Many people or law students thinks of there should be complete separation of power between three organs of the government. So that there is no chances of intervention by one organ in the work of other organ.
But if you are also thinking like them then you are wrong. Because if there is complete separation of power then every organ of the government do whatever they like. And there is possibility of power conflict between organs of the government.
Then there will be not any person or institution to check the activities of each other. That's everyone is taught doctrine of check and balance along with theory of separation of power to make clearly that complete separation of power is not possible nor desirable.
To understand clearly about whether complete separation of power is possible or not, first we have to understand about what is separation of power and doctrine of check and balance. I have discussed about it as below:-
Separation of Power :- Separation of Power means division of power of state power between three organ of the government. There three organ of the government are legislative, executive and judiciary.
The state has many functions to do which is divided into three categories i.e law making, policy making and implementation and adjudication or interpretation of law. These three functions are carry out by the three organs of the government i.e legislature, executive and judiciary respectively.
Check and Balance :- Check and Balance is the concept in which three organs of the government are interlinked in such a way by which one organ of government check and balance the power of other organs.
It means when any organ among three organs does anything which is not under it's jurisdictions and law has not given power to do so then other organ check whether that organ have power to do so or not.
If the work of one organ found illegal by other organs then others organs stop and warn that organ to do so. By following the principle of check and balance, government is prevented from being autocratic and dictatorship.
Now I hope you have been cleared that if there is complete separation is not possible. Did you know what is complete separation of power? If not then let me tell you what is complete separation of power.
Complete Separation of Power is a condition in which each and every organ of the government is supreme over their jurisdictions. They can do anything under their jurisdictions. Complete Separation of Power means lacking the feature of doctrine of check and balance.
Check and Balance stops one organ from doing something which is not under their jurisdictions and also ask for rights or jurisdictions. Doctrine of check and Balance prevent from doing unnecessary activities and works by any organ.
In Conclusion, when there is complete separation of power then if any organ do any activities which is not under it's jurisdictions then no other organ can ask questions to that organ. Other organ cannot stop other organ from doing such activities.
It means one organ lacks the power of stopping other organ if they do anything. But they enjoy full freedom of doing whatever they like because they are not interlinked with other.
In last, we can say that the theory of separation of power and doctrine of check and balance and all above explaination it is clearly that complete separation of power is neither possible nor desirable.
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