PYQ Vault · Paper 1 · Making of the Constitution
Indian Constitution is a ‘Lawyers’ Paradise’ — Ivor Jennings
How the answer moves
The flow snapshot — the routes in, the body, the counter-view and the routes out.
Flow snapshot — how the answer moves
Intro routes
ri} Jennings’s “lawyer's paradise” = a real feature of the text → length, legalism, complexity → readasaflaw R2 label true of the form → but the detail was a design choice, not a defect
Body flow
why Jennings said it → unusually long + detailed + technical legal language + administrative provisions → many framers were lawyers → Maheshwari himself concedes → detail invites litigation → distances the ordinary citizen
Counter-view
detail was a deliberate safeguard → diversity + untested democracy → precision to prevent arbitrariness and misuse →
Conclusion routes
Ambedkar: the text can be perverted, so protections had to be spelt out Rr! description fits the form, not its purpose 2 detailed text rout; = has held for decades → gave India a stable order
Model answer
Handwritten, in the form it would be written in the examination hall.
