Vivek Sharma, Amity Law School Rajasthan
ABSTRACT
Administrative law is the body of law that governs the administration of government. It addresses administrative authorities' powers and duties, the procedures they use to exercise those powers and discharge those duties and the remedies available to an aggrieved person when his rights are violated by any administrative action. There were various reasons for the expansion of administrative law, such as a change in government concept, inadequacy of the judicial system, evolution of socialistic pattern of society, and so on. Administrative Law is the best name for the set of legal principles that resolves the competing claims of executive and administrative authority on one side and individual and private rights on the other.
There are many sources of law in administrative law like the constitution of India, ordinances, statutes etc. Apart from these sources, the judicial decision is a significant source of law in administrative law which leads to rapid growth of administrative law during the twentieth century owes much to the change in the concept of role and function of the administration. The landmark judgements such as PUCL v. UOI 1related to the rights of workers who are working in mines form the basis of the establishment of the ‘tests’ which may be used to clarify the scope of the provisions of the law and its interpretation. This includes the ‘Right to Food’ as well. This is how the judicial decisions play a vital role to provide a source of law which leads to reformative changes in the society and in administrative law.
Keywords: Administrative law, constitution, judicial decisions, ordinances, statutes, source of law.
