Introduction Parliament, by exercise of the power given to it under Article 11 of the Constitution to make any law related to citizenship, has passed the Indian Citizenship Act, 1955. This Act provides for the acquisition and termination of Citizenship in India. Part II of the Constitution provides provisions related to Citizenship. The Citizenship Act…
Union and Its Territory (Article 1 – 4) Article 1 to 4 comes under Part I of the Constitution explains the Union and its Territory Article 1: (1) India, that is Bharat, shall be a Union of States. (2) the States and the territories will be specified in the First Schedule. (3) the territory of…
The parliament and state legislatures are not allowed and are restricted from making such laws that may infringe or take away the fundamental rights that are being guaranteed by the Indian constitution itself. It is a duty of the Indian State to respect and implement the fundamental right. And at the same time, it confers…
Introduction Doctrine is an important rule or a set of rules that is widely followed and is usually applied and upheld by courts of law. Also In Indian Constitutional law, there are different judicial doctrines that developed over time as per the interpretation (व्याख्या) given by the judiciary. In this article, we will be dealing…
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Introduction The idea of Fundamental Duties is inspired from the Constitution of Russia. These were incorporated in Part IV-A of the Constitution by the 42nd Constitutional Amendment Act, 1976 on the recommendations of the Swaran Singh Committee. Originally fundamental duties were 10 in number, one more duty was added through the 86th Constitutional Amendment Act,…
Introduction Part IV of the Constitution of India (Article 36–51) contains the Directive Principles of State Policy. DPSP are the principles that direct the state when it makes policies for its people. DPSPs are taken from the Irish Constitution. Dr. B. R. Ambedkar described these principles as ‘novel features’ of the Constitution. These DPSP act…
Citizenship is the status of a person recognized under law as being a legal member of a sovereign state or belonging to a nation. Article 5 to 11 deals with the Citizenship of India. The term citizenship means the enjoyment of full membership of any State in which a citizen has civil and political rights….
Introduction Writs of India are borrowed from English law where they are known as ‘Prerogative writs’. Under article 32 the Supreme court acts as a guarantor and defender of the fundamental rights. Also, it is originally under the Supreme Court’s jurisdiction power to issue the writs. It means that a aggrieved person can directly approach…
Introduction Federalism was introduced in India by the Government of India Act, 1935. While drafting the Constitution of India, the framers wanted to give a federal look to it, considering the pluralistic/diversity characteristics of India. About the nature of the Indian Federal system Dr. B.R. Ambedkar clarified that -The union is not a league of…
Introduction The Constitution of India is one of the finest-crafted Constitutions in the World. This Constitution is made by the Constituent Assembly under the Cabinet mission plan. This Constituent Assembly first met on 9 December 1946. It took 2 years, 11 months and 18 days to complete our Constitution. On 26 November 1949, the final…
