The 7th Amendment of Indian Constitution was needed to implement the recommendations of the States Reorganisation Commission regarding the reorganization of the states on a linguistic basis. It...
The First Amendment was passed in 1951 by the Provisional Parliament, which was elected on a limited franchise. The Statement of Reasons (SOR) relating to the First Amendment...
National Commission for Minorities has been in existence for 38 years and there were recent debates on scrapping this body. Important Facts Officially, there are 6 minorities in...
[no_toc] Integrated and Independent Judiciary The judicial system prevalent under constitutional arrangement in India is integrated and independent. In the integrated system the Supreme Court of India stands...
India is a multi-religious, multi-lingual, multi-racial, and multi-cultural society. Religious minorities constitute roughly 20% of India’s population, out of which Muslims account for 14.2%. No society can prosper...
India has a parliamentary form of Government. The parliamentary system means that the ministers get their legitimacy from Parliament. Part V of the Constitution trifurcates the State into...
The first and foremost feature of Indian Sovereignty is that Constitution is the supreme law of the land; and all state organs including parliament, judiciary, states etc. are...
Indian Constitution is a unique blending of both federal and unitary features. Federal features present in the Constitutions are: Two governments Division of powers between the union and...
Based upon the provisions made for its amendment, a constitution can be flexible or rigid or a mixture of both. A flexible constitution can be amended by ordinary...
The Constitution of India is a salubrious integration of useful and progressive features drawn from different Constitutions of the world. Although most of the Constitution is almost a...
