“Lord Lloyd once said: the separation of powers is not part of our constitution. (Hansard, HL Vol 665, col 57). How far do you agree with this statement in light of the recent constitutional reforms?”

Most of the time, the separation of power is used with the trias politicaI principle, which is the model for the governance of a state. In simple words, the separation of powers can be said that it is a doctrine or a theory that describes the way in which a state arranges or organises the distribution of power and function between its different branches. Some of the learned people say the separation of powers is a legal theory. However, the most of them argues that according to its origin the separation of power is more to political than legal. Taking the majorities statement into account, therefore separation of power is a political theory. The term of separation of power is usually used as an umbrella term to describe the three powers or branches of the state. The three powers are legislative power, executive power, and the judicial power….(short extract)