Features of the Indian Constitution
Democratic Socialist State Secular State Union of States Bicameral Union Parliament. Universal Adult Suffrage (Article 326) Single Citizenship Single Integrated Judiciary Independence of Judiciary Synthesis of Parliamentary Sovereignty and Judicial Supremacy. Judicial Review Emergency provisions Written and Detailed Constitution Originally, the Constitution contained a Preamble, 395 Articles (divided into 22 Parts) and 8 Schedules. Presently, it consists of a Preamble, about 470 Articles and 12 Schedules. Preamble Well drafted document declares India into a Sovereign, Socialist, Secular, Democratic and Republic. Welfare state committed to secure JUSTICE, LIBERTY, EQUALITY, FRATERNITY Mixture of Federalism & Unitarianism: The Constitution provides for federal structure with unitary bias. It’s called quasi-federal by K.C. Wheare. Division of power between Centre & States Written & Supreme Constitution Independent judiciary for Center-State disputes Dual administration i.e. Central Go…
