{"id":1119,"date":"2026-08-09T18:46:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T13:16:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/pyq\/differentiate-parliamentary-supremacy-from-parliamentary-upsc-psir-2017-1805\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T21:23:57","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T15:53:57","slug":"differentiate-parliamentary-supremacy-from-parliamentary-upsc-psir-2017-1805","status":"publish","type":"psir_pyq","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/differentiate-parliamentary-supremacy-from-parliamentary-upsc-psir-2017-1805\/","title":{"rendered":"Differentiate parliamentary supremacy from parliamentary sovereignty. Would you consider the Indian Parliament as a Sovereign Parliament? Examine."},"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> two terms used loosely <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> actually different degrees of legislative power<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> settle the distinction first <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> then test India against it<\/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>supremacy = highest authority within jurisdiction, courts may review under written constitution <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> sovereignty = make\/unmake any law, no higher limit <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> British model (<b>De Lolme<\/b>) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> India rejects it: Constitution supreme <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> confining features (written Constitution, FRs, federal division, judicial review, Basic Structure) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> Art 13 voids violating laws <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> Art 246 + Seventh Schedule split powers <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> Art 368 cannot touch basic structure <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b class=\"pq-sc\">Kashyap<\/b>: representative parliamentary democracy, not sovereign legislature<\/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><b class=\"pq-sc\">Jennings<\/b> <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> supremacy itself risky <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> can slide into unfettered executive power when government controls the House majority<\/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> supremacy within its field, not absolute sovereignty<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> sovereignty lies with the Constitution and, through \u201cWe, the People,\u201d with the people<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"pyq_year":[45],"pyq_marks":[31],"pyq_topic":[59],"pyq_paper":[33],"class_list":["post-1119","psir_pyq","type-psir_pyq","status-publish","hentry","pyq_year-45","pyq_marks-20-marks","pyq_topic-salient-features-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\/1119","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":5,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1119\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4713,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1119\/revisions\/4713"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"pyq_year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_year?post=1119"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_marks","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_marks?post=1119"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_topic?post=1119"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_paper","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_paper?post=1119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}