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Comment on judicial activism and social change. (150 words)

  • UPSC 2012
  • 12 marks
  • Principal Organs of Government

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Granville Austin read the Constitution as a charter of social revolution. Judicial activism is the Supreme Court's attempt to become an agent of that revolution when the elected branches lagged. It has worked through relaxed standing, letters treated as petitions, and the reading of Part IV directives into Article 21 rights. The record shows that…

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