introduction and preamble Flashcards
principles and norms which promote Constitutionalism in a country:
WFEI
RFLS
- A written Constitution
- Federalism
- Free election
- Independence of judiciary
- Judicial review
- Fundamental rights
- Doctrine of rule of law
- Separation of powers.
A Drafting Committee under the chairmanship of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar was formed on _____ . It shaped the Draft Constitution, which was put on _____ before the ‘Constituent Assembly’.
29th August, 1947
21 February 1948
In the Constituent Assembly the draft Constitution was discussed in depth. Members of the Constituent Assembly proposed 7635 amendments and discussed 2473 Resolutions.
Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru moved an _____ which set out the objectives of the Constitution to be framed by the Assembly.
_____ was the constitutional adviser of the Constituent Assembly.
“Objective Resolution” ; Dr B.N. Rau
The Indian Constitution took _____ to complete
2 years 11 months and 18 days
The Constitution received the signature of India’s first President Dr. Rajendra Prasad on the ______ and was pronounced as passed
26th day of November 1949
- Immediate effect was given to the laws relating to CEPTT
- The rest of the provisions of the Indian Constitution came into force on 26thof January 1950 and since then the said date is referred as the day of Commencement of the Constitution
citizenship,
elections,
provisional parliament,
temporary and
transitional provisions.
Indian Constitution is the lengthiest Constitution in the whole world. This has resulted because of two main reasons, firstly, it has adopted the provisions of_____, secondly, various principles from several different democratic countries were adopted by the Indian Constitution.
Government of India Act, 1935
- This is a very detailed document that covers issues that may reasonably be the topic of ordinary legislation. This happened because the 1935 Government of India Act, which was essentially a statute, was used as a model, and the Constitution reproduced an initial draft of the work and large portions of it. Because of this a number of temporary - transitional provisions were made for certain regions and class of people.
Three steps through which the Constitution came into picture
- Simon Commission Report, Round Table Conferences
*The White Paper (based on the Third Round Table Conference), Joint Select Committees. - Government of India Act, 1935
- Replaced by the Indian Constitution.
borrowed from:
U.S.A [6] FPVSRP
Written Constitution & from American Declaration of Independence and United Nations
- Theory of Fundamental Rights,
- Powers of the President
- Position and duties of the Vice-President
- Organization and independence of Supreme Court.
- Judicial Review
- Preamble to the Constitution
British Government (U.K) [12]
GNPLSC
WPBSRL
- Parliamentary government
- Nominal Head President (who will perform like the Queen)
- Post of Prime Minister
4.Lower House more powerful - Single citizenship
- Cabinet system
- Prerogative writs
- Parliamentary privileges
- Bicameral Parliament
- Speaker of Lok Sabha
- Rule of Law
- Legislative procedure
Canada [4]
AFRG
- Advisory Jurisdiction of Supreme Court.
- Federation with a strong Centre.
- Vesting of residuary powers in the Centre.
- Appointment of state governors by the Centre
Australia [5]
CFIJL
- Concurrent List
- Freedom of trade,
- Commerce and intercourse,
- Joint sitting of the two Houses of Parliament.
- The language used in the Preamble
Japan [1] P
Procedure established by law.
Russia [3] DJF
- Fundamental Duties,
- the idea of justice (social, economic and political) in the Preamble,
- Five year Plans
Ireland [3] DEN
- Directive Principals of State of Policy
- Usage of Electoral College in the election of President
- Nomination to Rajya Sabha of individuals with expertise in science or the fine arts
