Tuesday, March 12, 2019

Our constitution

Constitution of India expresses India as a democratic country it reflects the  core constitutional values....

salient features of the Indian Constitution

1.  Indian Constitution is an longest constitution  originaly Indian constitution had 395 articles 22 parts 12 schedules and 5 appendices  now at present Constitution has 448 articles 25 parts 12 schedules and 5 appendices 98 amendments out of 120 amendment bills. If we compare from other countries we get US has only 7 articles Australia have 128 articles and Canada has 47 articles it means India is the longest constitution of the world....  "It is a document of fundamental values it defines nature of political system function and organs of the government "

  
Frame wants to remove loopholes and defects from the constitution and 
Accumulated experience of difficulties faced in working of other constitution 


  1. number of provision included to avoid difficuties
  2. It lay down structure of both Central and state government
  3. More area of our constitution covered by the vastness of our diverse country 
  4. Peculiar problem related to language minorities schedule caste and tribes contributed to bulk of the solution 
  5. Constitution also provides matter of Administrative details and more than half of our constitution based on government of India 1935 Act itself a bulky document
  6. Detailed provision relating to Centre state relation including emergence of provision 
  7. Special status given to Jammu and Kashmir Nagaland Mizoram Assam and Gujarat
  8. the task of reconciling the parliament from the government taken from UK and judicial reviews from USA

2. Sovereign secular socialist Democratic Republic nature of the state

  •   The term sovereign means India no more depend on outside authority's
  •  Socialist this term included in Constitution by 42nd amendment act 1976 
  •  The sum of ownership of means of production and distribution of state India has chosen mixed economy and drifting towards privatisation 
  •  Secularism no religion is recognised as religion of the state it treat all religion equally in a secular state the state regulate relation between men and man it is not concerned with relation of man with God 
  •  Democratic constitution has stablished a form of Government which get authority from the will of public 
  •  The rulers are elected by people essential features of the democracy first justice second equality third fraternity
  •  Republic signifies that there shall be elected head of the state who will be chief executive head
  •  The the President of India is not a hereditary Monarch but an elected person chosen for a limited time 
A unique blend of rigidity and flexibility