Independence and Accountability are two essential ideals for good governance, but surprisingly both these principles appear contradictory and prima facie seem irreconcilable.6 Nevertheless the success of any democratic legal system largely depends on the efficiency with which it addresses the conflict between these two ideals. The importance of balancing the aforementioned principles arises much more in case of those entities that though have been delegated the political power but are not democratically accountable in traditional sense to its citizens. These are the non-elected institutions called the independent regulatory agencies. The regulators communicate their means of maintaining good governance to the legislators in various ways. Such communication may or may not have the desired effect.
Political Accountability and Intra-government Communication of Regulators in India: A Critical Analysis
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