Indian Judiciary Has Become an Instrument of the Executive. Professor Christophe Jaffrelot, On India's Modi’s India: Hindu Nationalism and the Rise of Ethnic Democracy https://thewire.in/rights/full-text-christophe-jaffrelot-sidharth-bhatia-india-hindutva 7th July 2022
India is today experiencing what is known as ‘competitive authoritarianism’ or ‘electoral authoritarianism’. These are concepts that we use in political science to describe regimes which are Januslike: on the one end, there are elections, and the citizens choose their rulers. But on the other end, elections are not a level playing field anymore.India is today experiencing what is known as ‘competitive authoritarianism’ or ‘electoral authoritarianism’. These are concepts that we use in political science to describe regimes which are Januslike: on the one end, there are elections, and the citizens choose their rulers. But on the other end, elections are not a level playing field anymore. ( funding and media )
what is politics in India between elections? Most of the institutions have become instruments of the executive. There are the usual suspects: the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), but you can now add the National Investigation Agency (NIA), the Election Commission, the Central Vigilance Commission and, even more importantly, the judiciary
the Supreme Court of India not taking any decisions against the Modi government for the last six years, except in the CBI chief case. otherwise, the Supreme Court either validates very controversial measures: we have seen in the past the Aadhaar Bill considered as a money Bill, electoral bonds that the EC itself considered as not so good as an idea. And if it does not validate measures of that kind, it sits on the issues – and for years. [In the petitions challenging] the Citizenship Amendment Act and the dilution of Article 370, no decision has been made on these key issues that are two-three years old.