Anti Clat Writ Petition

7/23/2019 Anti Clat Writ Petition

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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA

CIVIL ORIGINAL JURISDICTION

WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) NO. OF 2015

UNDER ARTICLE 32 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA

IN THE MATTER OF

Sha!a" #a$h%%& PETITIONER

VERSUS

U!'! I!"'a * O+h%&$ RESPONDENTS

PAPER #OO,(,INDL- SEE INSIDE FOR INDE)

ADVOCATE FOR THE PETITIONER/ LI MATHEW


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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA

CIVIL ORIGINAL JURISDICTION

WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) N. OF 2015

UNDER ARTICLE 32 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA

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A PETITION UNDER ARTICLE 32 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA

FILED IN PU#LIC INTEREST SEE,ING A WRIT OF MANDAMUS OR

AN- OTHER APPROPRIATE WRIT; ORDER OR DIRECTION TO

APPOINT AN EPERT COMMITTEE TO REVIEW THE WOR,ING OF

THE COMMON LAW ADMISSION TEST (CLAT) AND SUGGEST

INSTITUTIONAL REFORMS ANDOR WRIT OF MANDAMUS OR AN-

OTHER APPROPRIATE WRIT; ORDER OR DIRECTION TO THE

RESPONDENTS TO CONSTITUTE AN INDEPENDENT PROFESSIONAL

PERMANENT #OD- TAS,ED WITH CONDUCTING COMMON LAW

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Shar*a, learne' /!unsel 9!r the #etiti!ner, has br!ught t!

*8 n!ti/e that rel8ing !n the 'e/isi!n !9 the B!*ba8 High

C!urt, )ai#ur Ben/h !9 this C!urt has 'is#!se' !9 t

#etiti!ns b8 ]u!ting the 'ire/ti!ns issue' b8 the B!*ba8High C!urt" B!*ba8 High C!urt issue' 9!ll!


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PanelC!**itteeOs 'e/isi!n, s! re9erre' ab!7e,

a##r!#riate 9!r the #etiti!ner t! sub*it a 'etaile'

re#resentati!n 7entilating her grie7an/es be9!re the

se/!n' res#!n'ent, C!n7en!r3 C5AT, &1%


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Thr!ugh0 Mr" Raesh MunFal, Sr" A'7" ith Mr" U'it

u#ta, A'7" 9!r R-1"

COAM:

HO0QBL2 M. =


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/lari?e' that the


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%" a3 The business an' aairs !9 the C!un/il shall be

*anage' b8 !r un'er the 'ire/ti!n !9 a B!ar' !9 Trustees,

e:/e#t as !ther


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b3 The Trustees ele/te' b8 the *e*bers !9 the

C!un/il #ursuant t! Se/ti!n %a3 here!9 !ther than the

Chair, the Chair-ele/t, an' the i**e'iate #ast Chair3 shallser7e in three /lasses !9 staggere' three-8ear ter*s,

!9 Trustees an' shall be 'ee*e' t! be a *e*ber !9 the

C!un/il s!lel8 9!r #ur#!ses !9 a##!inting Trustees as

#r!7i'e' 9!r in this Certi?/ate !9 In/!r#!rati!n" The /hairs !9


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/!**ittees shall be a##!inte' b8 the Chair" An8 Trustee

a##!inte' b8 the Chair an' the /hair !9 ea/h Stan'ing an'

B!ar' /!**ittee e:/e#t 9!r the E:e/uti7e C!*#ensati!n

C!**ittee3 shall ser7e as Trustee until the en' !9 the ter*!9 the a##!inting Chair !r until the ChairJs ser7i/e has been

ter*inate' 'ue t! 'eath, resignati!n !r !ther reas!n an' a

su//ess!r has assu*e' the !@/e" The /hair !9 an8

#er*anent /!**ittee *a8 be re*!7e' b8 the Chair


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C!un/il"

2" Meetings !9 *e*bers !9 the C!un/il *a8 be hel'

a*en'e' !r the /!rres#!n'ing #r!7isi!n !9 an8 9uture

9e'eral ta: la


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/arr8ing !n !9 #r!#agan'a, !r !theruen/e legislati!n, an' the C!un/il shall n!t #arti/i#ate in

!r inter7ene in in/lu'ing the #ublishing !r 'istributi!n !9

state*ents3 an8 #!liti/al /a*#aign !n behal9 !9 !r in!##!siti!n t! an8 /an'i'ate 9!r #ubli/ !@/e"

N!t


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!*issi!ns n!t in g!!' 9aith !r that in7!l7e' intenti!nal

*is/!n'u/t !r a n!


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subse]uent 9e'eral ta: la


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als! be a *e*ber !9 the C!un/il s!lel8 9!r #ur#!ses !9

a##!inting Trustees as #r!7i'e' 9!r in the Certi?/ate !9

In/!r#!rati!n"

72C8IO0 ". Application. The initial *e*bers !9 the

C!un/il shall be the *e*bers !9 the 5a< S/h!!l A'*issi!n

C!un/il, a Ne< G!r e'u/ati!nal /!r#!rati!n L5SAC-NG3,

i**e'iatel8 #ri!r t! the 'iss!luti!n !9 5SAC-NG" Therea9ter,

an eligible s/h!!l !9 la< *a8 be/!*e a *e*ber !9 the

C!un/il b8 *aing a##li/ati!n t! the Chair !r Se/retar8 !9the C!un/il" A *e*bershi# be/!*es ee/ti7e


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*e*bershi#"

72C8IO0 &. epresentation. A *e*ber *a8 be

re#resente' at *eetings !9 the C!un/il b8 a #ers!n'esignate' b8 it the re#resentati7e !9 a *e*ber is entitle'

t! 7!te" E:/e#t as !ther


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at


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at


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the Se/retar8 n!t later than & 'a8s #ri!r t! the 'ate !9

the C!un/il *eeting" The /an'i'ate 9!r ea/h #!siti!n

re/ei7ing the largest nu*ber !9 7!tes /ast shall be

ele/te' t! that #!siti!n" Tie 7!tes shall be res!l7e' b8 l!t,in su/h *anner as *a8 be #res/ribe' b8 the Se/retar8 !9

the C!un/il" The na*es !9 the /an'i'ates ele/te' shall be

ann!un/e' at the C!un/il *eeting an' a '!/u*ent

sh!


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Trustees then in !@/e" N!t less than a *aF!rit8 !9 the

then-auth!riKe' nu*ber !9 Trustees shall be #ers!ns


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than the Chair, the Chair-ele/t an' the i**e'iate #ast

Chair3 shall ser7e in three /lasses !9 staggere' three-8ear

ter*s,


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ser7i/e !n the B!ar' !9 Trustees that a Trustee atten'

*eetings !9 the B!ar', an' the 9ailure !9 a Trustee t! atten'

three ;3 /!nse/uti7e *eetings !9 the B!ar' shall result in

the 'is]uali?/ati!n !9 su/h Trustee t! ser7e !n the B!ar',


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be9!re the *eeting" The ti*e an' #la/e !9 the annual

*eeting !9 the B!ar' shall be ?:e' b8 the Chair"

72C8IO0 '. eular and 7pecial Meetins. The Chair*a8 /all regular !r s#e/ial *eetings !9 the B!ar' !9 Trustees

at an8 ti*e" U#!n the


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#ur#!se !9 !bFe/ting at the beginning !9 the *eeting t! the

transa/ti!n !9 an8 business !n the gr!un' that the *eeting

is n!t la


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!r b8 !ther *eans #er*itte' b8 la< shall /!nstitute

#resen/e in #ers!n at su/h *eeting"

/3 ith the


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!@/ers !9 the C!un/il are the Chair !9 the B!ar' !9 Trustees,

the Chair-ele/t !9 the B!ar' !9 Trustees, the Presi'ent, an'

the Se/retar8" In/u*bents *a8 h!l' !nl8 !ne !9 these

#!siti!ns" The Se/retar8 nee' n!t be a *e*ber !9 the B!ar'!9 Trustees" The B!ar' !9 Trustees *a8 9r!* ti*e t! ti*e

a##!int su/h a''iti!nal !@/ers, agents an' e*#l!8ees as it

'ee*s a'7isable an' 'eter*ine their ter*s !9 !@/e an'

/!*#ensati!n, i9 an8"

72C8IO0 ". 2lection and 8er! o Oce.a3 The Chair !9 the B!ar' !9 Trustees shall be

ele/te' at the annual *eeting !9 the *e*bers !9 the

C!un/il !ne 8ear #ri!r t! the e:#irati!n !9 the in/u*bent

ChairJs ter*, an' 'uring the 8ear 9!ll!

#ers!n shall be ]uali?e' t! !r shall ser7e as Chair-ele/t

!r Chair !9 the B!ar' !9 Trustees B!ar' !9 Trustees !9 the C!un/il !r the B!ar' !9 Trustees

!9 5SAC-NG" Sh!ul' a 7a/an/8 !//ur in the !@/e !9 Chair

'ue t! the 'eath !r resignati!n !9 the Chair !r 9!r an8

!ther reas!n, the Chair-ele/t shall ser7e as Chair until the


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ne:t annual *eeting !9 the *e*bers !9 the C!un/il at

as Chair" I9 a 7a/an/8 sh!ul' !//ur in the !@/e !9 Chair in

a 8ear in ser7ing the n!r*al !ne-8ear ter* as Chair-ele/t"

b3 The Se/retar8 shall be ele/te' at the ?rst*eeting !9 the B!ar' !9 Trustees 9!ll!

an' aairs !9 the C!un/il an' the e:e/uti!n !9 #!li/ies

a'!#te' b8 the *e*bers !9 the C!un/il an' the B!ar' !9

Trustees" The Chair shall be a *e*ber !9 the 9a/ult8 !r sta

!9 a la< s/h!!l that is a *e*ber !9 the C!un/il an' shall

#er9!r* all the 'uties in/i'ent t! the !@/e !9 Chair an' su/h

!ther 'uties as 9r!* ti*e t! ti*e *a8 be assigne' t! that

!@/e b8 the B!ar' !9 Trustees"


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72C8IO0 &. President.The Presi'ent shall be a##!inte' b8

an' shall ser7e un'er su/h ter*s as the B!ar' !9 Trustees

*a8 'eter*ine" The Presi'ent shall be the #rin/i#al

e:e/uti7e !@/er !9 the /!r#!rati!n an' shall be res#!nsible,subFe/t t! the /!ntr!l !9 the B!ar' !9 Trustees an' in

/!nsultati!n


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b8 the B!ar' !9 Trustees" The Assistant Se/retar8 *a8

e:er/ise all the 9un/ti!ns !9 the Se/retar8 e:/e#t a/t as

se/retar8


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*aF!rit8 !9 the entire B!ar' !9 Trustees, !r


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The /hairs !9 all /!**ittees shall be a##!inte' b8 the Chair

!9 the B!ar' !9 Trustees an' shall ser7e until the en' !9 the

ter* !9 !@/e !9 the a##!inting Chair !r until the ChairJs

ser7i/e has been ter*inate' 'ue t! 'eath, resignati!n !r!ther reas!n an' a su//ess!r has assu*e' the !@/e" The

*e*bers !9 ea/h /!**ittee, an' an8 a'7is!rs theret!, shall

be a##!inte' annuall8 b8 the Chair" The /hair !r an8

*e*ber !9 a /!**ittee *a8 be re*!7e' b8 the Chair


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b3 Me*bers !9 a /!**ittee *a8 #arti/i#ate in a

*eeting there!9 either in #ers!n !r b8 *eans !9 a

/!n9eren/e tele#h!ne !r si*ilar /!**uni/ati!ns

e]ui#*ent i9 all #ers!ns #arti/i#ating in the *eeting /anhear ea/h !ther at the sa*e ti*e an' ea/h #ers!n /an

s#ea t! all !ther #ers!ns" Parti/i#ati!n in a *eeting

#ursuant t! this B8la< !r b8 !ther *eans #er*itte' b8

la< shall /!nstitute #resen/e in #ers!n at su/h *eeting"

/3 An8 a/ti!n re]uire' !r #er*itte' t! be taen at a*eeting !9 an8 /!**ittee *a8 be taen


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la


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/re'it !r ren'er it liable #e/uniaril8 9!r an8 #ur#!se !r t! an8

a*!unt"

72C8IO0 ". Loans.N! l!ans *a8 be /!ntra/te' !n behal9!9 the C!un/il unless auth!riKe' b8 the B!ar' !9 Trustees"

hen auth!riKe' b8 the B!ar' !9 Trustees, an8 !@/er !r

e*#l!8ee !9 the C!un/il *a8 ee/t l!ans an' a'7an/es at

an8 ti*e 9!r the C!un/il 9r!* a ban, trust /!*#an8, !r

!ther instituti!n, !r 9r!* an8 ?r*, /!r#!rati!n !r in'i7i'ual,

an' 9!r su/h l!ans an' a'7an/es *a8 *ae, e:e/ute an''eli7er #r!*iss!r8 n!tes, b!n's !r !ther /erti?/ates !r

e7i'en/e !9 in'ebte'ness !9 the C!un/il an',


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?nan/ial reser7es 9r!* its !#erati!ns 9!r su/h #ur#!ses

as0

i" *aintaining an' rene


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C!un/ilJs ?nan/ial res!ur/es be subFe/t t! #r!#er

sa9eguar's,?nan/ial a//!unting an' /!ntr!l #r!/e'ures

an' in'e#en'ent au'it"

'3 The *e*bers !9 the B!ar' !9 Trustees shall 7ie< their

?'u/iar8 res#!nsibilit8 t! in/lu'e the sa9eguar'ing !9

reser7e balan/es against l!ss an' the in7est*ent !9

these 9un's s! as t! realiKe a 9a7!rable return but


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In a''iti!n t! its #rin/i#al !@/e at Penn Street, Ne


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b3 A re#resentati7e !9 an8 *e*ber !9 the C!un/il

*a8 #r!#!se an a*en'*ent t! the B8la


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b8 a *aF!rit8 7!te !9 the entire B!ar' !9 Trustees #r!7i'e',

h!

9e'eral in/!*e ta: #ursuant t! the i**e'iatel8 #re/e'ing

/lause a3


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A0026


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$. I0CO2C8 ND&

"@!2 Principles

"2 )he owner o' a land has a6solute interest on the property

including the contents over and under the property2

2 Water Howing 6elow your land is not yours though youcan use it2

32 Any construction on your land 6elongs to you2

72 All mineral resources 6elow the land 6elongs to the 5tate2

$acts: )here is a su6terranean water How under 5ureshBs

land sur'ace2 5uresh constructed a huge reservoir and drew

all su6terranean water to the reservoir2 As a result the wells

o' all ad1acent property owners have gone dry2 )hey

demanded that either 5uresh must demolish the reservoir or

share the reservoir water with them2

Proposed Decision


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(a# 5uresh need not demolish the reservoir2

(6# 5uresh has to demolish the reservoir2

(c# 5uresh has to share the water with his neigh6ours2

(d# )he Government can ta-e over the reservoir2

Possi6le reasons

i# Water cannot 6e captured 6y one person 'or his personal

use2

ii# )he Government must ensure e8uita6le distri6ution o'

water2

iii# Whatever is under 5ureshBs land may 6e used 6y him2iv# 5uresh has to respect the rights o' others regarding

water2

Tour decision with the reason

(a# (a# (iii#

(6# (6# (i#

(c# (c# (iv#

(d# (d# (ii#

8he Ans1er ey incorrectly states the ans1er to ,e

(D). H!


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use" Hen/e, there is ina'e]uate Fusti?/ati!n 9!r D t! be the

/!rre/t ans


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the legal o61ection can 6e added to the moral the argument

against the use and the manu'acture o' these weapons will

considera6ly 6e rein'orced2 .ow the time is ripe to evaluate

the responsi6ility o' scientists who -nowingly use their

e


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dar- and 6e e


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an' n!t Largu*ent !n" This *in!r /hange in the

/!n9using !n the ?rst rea'" 8he Ans1er ey states the

ans1er to ,e (D).

=2 Which one o' the 'ollowing is one o' the conse8uences o'

nuclear war

(a# 'ertility o' land will last 'or a year or so

(6# post war survivors 6eing 'ew in num6er will have

a6undant 'ood(c# lights would 6e cooler and more com'orta6le

(d# 5outhern hemisphere would remain 8uite sa'e in the

post0war period

The ]uesti!n /ann!t be ans


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8he uestion is incorrect as none o the persons

na!ed in the options ha5e 1on the 9orld -ood Prie"

M!re!7er, the !r'er !9 !#ti!ns is in/!rre/t, as '3 #re/e'es/3 in the !#ti!ns gi7en"

MATHEMATICAL ABILITY

2 )hree 'riends shared the cost o' a television2 I' Amit

%harat and Dinesh each paid Rs2 3!!! and Rs2"@!!

respectively then Dinesh paid what percent o' the total

cost

(a# "! (6# !

(c# 3! (d# 7!

As a result !9 insu@/ient 'ata, it is i!possi,le to ans1er

the uestion" Either the real 7alue !9 the thir' 9rien'Jsshare !r the t!tal 7alue !9 the tele7isi!n *ust ha7e been

#r!7i'e' in !r'er t! ans


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(d# Austria

8here is !ore than one correct ans1er or this

uestion.The label !9 si/ *an !9 Eur!#e has been gi7en t!7ari!us Eur!#ean /!untries at 'ierent #!ints !9 ti*e 9!r

e:#erien/ing e/!n!*i/ 'i@/ult8 !r i*#!7erish*ent" hile

the ter*

ans

t! be C3"

CLA8 "#$$

&.GLI54

Passage for Questions 1 to 10

In ";7 a %om6ay economist named A2D2 5hroS 6egan a

$orum o' $ree &nterprise whose ideas on economic7htt#0


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development were somewhat at odds with those then

inHuentially articulated 6y the Planning Commission o' the

Government o' India2 5hroS complained against the

indiSerence i' not discouragementE with which the state

treated entrepreneurs2

At the same time as 5hroS 6ut independently o' him a

1ournalist named Philip 5pratt was writing a series o' essays

in 'avour o' 'ree enterprise2 5pratt was a Cam6ridge

communist who was sent 6y the party in "!s to 'oment

revolution in the su6continent2 Detected in the act he spentmany years in an Indian 1ail2 )he 6oo-s he read in the prison

and his marriage to an Indian woman a'terwards inspired a

steady move rightwards2 %y the ";!s he was editing a pro0

American wee-ly 'rom %angalore called /ysIndia2 )here he

inveighed against the economic policies o' the government

o' India2 )hese he said treated the entrepreneur as a

criminal who has dared to use his 6rains independently o'

the state to create wealth and give employmentE2 )he stateEs

chie' planner P2C2 /ahalano6is had surrounded himsel' with

Western le'tists and 5oviet academicians who rein'orced his

6elie' in rigid control 6y the government over all activitiesE2

)he result said 5pratt would 6e the smothering o' 'ree

enterprise a 'amine o' consumer goods and the tying down

o' millions o' wor-ers to soul0deadening techni8ues2E

)he voices o' men li-e 5pratt and 5hroS were drowned in

the chorus o' popular support 'or a model o' heavy


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industrialiation 'unded and directed 6y the governments2

)he ";!s were certainly not propitious times 'or 'ree

mar-eters in India2 %ut 'rom time to time their ideas were

revived2 A'ter the rupee was devalued in "== there were

some moves towards 'reeing the trade regime and hopes

that the licensing system would also 6e li6eralied2 4owever

a'ter Indira Gandhi split the Congress Party in "= her

government too- its le't turnE nationaliing a 'resh range o'

industries and returning to economic autar-y2

2 Which o' the 'ollowing statements is least li-ely to 6e

in'erred 'rom the passage2

(a# Acceptance o' A2D2 5hroSEs plans in the ocial circles

smothered 'ree enterprise in India2

(6# )he views o' the $orum o' $ree &nterprise ran against the

conception o' development then prevalent among the policy

ma-ers2

(c# A2D2 5hroS 6elieved that state should actively support

the private sector2

(d# Philip 5pratt had 6een educated in Cam6ridge2

6n stu'8ing the #assage, the /!rre/t ans


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Passage for Questions 21 to 30

In recent wee-s the writers William Dalrymple and Patric-

$rench among others have come 6e'ore a 'usillade o'

criticism in India much o' it 8uestioning not their 'acts not

their interpretations 6ut their 'oreignness2

*Who gets to write a6out India, )he Wall 5treet ournal

as-ed on Wednesday in its own report on this Indian literary

'euding2 It is a complicated 8uestion not least 6ecause todecide who gets to write a6out India you would need to

decide who gets to decide who gets to write a6out India2

Rather than con1ecturing some Committee 'or the Deciding

o' the Deciding o' Who Gets to Write A6out India it might 6e

easier to let writers write what they please and readers read

what they wish2

)he accusations pouring 'orth 'rom a section o' the Indian

commentariat are varied2 5ome criticism is o' a genuine

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and see some merit in capitalism and there'ore do not -now

the real India which only the commentarial mem6er in

8uestion does2

What is most interesting a6out these appraisals is that their

essential nature ma-es reading the 6oo- superHuous as one

o' my Indian reviewers openly admitted2 (4is review was not

a6out the 6oo- 6ut a6out his re'usal to read the 6oo-#2 )he

6oo- is not necessary in these cases 'or the argument is

a6out who can write a6out India not what has 6een written2

$or critics o' this persuasion India surely seems a lonely

land2 A country with a millennial history o' 4indus

Christians ews /uslims and %uddhists living peacea6ly

together a country o' hundreds o' dialects in which so

many2 Indians are linguistic 'oreigners to each other and

happily tolerantly so a country that welcomes 'oreign

see-ers (o' yoga poses o' spiritual wisdom o' ancestral

roots# with open arms a country where outside the elite

world o' 5outh Delhi and 5outh %om6ay I have not heard an

Indian as- whether outsiders have a right to write thin- or

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today is this glimmering idea: that Indians must 6e rewarded

'or what they do not who they are2

Identities you never choseKcaste gender 6irth orderKare

6ecoming less important determinants o' 'ate2 Tour deedsK

how hard you wor- what ris-s you ta-eKare 6ecoming

more important2

It is this idea which I have 'ound pulsating throughout the

Indian layers that leaves a certain portion o' the

intelligentsia out o' sync with the surrounding country2 As /r2$rench has o6se

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