Necessity of Discretionary Powers: A Critical Appreciation as a Necessary Evil
With the evolution of the modern welfare state system, state functions have multiplied manifold that consequently necessitated delegation of wide-ranged discretionary powers in the hands of administrative authorities to address ever-growing complex issues with the help of framing rules and deciding matters accordingly, which otherwise came within the exclusive domain of legislative and judicial authorities. With qualitative research methodology, this research aimed to investigate how the idea of administration emerges and whether or not discretion is an unavoidable evil. The research at hand conceptualized administrative actions, various modes for conferring discretion, and explicated its pros and cons. This paper also examined how discretion is a need of modern administrative dispensation and how to control its potential exploitation.
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Discretion, Delegation, Quasi-Judicial Action, Quasi-Legislative Action, Welfare State
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(1) Bakht Munir
Lecturer, Institute of Languages and Linguistics, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
(2) Ali Nawaz Khan
Assistant Professor, University Law College, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
(3) Naveed Ahmad
Assistant Professor, University Law College, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.
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APA : Munir, B., Khan, A. N., & Ahmad, N. (2020). Necessity of Discretionary Powers: A Critical Appreciation as a Necessary Evil. Global Regional Review, V(III), 183-191. https://doi.org/10.31703/grr.2020(V-III).19
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CHICAGO : Munir, Bakht, Ali Nawaz Khan, and Naveed Ahmad. 2020. "Necessity of Discretionary Powers: A Critical Appreciation as a Necessary Evil." Global Regional Review, V (III): 183-191 doi: 10.31703/grr.2020(V-III).19
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HARVARD : MUNIR, B., KHAN, A. N. & AHMAD, N. 2020. Necessity of Discretionary Powers: A Critical Appreciation as a Necessary Evil. Global Regional Review, V, 183-191.
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MHRA : Munir, Bakht, Ali Nawaz Khan, and Naveed Ahmad. 2020. "Necessity of Discretionary Powers: A Critical Appreciation as a Necessary Evil." Global Regional Review, V: 183-191
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MLA : Munir, Bakht, Ali Nawaz Khan, and Naveed Ahmad. "Necessity of Discretionary Powers: A Critical Appreciation as a Necessary Evil." Global Regional Review, V.III (2020): 183-191 Print.
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OXFORD : Munir, Bakht, Khan, Ali Nawaz, and Ahmad, Naveed (2020), "Necessity of Discretionary Powers: A Critical Appreciation as a Necessary Evil", Global Regional Review, V (III), 183-191
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TURABIAN : Munir, Bakht, Ali Nawaz Khan, and Naveed Ahmad. "Necessity of Discretionary Powers: A Critical Appreciation as a Necessary Evil." Global Regional Review V, no. III (2020): 183-191. https://doi.org/10.31703/grr.2020(V-III).19