Describe any four features adopted by the constitution of India from the constitutions of other countries.
Answers
Government of India Act of 1935
1. Federal Scheme
2. Office of governor
3. Judiciary
4. Public Service Commis-sions
5. Emergency provisions
6. Administrative details
Britain
1. Parliamentary government
2. Rule of Law
3. Legislative procedure
4. Single citizenship
5. Cabinet system
6. Prerogative writs
7. Parliamentary privileges
8. Bicameralism
Ireland
1. Directive Principles of State Policy
2. Nomination of mem-bers to Rajya Sabha
3. Method of election of president
Unites States of America
1.Impeachment of the president
2.Functions of president and vice-president
3.Removal of Supreme Court and High court judges
4.Fundamental Rights
5.Judicial review
6.Independence of judiciary
7.Preamble of the constitution
Canada
1. Federation with a strong Centre
2. Vesting of residuary powers in the Centre
3. Appointment of state governors by the Centre
4. Advisory jurisdiction of the Supreme Court
Australia
1. Concurrent List
2. Freedom of trade
3. Commerce and inter-course
4. Joint sitting of the two Houses of Parliament
Soviet Constitution (USSR, now Russia)
1. Fundamental duties
2. The ideal of justice (social, economic and political) in the Preamble
France
1. The ideals of Republic in the Preamble
2. The ideals of liberty in the Preamble
3. The ideals ofequality in the Preamble
4. The ideals offraternity in the Preamble
Weimar Constitution of Germany
1. Suspension of Fundamental Rights during Emergency
South African Constitution
1. Procedure for amendment of the Constitution
2. Election of members of Rajya Sabha
Japan
1.Concept of “procedure established by Law”
List of Borrowed Features of Indian Constitution
Name of Countries
Borrowed Features of the Constitution
Britain
1. Parliamentary government
2. Rule of Law
3. Legislative procedure
4. Single citizenship
5. Cabinet system
6. Prerogative writs
7. Parliamentary privileges
8. Bicameralism
Ireland
1. Directive Principles of State Policy
2. Method of Election of the president
3. Members nomination to the Rajya Sabha by the President
Unites States of America
1.Impeachment of the president
2.Functions of president and vice-president
3.Removal of Supreme Court and High court judges
4. Fundamental Rights
5. Judicial review
6. Independence of judiciary
7.Preamble of the constitution
Canada
1. Centrifugal form of federalism where the centre is stronger than the states.
2.Residuary powers vest with the centre
3. Centre appoints the Governors at the states
4.Advisory jurisdiction of the supreme court
1) equality before law and adopted ideals from french revolution
2) one person one vote
3) the concept of secularity
4) constitution adopted a three tier government idea from Belgian model