Forms And Models Of The Constitution
- IJLLR Journal
- Jul 19, 2023
- 1 min read
Dr. Prof. Dinkar Gitte, Principal, KLE College of Law, Navi Mumbai
Anant Pawar, Assistant Professor, KLE College of Law, Navi Mumbai
ABSTRACT
A Constitution is a set of laws and rules, setting up the machinery of the government of a State which defines and determines the relations between the different institutions and areas of the government, the executive, “the legislature and the judiciary, the central, the regional and the local governments. Every Constitution aims to build up a governmental structure based upon certain basic and well established principles. Although some of these principles are common to most of the Constitutions, there are others which vary from Constitution to Constitution. The Constitution of India is not an exception to this rule and it has its own basic principles. The Constitution of India is the supreme law of the land. It lays down the framework defining fundamental political principles, establishes the structure, procedures, powers and duties of government and spells out the fundamental rights, directive principles and duties of the citizens. It is the largest written Constitution of any sovereign country in the world, containing more than 395 Articles and divided into 24 parts and 12 schedules passed and adopted by the Constituent Assembly on 26th November, 1949. It came into effect on 26th January, 1950. The Constitution declares the Union of India a Sovereign, Socialist, Secular, Democratic Republic, assuring its citizens of Justice, Equality and Liberty and endeavors to promote Fraternity among them all.”
Keywords: Unitary, federal, rigid, constitution
