{"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":"2026-08-09T21:56:21","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T16:26:21","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>&mdash; 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\">supremacy = highest authority within jurisdiction, courts may review under written constitution \u2014 sovereignty = make\/unmake any law, no higher limit \u2014 British model (De Lolme) \u2014 India rejects it: Constitution supreme \u2014 confining features (written Constitution, FRs, federal division, judicial review, Basic Structure) \u2014 Art 13 voids violating laws \u2014 Art 246 + Seventh Schedule split powers &#8211; Art 368 cannot touch basic structure \u2014 Kashyap: representative parliamentary democracy, not sovereign legislature<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p2\"><span>Body flow<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">Jennings \u2014 supremacy itself risky \u2014 can slide into unfettered executive power when government controls the House majority<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p3\"><span>Counter-view<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">R1 supremacy within its field, not absolute sovereignty routes rR2 sovereignty lies with the Constitution and, through &quot;We, the People,\u2019 with the people<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p4\"><span>Conclusion routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">ee \u2014C\u2014C\u2014CSC\u2018C(\u2018CCO(t\u00e9t\u00e9ts 7\u201d \u2014\u2014 \u2014<\/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":2,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1119\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3334,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1119\/revisions\/3334"}],"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}]}}