what are the key features in India consitution ?explain
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8 Important Features of Indian Constitution
World's Longest Constitution. ...
Taken from various sources. ...
Federal System with Unitary Features. ...
Parliamentary Form of Government. ...
Independent and Integrated Judicial System. ...
Directive Principles of State Policy. ...
Combination of rigidity and flexibility.
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1. World's Longest Constitution
- The Indian Constitution contains 395 articles and 12 schedules, making it the world's longest written constitution. Just compare it with other countries Constitutions. For example, the UK has no written constitution, while the US Constitution contains only seven articles.
2. Taken from various sources
- The Indian Constitution was framed from multiple sources including the 1935 Government of India Act and Other Countries Constitutions. In addition to these, the Constitutions of Canada, Australia, Germany, the U.S.S.R., and France also adopted various provisions.
3. Federal System with Unitary Features
- Federal System with Unitar The Indian Constitution includes all the federal characteristics of governance such as dual government system (center and state), division of powers between the three state organs (executive, judiciary, and legislature), constitutional supremacy, an independent judiciary, and bicameralism (lower and upper house).
4. Parliamentary Form of Government
- On the pattern of the British parliamentary system of government, the Indian Constitution has opted for the parliamentary form of government. The key characteristics of the parliamentary form of government are:
- On the pattern of the British parliamentary system of government, the Indian Constitution has opted for the parliamentary form of government. The key characteristics of the parliamentary form of government are:1. Executive are members of the legislature
- On the pattern of the British parliamentary system of government, the Indian Constitution has opted for the parliamentary form of government. The key characteristics of the parliamentary form of government are:1. Executive are members of the legislature2. Collective responsibility to the legislature of the Council of Ministers
- On the pattern of the British parliamentary system of government, the Indian Constitution has opted for the parliamentary form of government. The key characteristics of the parliamentary form of government are:1. Executive are members of the legislature2. Collective responsibility to the legislature of the Council of Ministers3. Rule of the majority party
- On the pattern of the British parliamentary system of government, the Indian Constitution has opted for the parliamentary form of government. The key characteristics of the parliamentary form of government are:1. Executive are members of the legislature2. Collective responsibility to the legislature of the Council of Ministers3. Rule of the majority party4. Prime Minister's or chief minister's leadership in the state
- On the pattern of the British parliamentary system of government, the Indian Constitution has opted for the parliamentary form of government. The key characteristics of the parliamentary form of government are:1. Executive are members of the legislature2. Collective responsibility to the legislature of the Council of Ministers3. Rule of the majority party4. Prime Minister's or chief minister's leadership in the state5. Lower house dissolution (Lok Sabha and state assemblies)
- On the pattern of the British parliamentary system of government, the Indian Constitution has opted for the parliamentary form of government. The key characteristics of the parliamentary form of government are:1. Executive are members of the legislature2. Collective responsibility to the legislature of the Council of Ministers3. Rule of the majority party4. Prime Minister's or chief minister's leadership in the state5. Lower house dissolution (Lok Sabha and state assemblies)6. Government form of the Cabinet
5. The balance between the Sovereignty of Parliament and Judicial Supremacy
- A fine balance has been struck between parliamentary sovereignty and judicial supremacy by the Indian Constitution. The Supreme Court is vacuumed by Articles 13, 32, and 136 with the power of judicial review. By its power of judicial review, it can strike down any parliamentary law as unconstitutional.
6. Independent and Integrated Judicial System
- unlike the United States where there is a two-tiered judiciary, a single judicial system prevails with the Supreme Court at the top, the State and District High Courts and other subordinate courts below and subject to the supervision of the High Courts.
7. Directive Principles of State Policy
- In Part IV of the Constitution, the Directive Principles of State Policies (DPSPs) aims to make India a welfare state. Therefore, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar calls the Directive Principles as the Indian Constitution's novel feature. The Principles of the Directive are inherently unjustifiable, that is, they are not enforceable for their violation by the courts.
8. Combination of rigidity and flexibility
- The Indian Constitution strikes a fine balance between rigidity and flexibility when it comes to ease of modification. Article 368 lays down two types of modifications
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