Do you agree that over the years the Supreme Court has become a forum for policy evolution? Justify your answer.
How the answer moves
The flow snapshot — the routes in, the body, the counter-view and the routes out.
Route 1 Court moved from dispute-settler to policy-shaper → “Supreme Court of India” to “Supreme Court for India”
Route 2 PIL + an expanded Article 21 turned adjudication into governance → a policy forum emerges
PIL opens governance + Maneka Gandhi expands Art 21 (dignity, fair procedure) → M.C. Mehta (environment / regulatory standards) → Vishaka ( → 2013 workplace harassment law) → Unnikrishnan / Mohini Jain ( → RTE) → Puttaswamy ( → privacy / data governance) → criminal-justice directions (police, prisons, remission) into the executive domain → S.P. Sathe: courts shaped environmental + social policy
Democratic deficit → policy needs deliberation + expertise → unelected judges strain the separation of powers
Route 1 Qualified yes: a policy forum, legitimate where rights were at stake
Route 2 Agree, but the Court must not replace elected policy-making
Model answer
Handwritten, in the form it would be written in the examination hall.
Also asked on this head
Principal Organs of the Union and State Government — 13 questions in the Vault.
- Examine the constitutional provisions and nature of advisory jurisdiction of Supreme Court of India. Evaluate your answer with relevant examples.
- Parliamentary committees are indispensable to the legislative process. It provides for the opportunity for cross-pollination between the two chambers of the Parliament. Discuss.
- Relevance of the Legislative Council in 150 words
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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