Relevance of the Legislative Council in 150 words
How the answer moves
The flow snapshot — the routes in, the body, the counter-view and the routes out.
Route 1 Upper House, Art 169 + 171 → weak chamber: delays not blocks, no executive control → relevance rests on function, not force
Route 2 Open from the redundancy charge → can a near-powerless second chamber still matter? → yes, but only on functional grounds
Revising chamber, second thoughts on hasty Assembly decisions (Ambedkar) → widens representation: teachers, graduates, local authorities, nominated experts → expands political space for those shut out of other elected bodies (Yogendra Narain) → critics find this value thin
Weak duplication (Wheare + Austin) → a chamber of political patronage (Kothari)
Route 1 Relevant, but only conditionally → needs better composition, real scrutiny, no refuge for defeated politicians
Route 2 Relevance is latent, not automatic → reform turns a delaying house into a deliberative one
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.
- Do you agree that over the years the Supreme Court has become a forum for policy evolution? Justify your answer.
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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