Administrative Law
Sant Gadge Baba Amravati University · LL.B. Semester 6
Unit 1 — Evolution, nature and scope of administrative law
laissez-faire to welfare State · delegation · tribunalisation · separation of powers · rule of law
Unit 2 — Civil service in India
accountability · administrative deviance
Unit 3 — Legislative powers of administration
delegated legislation: constitutionality, validity, publication
Unit 4 — Legislative control of delegated legislation
laying procedures · committees · judicial control · sub-delegation
Unit 5 — Judicial powers of administration
administrative tribunals · quasi-judicial and administrative functions · right to hearing · natural justice · reasoned decisions
Unit 6 — Judicial control of administrative action
exhaustion of remedies · standing and PIL · jurisdictional error · ultra vires · unreasonableness · legitimate expectation
Unit 7 — Remedies in judicial review
statutory appeals · mandamus · certiorari · prohibition · quo warranto · habeas corpus · declaration and injunction
Unit 8 — Administrative discretion
limitation on discretion · mala fide · irrelevant considerations · non-exercise
Unit 9 — Liability for wrongs (tortious and contractual)
sovereign and non-sovereign functions · act of State · government contracts · privilege · right to information · estoppel and waiver
Unit 10 — Corporations and public undertakings
state monopoly · liability · accountability
Unit 11 — Informal methods of settlement of disputes and grievance redressal
conciliation and mediation · commissions of enquiry · Ombudsman, Lokpal and Lokayukta · Vigilance Commission · parliamentary committees