The Indian Constitution, adopted by the Constituent Assembly on November 26, 1949 is a comprehensive document containing 395 Articles and several Scheduled. Besides dealing with the structure of the Government the Constitution makes detailed provisions for the rights of citizens and other persons in a number of entrenched provisions, and for the principles to be followed by the State in the governance of the country, labelled as "Directive Principles of State Policy".
Historical and geographical factors have been responsible for the build of the Constitution, which is the largest Constitution in the World. The framers of the Constitution were keen to preserve the democratic values to which Indians had attached the highest importance in their struggle for freedom. But they were also keen to make provisions considered to be necessary in the light of the social and economic backwardness of certain section of society. They had also before them the precedent of the Government of India Act, 1935 whose detail provisions were found suitable for adoption in the interests of continuity and certainty. Some precautions for the constitutional image being distorted or being impaired in its essential features were also required. All this has contributed to the length of the Indian Constitution.
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