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The High Court is the Highest Court in a State and Stands at the apex of its judicial organisation.

The minimum strength of the Council is 40 and the maximum is one third of the total membership of the legislative Assembly.

The Constitution provides that there shall be a Council of Ministers with Chief Minister as the head to aid and advise the Governor in the exercise of his functions except in the cases where Governor acts in his own discretion.

The Governor of a State is appointed by the president. His term of office is five years. He is removable from office at any time by the same authority.

The Indian Constitution can be characterized as partly flexible and partly rigid. It is said that Indian Constitution strikes a good balance between extreme rigidity and too much flexibility.

The Supreme Court is the highest judicial organ in India. Situated in Delhi, it consists of one Chief Justice and Twenty Five other judges.

The Constitution assigns the name Parliament (Sansad) to the Union Legislature. It consists of the President and two Hoses – Rajya Sabha (Council of States) and Lok Sabha (House of the People).

The office of the Prime Minister in Britain is the result of accident of circumstances and growth. But in India, the office has been created by the Constitution itself. The Prime Minister heads the Council of Ministers which he or she forms.

If the President is the constitutional Head of the state, the real executive is council of Ministers. Article 74 (i) provides that there shall be a council of Ministers with the Prime Minister and the other Ministers are appointed by the President on the advice of the Prime Minister.

The Vice-President of India is elected by all members of the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha in accordance with the system of proportional representation by a single transferable vote. His term of office is five years.

Article 52 of our Constitution declares that “There shall be a President of India”. The executive power of the Union and the Supreme Command of defence forces is vested with him. Who can become the President  ? Article 52 of our Constitution declares that “There shall be a President of India”. The executive power of […]

What is the difference between Fundamental Rights and Directive Principles ?

The third and the most important part contains the Fundamental Rights. Fundamental Rights are granted to citizens under Articles 12 to 35 of the Constitution.

India has two sets of people as (i) Citizens (ii) Aliens. Citizens are full members of Indian state. They enjoy all civil and political  rights. Aliens do not enjoy all the civil and political rights.

We, The People of India, having solemnly resolved to constitute India into a Sovereign Socialist Secular Democratic Republic and to secure to all its citizens-

The idea of Constituent Assembly for India was put forward for first time by M. N. Roy in 1934.