Question

Explain the preamble of interpretation of statutes

Answer 1

Preamble. ... The preamble is an intrinsic aid in the interpretation of an ambiguous act. If any doubts arise from the terms employed by the Legislature, it has always been held a safe means of collecting the intention to call in aid the ground and cause of making the statute and to have recourse to the preamble

Answer 2

The Preamble does not grant any power but it gives direction and purpose to the Constitution .It outlines the objective of the whole Constitution. The Preamble contains the fundamental of constitution. It serves several important purposes, as for example;

1. It contains the enacting clause which brings the Constitution into force.

2. It declares the basic type of government and polity which is sought to be established in the country.

3. It declares the great rights and freedom which the people of India intended to secure to its entire citizen.

4. It throws light on the source of the Constitution, viz., the People of India.

As regard the nature of the Indian Polity , the Preamble to the Constitution declares India to be a „Sovereign Socialist Secular Democratic Republic‟. The term „Sovereign ‟ denotes that India is subject to no external authority and that the state has power to legislate on any subject in conformity with constitutional limitations.