{"id":1133,"date":"2026-08-09T18:46:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T13:16:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/pyq\/legislative-council-is-a-house-without-any-effective-powers-upsc-psir-2022-1908\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T21:24:02","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T15:54:02","slug":"legislative-council-is-a-house-without-any-effective-powers-upsc-psir-2022-1908","status":"publish","type":"psir_pyq","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/legislative-council-is-a-house-without-any-effective-powers-upsc-psir-2022-1908\/","title":{"rendered":"Legislative Council is a house without any effective powers. Comment."},"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> Art 169 (creation\/abolition) + Art 171 (composition) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> secondary chamber, weaker than even the Rajya Sabha <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> charge has force, but \u201cwithout any\u201d overstates<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> Take the claim head-on <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> test the absolute \u201cwithout any\u201d <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> concede weakness on decisive power, deny total powerlessness<\/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>Critique holds <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> ordinary Bills: delay only (3 months <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> 1 month, Assembly final say) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> Money Bills: cannot originate, only recommend <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> no no-confidence, no control over executive <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> but not powerless <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> revising + deliberative chamber, checks hasty legislation (<b class=\"pq-sc\">Ambedkar<\/b>) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> members can be ministers \/ Chief Minister <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> political weight<\/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\">Wheare<\/b> + <b class=\"pq-sc\">Austin<\/b>: weak duplication <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> others: a costly refuge for defeated politicians<\/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> Powers limited, not absent <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> advisory worth is real <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> turns on better composition + genuine scrutiny<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> Claim true on decisive power, overstated as a whole <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> value is deliberative, contingent on reform<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"pyq_year":[47],"pyq_marks":[38],"pyq_topic":[60],"pyq_paper":[33],"class_list":["post-1133","psir_pyq","type-psir_pyq","status-publish","hentry","pyq_year-47","pyq_marks-10-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\/1133","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\/1133\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4727,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1133\/revisions\/4727"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1133"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"pyq_year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_year?post=1133"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_marks","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_marks?post=1133"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_topic?post=1133"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_paper","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_paper?post=1133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}