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Indian Polity UPPSC 2020 GS-I
Question

Given below are two statements, one is labelled as Assertion (A) and the other as Reason (R):

Assertion (A) : Indian federalism is called "Quasi Federal".
Reason (R) : India has an independent judiciary with power of Judicial Review.

Select the correct answer from the codes given below.

Codes :

Answer & Solution

Answer: (Detailed Solution Below)

Option B: Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)

Detailed Solution:

The correct answer is “Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)”.
While it's true that Indian federalism is often described as "quasi-federal" and India has an independent judiciary with the power of judicial review, the latter is not the primary reason for the former.

The quasi-federal nature of Indian federalism is largely due to factors such as the unitary bias in the Constitution, the dominance of the central government in certain areas, and the flexibility in the distribution of powers between the central and state governments.

The independent judiciary with the power of judicial review plays a crucial role in upholding federalism and ensuring that the powers are not exercised arbitrarily, but it is not the sole reason for India's quasi-federal system.

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