INDIAN JURISPRUDENCE has been influenced by:
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C.
1. INDIAN JURISPRUDENCE blends multiple traditions:
2. (i) WESTERN — positivism (procedural law); natural law (constitutional rights); realism (Indian Supreme Court's contextual approach); critical legal studies (in academia);
3. (ii) INDIAN traditions — Hindu jurisprudence (Dharmaśāstra), Islamic law, Buddhist and Jain legal thought; reinterpreted by Ambedkar, Gandhi, and modern scholars;
4. (iii) BLENDED MODERN JURISPRUDENCE:
5. (a) BASIC STRUCTURE (Kesavananda) — unique Indian doctrine combining constitutional supremacy with judicial review;
6. (b) SOCIAL JUSTICE (Maneka Gandhi, Olga Tellis) — expansive Article 21;
7. (c) SUBSTANTIVE EQUALITY (Indra Sawhney, Janhit Abhiyan) — affirmative action;
8. (d) TRANSFORMATIVE CONSTITUTIONALISM (Karl Klare's term applied to Indian context).
9. INDIAN CONSTITUTIONAL JURISPRUDENCE has been studied globally as a model for developing-world constitutionalism.
10. Hence option B is correct.
_Source: Legal Research Methodology + Jurisprudence — Indian Constitutional Jurisprudence influences_
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