Arvind Elangovan on Tensions Within the Indian Constitution
Ideas of India
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The Streak of Authoritarianism in the Indian Constitution
Every branch of government does some version of this compromise, you know, to run their everyday politics and life. And now the supreme court does it too, right? The supreme courts hare sealed envelopes when they want it. They just don't listen to a matter o like election bonds for two, three, four years,. When they just want to avoid the matter. I mean, that authoritarian streak is just so clear to me as reader of the book. So, i see glimpses of this critique in different people's work.
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