Supreme Court: Expounding Philosophy of The Constitution of India

Abstract

This paper discusses the Supreme Court of India's evolution of the "expounding philosophy of the Constitution of India that evolves the nature of transformative jurisprudence" in India and its dimensions through the judicial process. Social, economic, cultural and political forces have significantly inspired the 'conservative reformation' of constitutional justice. The Supreme Court's decisions over the last six decades indicate that we have entered an arena characterised by the development of the basic structure doctrine, public interest litigation, sustainable development, sustainabUity of the various ecosystems, State as the public trustee of environmental protection, instrumentality and agency, reasonable, just and fair procedural justice, post-decisional hearing, human dignity, etc. Aa no bhadhrakratvqyantoovisvata (Rig-Veda) is the fountainhead of Indianprudentiajuris. This paper highUghtr the-get&sis, philosophy, contours and dimensions of the evolution of "expounding the transformative jurisprudence" reflected in and deducible from tht judgments of the Supreme Court. In the backdrop of the above, a modest endeavor have been made to analyse the judges' philosophy, as reflected in and deduced from their judgments.