Constitution 10th Amendment Act, 1961

People of free Dadra and Nagar Haveli adopted a resolution on 12 June 1961 for integration of their territories with the Union of India. Subsequently, these areas were made part of specific Union Territory with effect from August 11, 1961. ..

Constitution 7th Amendment Act, 1956

The 7th Amendment of Indian Constitution was needed to implement the recommendations of the States Reorganisation Commission regarding the reorganization of the states on a linguistic basis.  It paved way for doing away with classification of states in A, B, ..

Constitution First Amendment Act, 1951

The First Amendment was passed in 1951 by the Provisional Parliament, which was elected on a limited franchise. The Statement of Reasons (SOR) relating to the First Amendment said: “Challenges to agrarian laws or laws relating to land reform were ..

National Commission for Minorities: Issue of Constitutional Status

National Commission for Minorities has been in existence for 38 years and there were recent debates on scrapping this body. Important Facts Officially, there are 6 minorities in India viz. Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists, Parsis and Jains. The Union Government ..

Other Salient Features of the Constitution

[no_toc] Integrated and Independent Judiciary The judicial system prevalent under constitutional arrangement in India is integrated and independent. In the integrated system the Supreme Court of India stands at the apex of the judicial system in the country. Below it, ..

Secularism in India

India is a multi-religious, multi-lingual, multi-racial, and multi-cultural society. Religious minorities constitute roughly 20% of India’s population, out of which Muslims account for 14.2%. No society can prosper or be at peace if its 20% of the population feels threatened, ..

Salient Features of Indian Constitution: Parliamentary System

India has a parliamentary form of Government. The parliamentary system means that the ministers get their legitimacy from Parliament. Part V of the Constitution trifurcates the State into three equal constituents’ viz. Executive, Legislature and Judiciary. Legislature is made of ..

Constitutional, Judicial and Parliamentary Supremacy in India

The first and foremost feature of Indian Sovereignty is that Constitution is the supreme law of the land; and all state organs including parliament, judiciary, states etc. are bound by it. They must act within the limits laid down by ..