Indian Constitutional Facts
Indian constitution can be well said as the written guidelines to monitor a nation in every possible way and to restrict it from adhering to any bad and looking up to the best. The Indian Constitutional facts will focus on some of the important aspects of the Indian Constitution and will focus on some Facts about India.
Date: The Indian Constitution came into effect on 26th January, 1950 and that is the day which is observed as the Republic Day of India.
Inspirations:
The Government Act of India, 1935 has acted as the greatest inspiration to draw the final Indian constitution. Irish Constitution, Laws followed in U.S.A, France, Canada, Soviet and U.K has played a significant role in determining the constitutional rules here in India. While borrowing from other nations it has been kept in view to take the best of all other nation to set the constitution in India and run the country on the line of democracy.
Functions and structure:
The laws and rules set by the Indian Constitution is regulated, carried out and enacted by the federal system of India which includes the Judiciary, Parliament and the State Legislatures. The laws set are unitary and followed by all only that these are administered separately for the Union and the States.
Power
- Lays guidelines and issues laws as per the need of the situation
- Administers Civil and Criminal Laws
- Parliament stands as the highest authority of the Indian Constitution and the Supreme Court is the body to carry out laws set.
- The Constitution dictates certain fundamental Rights which is followed irrespective of legislative of any standard and the Executive and the Judiciary.
Unique feature of the Indian Constitution:
Under the Indian Constitution comes the following and all of these are administered and monitored by the Constitution of India:
- Indian Preamble
- Indian States and Union Territories
- Indian Panchayat Raj
- Indian Citizenship
- Indian Fundamental Rights and Duties
- Indian Directive Principles of State Policy
- Election Commissioner of India
- Amendments in Indian Constitution
- Relation within States of India
- Emergency Provisions in India
Indian Constitution is the longest written constitution in the world for any independent nation. There are 444 articles in all in which 395 are main articles and 49 sub-articles. Apart from this there are numerous amendments and 12 schedules.
Amendments:
Constitutional laws can be amended as per the need and the necessity of the changing situation without violating the basic constitutional structure, and that can be done by a special majority of the Union Legislature.
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