{"id":1113,"date":"2026-08-09T18:46:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T13:16:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/pyq\/comment-on-the-constitutional-morality-in-the-indian-constitution-upsc-psir-2024-1708\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T21:23:55","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T15:53:55","slug":"comment-on-the-constitutional-morality-in-the-indian-constitution-upsc-psir-2024-1708","status":"publish","type":"psir_pyq","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/comment-on-the-constitutional-morality-in-the-indian-constitution-upsc-psir-2024-1708\/","title":{"rendered":"Comment on the Constitutional morality in the Indian Constitution in 150 words."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pq-flow\">\n<div class=\"pq-flow-h\">Flow snapshot <em>\u2014 how the answer moves<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p1\"><span>Intro routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 1<\/i> constitutional morality = fidelity to constitutional <i>values<\/i>, not obedience to text <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> binds rulers + citizens to procedures, limits, spirit<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> the moral spirit behind the legal text <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> the values that make a written Constitution actually work<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p2\"><span>Body flow<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p>core values (justice, liberty, equality, fraternity, secularism, rule of law, dignity) + self-restraint, plurality <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b class=\"pq-sc\">Ambedkar<\/b>: democracy lives on <i>habits<\/i> of constitutional conduct, not paper guarantees <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b class=\"pq-sc\">Baxi<\/b>: restraint on power-seeking leaders who subvert from within <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> shields individuals + minorities against majoritarian social morality <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> judicial use: Navtej Singh Johar <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> LGBTQ+ dignity; Sabarimala <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> gender equality vs exclusionary custom <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> Constitution as living ethical framework<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p3\"><span>Counter-view<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p>constitutional morality vs popular \/ social morality <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> how far may courts place it above community sentiment<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p4\"><span>Conclusion routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 1<\/i> keeps democracy faithful to founding promise, not to passing majorities<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> moves the Constitution from text to living ethic \u2014 its working conscience<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"pyq_year":[30],"pyq_marks":[38],"pyq_topic":[58],"pyq_paper":[33],"class_list":["post-1113","psir_pyq","type-psir_pyq","status-publish","hentry","pyq_year-30","pyq_marks-10-marks","pyq_topic-making-of-the-indian-constitution","pyq_paper-paper-1"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1113","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/psir_pyq"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1113\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4707,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1113\/revisions\/4707"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"pyq_year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_year?post=1113"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_marks","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_marks?post=1113"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_topic?post=1113"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_paper","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_paper?post=1113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}