Political Science · Political Institutions in India
UGC NET December 2015 Political Science
'The Supreme Court of India is at long last becoming, after 32 years of the republic, the Supreme Court for Indians.' Who said this?
AJustice VR Krishna Iyer
BJustice PN Bhagwati
CUpendra Baxi ✓ Correct
DNani Palkhiwala
Correct answer: (C) Upendra Baxi — Upendra Baxi made this observation, so he is the answer.
Explanation
★Upendra Baxi made this observation, so he is the answer.
★He wrote it in his book The Indian Supreme Court and Politics.
★He described the transformation of the Supreme Court about 32 years after the founding of the Republic.
★He argued that the Court was increasingly being recognised by judges and the public as the ultimate refuge for the oppressed seeking justice.
★He described the shift from a previously subdued and less visible institution to one actively engaged in social and political spheres.
★This change is closely linked with the rise of Public Interest Litigation in the late 1970s and 1980s.
★For NET, associate Upendra Baxi with the idea of the Supreme Court of India becoming the Supreme Court for Indians.
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