Unit I · Administrative Law

Definition and reasons for growth

Study aid only. Confirm statute numbers with the current bare Act and the official OU LL.B. (3-YDC) 2024–25 syllabus PDF.

Statute sections

Act / instrument	Section	Name
Constitution of India	12	State for purposes of Part III

(1969) 2 SCC 262 · Supreme Court of India

The dividing line between administrative and quasi-judicial action is thin; natural justice can apply to both.

AIR 1955 SC 549 · Supreme Court of India

Executive power extends to matters on which the legislature can make laws, subject to the Constitution.