Comment on the judicial overreach in India
How the answer moves
The flow snapshot — the routes in, the body, the counter-view and the routes out.
Route 1 define overreach = activism crossing constitutional limits into legislative/executive functions
Route 2 India = separation of functions + checks and balances → concern is not review but its expansion into governance
legitimate activism protects rights / overreach disturbs institutional balance → examples: national anthem order, highway liquor ban, firecracker directions, Article 142 overuse → effects: unelected governance, no administrative expertise, reduced accountability → Mehta (against constitutionalism) → Hewitt (weakens Parliament) → “tyranny of the unelected” → Verma’s scalpel-not-Rampuri-knife limit
activism is legitimate where rights are at stake; the problem is the line crossed, not review itself
Route 1 corrective is restraint, not surrender of judicial review
Route 2 curb the excess while preserving rights protection and review
Model answer
Handwritten, in the form it would be written in the examination hall.
Also asked on this head
Salient Features of the Indian Constitution — 11 questions in the Vault.
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- Underline the significance of the first constitutional amendment.
How this is taught
The same flow snapshot, built for every head of the syllabus, with the answer written in class.
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