Question

what is the importance of preamble of constitution

Answer 1

Explanation:

The preamble plays a veryimportant role in shaping the destiny of the country. The preamble gives a brief idea to the makers of theconstitution so that the constituent assembly make plans and formulates theconstitution.

Answer 2

Answer:

Introduction

The preamble is also known as the spirit and backbone of the Indian Constitution. Not reading the preamble makes no sense in reading the Constitution. It is the preamble which gives a brief idea about why the constitution has been prepared. The preamble can be classified or broke into 3 parts:

According to the first part, the people of India solemnly resolved India into a “Sovereign, Socialist, Secular, Democratic, Republic”. Each and every word of the preamble is wisely chosen and arranged in such a way that by reading, the preamble makes a clear picture of India’s stand towards its citizen.

The second part says to secure the liberty, equality, justice and to promote unity and integrity among all.

The last part is declaratory, where the people of India in their constituent assembly adopt, enacted and gave themselves this constitution.

Meaning and Concept of Preamble

The preamble is the introduction to the statutes i.e. introduction to the constitution. A preamble means a declaration made by the legislature with the objective for the passing of the statute and is helpful in the interpretation of any of the statute.

The proper function of the preamble is to explain the meaning of some words and recite certain facts which are necessary to be explained. A preamble may be used for other reasons, such as, to limit the scope of certain expression or to explain facts or introduce definitions.

Scope of Preamble

The preamble plays a very important role in shaping the destiny of the country. The preamble gives a brief idea to the makers of the constitution so that the constituent assembly make plans and formulates the constitution.

The only question raised about the scope of the preamble is whether it is the part of the Indian Constitution or not? The answer to this question is dealt later in this article. But the main purpose of the preamble is to clarify the idea behind the constitution, i.e. what is the source, what are the ultimate goals and objectives behind it.

The preamble does not grant any power to anyone but it gives the structure on which the Indian Constitution stands like:

The country should be “Sovereign, Socialist, Secular, Democratic, Republic”.

The government should be elected by the people, for the people, and of the people.

The real sovereign power should be vested on the people of India.

The people should get Justice, Liberty and Equality.

Basically, all the provisions/Article of the constitution were made by keeping all these in mind, so that it does not violate public sovereignty.

History of Preamble

The main preamble was drafted by Shri. B.N. Rau and later proposed in the constituent assembly. The basic structure of the preamble only include ‘Sovereign, Democratic, Republic’ but later the word ‘Secular and Socialist’ were included by 42nd Amendment. The preamble was restricted only to defining the essential features of the constitution and country, due to this, the questions were raised on the preamble as to whether the preamble is a part of the constitution or not.

Content of Preamble

The words included in the preamble are wisely selected and the arrangement of the terms and their order clearly define their significance and participation in the making of the constitution.

Conclusion

The preamble is the introduction to the statutes i.e. introduction to the constitution. A preamble means a declaration made by the legislature with the objective for the passing of the statute and is helpful in the interpretation of any of the statute. The preamble plays a very important role in shaping the destiny of the country.

The only question raised about the scope of the preamble is whether it is the part of the constitution or not? But in Kesavananda Bharti Case, the thirteen judges constitutional bench gave its judgment and declared the preamble is a part of the constitution. The preamble does not grant any power to anyone but it gives the structure on which the constitution stands like, the country should be “Sovereign, Socialist, Secular, Democratic, Republic”, the government should be elected by the people, for the people, and of the people, the real sovereign power should be vested in the people of India, the people should get Justice, Liberty and Equality.