nawaz Sharif’s movement against the judiciary may garner support for the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz.
  • Sri Lanka’s new law empowering the chief justice to establish special courts for bribery cases may assuage public concerns over corruption.

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