{"id":1132,"date":"2026-08-09T18:46:12","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T13:16:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/pyq\/examine-the-evolution-of-the-jurisdiction-of-the-supreme-court-of-upsc-psir-2021-1907\/"},"modified":"2026-08-09T21:56:21","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T16:26:21","slug":"examine-the-evolution-of-the-jurisdiction-of-the-supreme-court-of-upsc-psir-2021-1907","status":"publish","type":"psir_pyq","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/examine-the-evolution-of-the-jurisdiction-of-the-supreme-court-of-upsc-psir-2021-1907\/","title":{"rendered":"Examine the evolution of the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of India as a constitutional court."},"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\">r! 1950 founding \u2192 five jurisdictions (131 original, 136 appellate\/SLP, 143 advisory, 32 writ, 137 review) \u2192 constitutional guardian; Art 32 = protector of FRs (Ambedkar, \u201csoul\u201d) R2 SC born as a court of defined jurisdictions \u2192 examine the shift towards a constitutional court that guards and shapes the Constitution<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p2\"><span>Body flow<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">Guardian role + Art 32 \/ Ambedkar \u2192 early restraint (Gopalan, Shankari Prasad, Sajjan Singh) \u2192 Golak Nath limits amending power over FRs \u2192 Kesavananda basic structure \u2192 constituent power scrutinised \u2192 Maneka expands Art 21 \/ substantive review \u2014 S.P. Gupta widens locus standi + PIL \/ access \u2192 Arts 136 + 142 \/ complete justice \u2192 Bommai, Minerva Mills, Coelho \u2192 review over federalism, amendments, the Ninth Schedule<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p3\"><span>Counter-view<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">Nariman: guardians of the Constitution \u2192 guardians over it (basic- structure expansion risks overreach)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-fb\">\n<div class=\"pq-pill p4\"><span>Conclusion routes<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pq-ft\">R1 From enumerated jurisdictions \u2192 a constitutional court that both dea protects and shapes the Constitution R2 Evolution as a widening of jurisdiction, not a break from text \u2192 the guardian became a shaper while staying anchored in the Constitution<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"pyq_year":[40],"pyq_marks":[35],"pyq_topic":[60],"pyq_paper":[33],"class_list":["post-1132","psir_pyq","type-psir_pyq","status-publish","hentry","pyq_year-40","pyq_marks-15-marks","pyq_topic-principal-organs-of-the-union-and-state-government","pyq_paper-paper-1"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1132","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":3,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1132\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3338,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1132\/revisions\/3338"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"pyq_year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_year?post=1132"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_marks","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_marks?post=1132"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_topic?post=1132"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_paper","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_paper?post=1132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}