When SC judges interpret words that don’t exist, Constitution becomes whatever they say it is

Source: The Print

Article 124(2) and Article 200 did not have words now imported into them by the Supreme Court. “Consultation” has already become “concurrence” and now appointment could be “deemed”. This is only the latest episode in a long-standing tug-of-war between the judiciary and the executive-legislative branches. However, in this unstated conflict, the judiciary has always emerged victorious. It has curtailed Parliament’s power to amend the Constitution through the basic structure doctrine, taken away the President’s power to appoint judges to higher courts, read down laws through its interpretations, decided on policy matters, overseen investigations and implementation of its orders, and most recently, set a timeline for governors and the President to act on bills.

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