00982pab a2200157 454500008004000000100002000040245003400060260000900094300001300103362001100116520061600127650001800743650001500761650001400776773003400790180718b2011   xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  aBeteille, Andre  aThe Institutions of democracy  c2011  ap.75-84.  a16 Jul  aThis essay describes and compares Parliament and the Supreme Court and examine the relationship between them. Parliament may still be a great institution, but its members are no longer great men. How long can a great institution remain great in the hands of small men? The SC has held its place in the public esteem rather better than the Lok Sabha, despite the occasional allegation of financial impropriety. Parliament, the SC and the party system have all begun to reveal hitherto concealed deficiencies which should be brought to light and criticised, but constructively and not destructively. - Reproduced.  aSupreme Court  aParliament  aDemocracy  aEconomic and Political Weekly