Question

what are the functions of the constitution

Answer 1

The Constitution of India is the supreme law of India. It lays down the framework defining fundamental political principles, establishes the structure, procedures, powers and duties of government institutions and sets out fundamental rights, directive principles and the duties of citizens. ... The nation is governed by it.One of the main functions of the Indian constitution is to ensure that the citizens of India will be entitled to rights pertaining to Equality, Educational rights, Freedom rights, Constitutional Remedies, Religion rights, and a right against exploitation. The Fundamental rights are deliberately one of the most important functions of the Indian Constitution.The constitution also plays a central role in defining the duties of the citizens of the country under Article 51A known as “Fundamental Duties”.Being framed by the ‘people of India’, it functions as an equal representative body to all sections of society and provides a secular environment for all the citizens of the country. The constitution will not allow for any sort of discrimination on the basis of religion or race, and therefore, secularism is implied in all parts of India.The constitution functions as a foundation to establish the four main elements of the constitution; sovereignty, socialist, republic and democratic.As a sovereign country, the people of the realm are free from any sort of external control and have the individual power to elect their own representatives for the Parliament and all other local bodies.As a socialist nation, all individuals will be citizens of equality. There will be no discrimination on the basis of race, sex, color, language and creed.As a republic nation, the constitution states that there will be a President of the country rather than a monarchy establishment, and that the country will function democratically under the choices and preferences of the people.‘We , the people of India’, happens to be the first part of the Preamble, that clearly depicts the democratic spirit of the country, with every citizen entitled to rights, and who are bound to follow duties and obligations as responsible people of the country.The Directive Principles included in the Constitution function as a set of ‘instructions’ that regulate the operation of the government. These principles are not legally enforceable.The constitution functions as a written law manuscript encompassing the essence of the country along with dispensing the judicial controls between the Parliament and other structures within the constitution.As the lone foundation of the operation of the country, the constitution fundamentally represents the people of the country and what effectively belongs to each one of them.The Preamble functions on the visions of Mahatma Gandhi that he had painstakingly described in the ‘The India of my dreams’. Although the constitution has had various amendments, additions and deletions, it has been the backbone of the functioning of the country from the time it was drafted in the year 1949. Being a federal, democratic republic, India has incessantly been administered by the functions of the Indian constitution, which will always remain as the mainstay for the development and the running of the country.

Answer 2

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