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Comment in 150 words: “India has thrown up a form of judicial democracy that has no parallel anywhere else, and has nurtured a kind of civil society that is uniquely its own.” (Bhikhu Parekh)

  • UPSC 2014
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  • Democracy

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Bhikhu Parekh's remark points to two Indian innovations born where representative institutions were weak: a court that behaves like a democratic forum, and associational life that does not follow the Western template. As description it holds up; as a model it is double-edged.

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  • Judicial Democracy: What Is Distinctive
  • A Civil Society of Its Own
  • The Critique
  • Conclusion
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