A case for a more federal judiciary

What the editorial is about?

Context

• The Supreme Court of India has held that the federalist nature of our country is part and parcel of the basic structure of the Constitution.
• Much has been written about the federal structure in relation to the legislature and the executive.
• There is now a need to examine the Indian judiciary and to strengthen the federal nature of our judiciary considering the recent trends greatly eroded the standing of the High Court.

Federalism

• Federalism is a midpoint between unitarism which has a supreme centre, to which the States are subordinate, and confederalism wherein the States are supreme, and are merely coordinated by a weak centre.
• The idea which lies at the bottom of federal