{"id":32649,"date":"2018-10-29T15:45:38","date_gmt":"2018-10-29T10:15:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=32649"},"modified":"2018-10-29T15:45:38","modified_gmt":"2018-10-29T10:15:38","slug":"the-great-indian-abdication","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/the-great-indian-abdication\/","title":{"rendered":"The great Indian abdication"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/opinion\/lead\/the-great-indian-abdication\/article25195429.ece\">The great Indian abdication<br \/>\n<\/a><strong><u>Article:<br \/>\n<\/u><\/strong>1. Nissim Mannathukkaren, in his article has discussed about the deepening crisis in society due to lack of vital role played by Parliament and its contribution.<br \/>\n<strong><u>Important Analysis:<br \/>\n<\/u><\/strong>2. Author argues, India, at present is going through a deep crisis in which, instead of parliament\/legislature, the Judiciary is working on the mission to deepen the democracy and protecting social freedoms.<br \/>\n3. Supreme Court in last month has announced series of verdict such as on <strong>triple talaq, Section 377, adultery, and the Sabarimala temple <\/strong>etc. but the same curiosity or spirit is missing about parliamentary bills\/debates, which are absolutely vital to a parliamentary democracy.<br \/>\n4. For instance, earlier this year, the government amended the Foreign Contribution Regulation Act \u00a0without discussion in Parliament and hardly any debate in the public sphere took place.<br \/>\n5. It is being said, degradation in roles of legislature and executive has pulled the Supreme Court to assume the responsibility of Parliamentary democracy.<br \/>\n6. <strong>Criticism over Parliamentary Functioning<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Prime Minister rarely attends parliamentary debates, affecting the sanctity of the forum.<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0In 1950, Lok Sabha met for an average of 127 days and in 2017 met for a shocking 57 only.<\/li>\n<li>If 72 Bills were passed in a year in the first Lok Sabha, the number was 40 in the 15th Lok Sabha (2009-14).<\/li>\n<li>The Budget session for this fiscal year saw a scarcely believable usage of 1% of its allotted time in the Lok Sabha and bill was passed without discussion through the guillotine process.<\/li>\n<li>Parliament has even failed to institute Joint Parliamentary Committee to look into the Rafael fighter aircraft deal issue.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>7. It has been argued the task of democratizing society cannot be left to the judiciary, an unelected body.<br \/>\n8. Parliament, instead of representing the highest democratic ethos, panders to electoral majorities, leaving it incapable of challenging barbaric social\/religious practices enforced by dominant interests.<br \/>\n9. That is why it took 70 years for Section 377 to be partially struck down.<br \/>\n10. <strong>Concern over the State of Judiciary:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Judiciary does not exist in a vacuum; it is still a reflection of our society.<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Facing Serious lack of diversity and representation for instance, in 1993, it is estimated that less than 4% of judges in the higher judiciary were from Dalit and tribal communities, and less than 3% were women<\/li>\n<li>Since Independence, only four Dalits have become Supreme Court judges, including one Chief Justice of India<\/li>\n<li>After 42 years, first women were appointed as a judge of SC of Supreme Court and only Eight women so far have been appointed.<br \/>\nMammoth 3.3 crore pending cases.<\/li>\n<li>67% of India\u2019s prison population awaits trial; 55% of these under trials are Dalits, tribal, and Muslims.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>11. <strong>Question raised by the Author over the efficiency of Judiciary:<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>How far the judiciary be held entertaining and delivering verdicts on Public Interest Litigations (PILs) for instance, a ban on pornography or making the national anthem mandatory in cinema halls.<\/li>\n<li>Overworked courts cannot become a one-stop solution for performing legislative\/executive tasks such as banning fire crackers\/loud speakers, enforcing seat belt\/helmet wearing rules etc.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>12. Politically-motivated lynching targeting a community do not happen because of the absence of laws. They happen because of a willful undermining the power of laws by the executive backed by mobs riding on electoral majorities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The great Indian abdication Article: 1. Nissim Mannathukkaren, in his article has discussed about the deepening crisis in society due to lack of vital role played by Parliament and its contribution. Important Analysis: 2. 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