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Mains Q&A 596
“Reforming the Indian judiciary requires more than judicial reform; it requires restructuring the wider justice system. Discuss.”
The Supreme Court of India is overburdened because it functions simultaneously as a constitutional court and a regular court of appeal. Examine the case for structural reform.
Identify the five most consequential reforms that could restore Parliament’s primacy without altering the Constitution. Justify your selection.
Legislative Councils occupy an uncomfortable constitutional space that is they are too weak to check, too costly to justify, too political to reform. Do you agree?
“The President of India exercises no real discretion — only the illusion of it.” Critically examine this claim.
Woodrow Wilson wrote that Congress in its committee-rooms is Congress at work. Has India’s Parliament abandoned work? Examine with reference to the functioning of Departmentally Related Standing Committees.
Discuss how the “equal protection clause” under Article 14 of the Indian Constitution has attained an activist magnitude in recent years.
“Legislation without deliberation is administration, not lawmaking.” Assess the validity of this claim in the context of recent Indian parliamentary practice.
The Vice-President of India is a quiet, but not a weak, office. Examine.
India’s executive has transformed without a single constitutional amendment authorising this transformation. Critically examine.
The journey of DPSP’s from non-justiciable aspirations to the bedrock of state action is the most understated constitutional revolution in India’s history. Critically examine.
India’s parliamentary system was chosen for accountability over stability, yet contemporary governance challenges suggest the system may be failing on both counts. Examine.
Fundamental Duties were inserted into the Constitution at its most constitutionally compromised moment yet they embody a philosophical truth that the original Constitution deliberately overlooked.” Comment with reference to their enforcement, judicial interpretation, and contemporary relevance.
The Supreme Court’s recognition of privacy as a Fundamental Right in 2017 was a constitutional landmark — but seven years later, the gap between the right declared and the right delivered has widened rather than narrowed. Critically examine with reference to post- Puttaswamy developments.
A national caste census is not merely a counting exercise — it is a constitutional imperative, a governance necessity, and a political earthquake waiting to happen.” Discuss.
The evolution of Article 21 from a narrow procedural guarantee to the cornerstone of substantive liberty jurisprudence reflects the Supreme Court’s role as a transformative constitutional actor. Examine with the help of relevant judicial decisions.
The Indian Constitution protects religion, but not every practice done in the name of religion. Discuss.
The Indian Constitution borrowed institutional forms, but transformed their political purpose. How far do you agree?
Section 152 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita has replaced the word ‘sedition’ but not its constitutional concerns.” Examine in light of Article 19(1)(a) and relevant judicial standards.