PYQ Vault · Paper 1 · Indian Constitution
Differentiate parliamentary supremacy from parliamentary sovereignty. Would you consider the Indian Parliament as a Sovereign Parliament? Examine.
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
supremacy = highest authority within jurisdiction, courts may review under written constitution — sovereignty = make/unmake any law, no higher limit — British model (De Lolme) — India rejects it: Constitution supreme — confining features (written Constitution, FRs, federal division, judicial review, Basic Structure) — Art 13 voids violating laws — Art 246 + Seventh Schedule split powers – Art 368 cannot touch basic structure — Kashyap: representative parliamentary democracy, not sovereign legislature
Body flow
Jennings — supremacy itself risky — can slide into unfettered executive power when government controls the House majority
Counter-view
R1 supremacy within its field, not absolute sovereignty routes rR2 sovereignty lies with the Constitution and, through "We, the People,’ with the people
Conclusion routes
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Model answer
Handwritten, in the form it would be written in the examination hall.
