CONSTITUTIONAL SILENCE

Constitutions are rarely finished. No constitution can be supposed to be complete and great. Accomplishing an optimistic flawlessness will in general make constitutions inflexible. There will consistently stay a few regions which are either intentionally left unaddressed or unintentionally left so. These holes in the constitution are called constitutional silence. Constitutions are transformative and in…

What is a State

According to Article 12 of the Constitution of India, the term ‘State’ denotes the union and state governments, the Parliament and state legislatures, and all local or other authorities within the territory of India or under the control of the Indian government. Article 12 defines State by consisting of the following parts of the Constitution-…

CONSTITUTIONAL LAW

Constitutional law is the body of rules, doctrines, and practices that govern the operation of political communities. In modern times the most important political community has been the state. Modern constitutional law is the offspring of nationalism as well as of the idea that the state must protect certain fundamental rights of the individual. Constitutional law is a body of law which defines the…

UNDERSTANDING THE PREAMBLE

PREAMBLE WE, THE PEOPLE OF INDIA, having solemnly resolved to constitute India into a SOVEREIGN SOCIALIST SECULAR DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC and to secure to all its citizens: JUSTICE, social, economic and political; LIBERTY of thought, expression, belief, faith and worship; EQUALITY of status and of opportunity; and to promote among them all  FRATERNITY assuring the dignity of the individual and the unity…