QUESTION 3
GS2
10 marks
"The growth of cabinet system has practically resulted in the marginalisation of the parliamentary supremacy." Elucidate.
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7 min
150 words
What the examiner wants
Explain how the growth of cabinet power has weakened Parliament's practical supremacy, with evidence.
ElucidateExplain the statement clearly and bring out its meaning with examples.
Demand-wise check
- 1Drivers: majority governments, anti-defection law limiting dissent, whip system, ordinances, delegated legislation≈35 words
- 2Evidence: fewer sitting days, fewer bills sent to committees, money bill route (Aadhaar), guillotine on budgets≈35 words
- 3Counterweights: committees, question hour, Rajya Sabha, courts≈35 words
Open in about 20 words and close in about 20.
Answer plan
Theory of parliamentary supremacyCabinet growthEvidenceCounterweightsReformsConclusion
Where marks usually go
- No data on sittings or committee referrals
- Ignoring the anti-defection law's role
Draw this
- Bar chart: Lok Sabha sitting days by decade
Value addition
- DataThe 17th Lok Sabha (2019–24) sat 274 days, the lowest of any full-term Lok Sabha.PRS Legislative Research
- Case lawK.S. Puttaswamy (Aadhaar) 2018: Justice Chandrachud's dissent called passing Aadhaar as a money bill a fraud on the Constitution.Supreme Court of India, 2018
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- Aditya Srivastava · AIR 1 · Page 9 ↗Same syllabus reference
- Alfred Thomas · Page 13 ↗Same syllabus reference
- Aditya Srivastava · AIR 1 · Page 3 ↗Same syllabus reference
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