QUESTION PYQ 04
GS2
15 marks
Explain the reasons for the growth of public interest litigation in India. As a result of it, has the Indian Supreme Court emerged as the world's most powerful judiciary?
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11 min
250 words
What the examiner wants
For PIL & Judicial Power, the core task is to explain the exact proposition ‘Explain the reasons for the growth of public interest litigation in India. As a result of it, has the Indian Supreme Court emerged as the world's most…’. Organise the answer around its qualifier and evidence burden, not around a generic syllabus note.
ExplainMake clear how and why it happens: causes, process, and an example for each point.
Demand-wise check
- 1Explain the reasons for the growth of public interest litigation in India. As a result of it, has the Indian Supreme Court emerged as the world's most powerful judiciary?≈65 words
- 2Anchor PIL & Judicial Power in the relevant constitutional/legal institution, then test how that design works in practice or where it is limited≈65 words
- 3Use at least two question-relevant examples/evidence points to support the final judgment on PIL & Judicial Power, proportionate to a 250-word answer≈65 words
Open in about 30 words and close in about 30.
Answer plan
Frame PIL & Judicial PowerCausal drivers/mechanismQuestion-specific evidenceEffects or second limbRelative-weight/balanced conclusion
Where marks usually go
- Turning this into a broad note on PIL & Judicial Power instead of answering the question’s operative wording: ‘Explain the reasons for the growth of public interest litigation in India. As a result of it, has the…’
- Listing provisions/institutions for PIL & Judicial Power without connecting them to the concrete institutional tension or outcome in the prompt
Value addition
- PIL & Judicial Power: legal/institutional flow — basis → actor/process → friction/delivery gap → safeguard/outcome
→ Draw it in the body, next to the point it supports.
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