{"id":1135,"date":"2026-08-09T18:46:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T13:16:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/pyq\/do-you-agree-that-over-the-years-the-supreme-court-has-become-a-upsc-psir-2023-1910\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T21:24:03","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T15:54:03","slug":"do-you-agree-that-over-the-years-the-supreme-court-has-become-a-upsc-psir-2023-1910","status":"publish","type":"psir_pyq","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/psir-pyq\/do-you-agree-that-over-the-years-the-supreme-court-has-become-a-upsc-psir-2023-1910\/","title":{"rendered":"Do you agree that over the years the Supreme Court has become a forum for policy evolution? Justify your answer."},"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> Court moved from dispute-settler to policy-shaper <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> \u201cSupreme Court of India\u201d to \u201cSupreme Court for India\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> PIL + an expanded Article 21 turned adjudication into governance <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> a policy forum emerges<\/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>PIL opens governance + <i>Maneka Gandhi<\/i> expands Art 21 (dignity, fair procedure) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <i>M.C. Mehta<\/i> (environment \/ regulatory standards) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <i>Vishaka<\/i> ( <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> 2013 workplace harassment law) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <i>Unnikrishnan \/ Mohini Jain<\/i> ( <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> RTE) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <i>Puttaswamy<\/i> ( <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> privacy \/ data governance) <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> criminal-justice directions (police, prisons, remission) into the executive domain <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> <b class=\"pq-sc\">S.P. Sathe<\/b>: courts shaped environmental + social policy<\/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>Democratic deficit <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> policy needs deliberation + expertise <span class=\"pq-ar\">\u2192<\/span> unelected judges strain the separation of powers<\/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> Qualified yes: a policy forum, legitimate where rights were at stake<\/p>\n<p class=\"pq-r\"><i class=\"pq-rt\">Route 2<\/i> Agree, but the Court must not replace elected policy-making<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"pyq_year":[34],"pyq_marks":[35],"pyq_topic":[60],"pyq_paper":[33],"class_list":["post-1135","psir_pyq","type-psir_pyq","status-publish","hentry","pyq_year-34","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\/1135","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\/1135\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4729,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/psir_pyq\/1135\/revisions\/4729"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1135"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"pyq_year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_year?post=1135"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_marks","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_marks?post=1135"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_topic?post=1135"},{"taxonomy":"pyq_paper","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/psir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pyq_paper?post=1135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}