Representations of Peoples Acts (RoPA), 1950 and 1951: Key Features

Parliament of India had enacted two acts viz. Representations of Peoples Acts (RoPA), 1950 and RoPA, 1951 to provide a detailed framework around free and fair elections in the country. The 1950 law makes provisions for allocation of seats in Lok ..

Evolution of Panchayati Raj System in India

A strong, vibrant local government is a means of political decentralization. There are several advantages of the Decentralization. Decision-making being closer to the people, decentralization ensures decision-makers more effective accountability to the governed. This also ensures more realistic programming, for ..

History of Indian Judiciary

India has a single unified and integrated judicial system and Supreme Court of India is at the apex court of the Indian judicial system. Judiciary plays an important role as an organ of the government. It settles disputes, interprets laws, ..

Increasing numbers in Governor General’s Council

The early charters of the British East India Company have now lost. For the first time, the charter of 1726 empowered the government in Council and three Presidencies to make laws, ordinance and regulations in their jurisdictions. Each presidency was ..

Significance of Indian Independence Act 1947

On the basis of Mountbatten Plan, the British government was anxious to transfer power. The Indian Independence Bill was introduced in British Parliament on July 4 1947. The Act did not provide for any new Constitution of India. The Act ..

Government of India Act of 1935 and Policy of Equal Federation

The Government of India Act of 1935 provided a scheme of federation in which the princely states were to be brought into a direct constitutional relationship with British India. Under the Act, States were to send  representatives to the Federal ..

Charter Act of 1833: Analysis of the Law Making Power of Governor General

The charter act 1833 had for the first time separated the legislative functions of the Governor General in Council from the executive functions Governor General in Council from the executive functions. In effect, as Lord Macaulay viewed it, it was ..

Act of 1800 and Establishment of Supreme Court of Madras & Bombay

The Act of 1800 or Government of India Act 1800 was passed by British Parliament to establish a Supreme Court at Madras. Background A rudimentary system of judiciary was established in the Presidencies of Madras and Bombay via the Charter Act ..