Judicial Review — Prelims Strategy

Prelims Strategy

For Prelims, focus on memorizing specific constitutional articles (13, 32, 226, 368), landmark case names with years and key holdings, and factual details about constitutional amendments. Create a timeline of judicial review evolution: Shankari Prasad (1951) → Golak Nath (1967) → Kesavananda Bharati (1973) → Minerva Mills (1980) → I.

R. Coelho (2007). Memorize basic structure elements identified by the Supreme Court and understand the difference between judicial review in India and USA. Pay attention to Ninth Schedule provisions and the cut-off date (April 24, 1973) for reviewability.

Practice elimination techniques by understanding common traps: confusing explicit vs implicit constitutional provisions, mixing up case holdings, and incorrect basic structure elements. Focus on recent developments like EWS reservation case and COVID-19 related judicial interventions for current affairs-based questions.

Also build Paper II skills

Dense constitutional and IR passages mirror CSAT-style comprehension and argument evaluation—build those skills in parallel. CSAT hub.

• Valid & invalid arguments
• Syllogisms
• Critical reasoning