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Critically examine and comment: “The principle of collective responsibility, a la the Cabinet system of government, has eroded in the context of the emergence of coalition governments in India.”

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  • Party System

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Article 75(3) makes the Council of Ministers collectively responsible to the Lok Sabha. In Common Cause v. Union of India (1999), the Supreme Court gave the principle two meanings: ministers publicly support policies they may have opposed in Cabinet, and each bears personal and moral responsibility for them. The statement comes from the coalition decades…

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  • The case for erosion
  • Why the claim needs qualification
  • Assessment
  • Conclusion
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