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Indian Polity
Indian Polity
By Shilpi Suman
Constitution
Contsitution is a rule book of a nation.
It is the fundamental law of a country and all other laws and
customs of the country in order to be legally valid shall conform to
the constitution
It is the supreme law of land.
It sets out the framework and principal functions of various organs
of the government- The Executive, Legislature and Judiciary.
Also determines the relations between the government and the
people which is called Citizenship.
It leads to limited government.
Indian constitution
Enacted on 26th Nov 1949
292 + 4 93
389
Making Of Indian Constitution
229 + 70 = 299
1. Not a Representative
Body
2. Not a Sovereign body
3. Time Consuming
4. Dominated by Congress
5. Lawyer-Politician
Dominition
6. Dominated by Hindus
Features Of Indian Constitution
1. Written Constitution
2. Lenghtiest Constitution
3. Bag of Borrowings
4. Nature of State : Sovereign, Socialist, Secular,Democratic Republic
5. Single Citizenship
6. FRs, DPSPs, FDs
7. Parliamentary form of Govt.
8. Federal in form Unitary in spirit
9. Mixture of Rigidity and Flexibility
10. Independent and Integerated Judiciary
11. Three Tier Government
12. Adult Suffrage
Preamble