Dr. B.R. Ambedkar in one of his seminal speeches before the Constituent Assembly explained the dual polity federal model established under the Constitution: “Dual Polity under the proposed Constitution will…
Civil services form an integral part of modern government. Professor Herman Finer, in his classic work titled “The Theory and Practice of Modern Governance”, states that “the function of civil…
Despite the centrality of the States to the Constitution and the structure of governance that it envisages, Union Territories (which are administered by the Union Government) exist within the constitutional…
The scope of Article 3 Article 2 of the Constitution provides that Parliament may admit new States into the Union or establish new States: “2. Admission or establishment of new…
Democracy and federalism are basic features of the Constitution. The term ‘federal’ is used to indicate the division of powers between the Union or Central Government and the State Governments.…
When the Constitution was adopted, the constituent political units in the country consisted of different types of States (albeit with different structures, powers, and relationships with the Union Government) and…
Article 368 of the Constitution provides for the procedure by which the Constitution may be amended. Clause (2) of Article 368 is extracted below: “Power of Parliament to amend the…
Part XXI which was titled “Temporary and Transitional provisions” when the Constitution was adopted in 1950, the Chapter heading was substituted by its present form – “Temporary, Transitional and Special…
On 17 October 1949, the Constituent Assembly took up draft Article 306A. Draft Article 306A corresponded to Article 370 of the Constitution. Shri N Gopalaswami Ayyangar In introducing the Article,…
Internal Constitutions of States The Draft Constitution of India 1948 provided that India shall be a “Union of States”. The term “State” included Part I, Part II, Part III states…
