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Salient features of Indian Constitution, as we all know is the supreme law of the country and every
citizen of our country has to follow the constitution. The Indian constitution is a very detailed
constitution. 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 started its work from 26 November 1946. That’s why every year we celebrate Constitution
Day on 26 November. It took 2 years, 11 months and 18 days to complete our Constitution. It was on
26th November 1949 that the Indian Constitution was finally adopted, after close to 3 years of intense
debates and discussions among the members of the Constituent Assembly, and it came into force on
26th January 1950.
The Salient Features of Constitution of India: –
1. The Preamble
2. Fundamental Rights and Duties
3. Directive Principles
4. Parliamentary System and Amendment Procedures
5. Judicial Review and Basic Structure doctrine
The Constitution of India is considered as a distinctive constitution around the globe. It is the largest
written liberal democratic constitution of the world. It offers for a mixture of federalism and
Unitarianism, and flexibility and with rigidity.
The Constitution of India was outlined by a Constituent Assembly. This Assembly was an indirectly
chosen body. It had laid down certain ideals to be included in the Constitution. These ideals included
commitment to democracy, guarantee to all the people of India, Justice, equality and freedom. It had
also proclaimed that India will be a Democratic Republic.
7. India is a republic: –
o The preamble declares India a republic. India does not have the rule of an
emperor or a nominated chief. India has an elected head of state (the President of
India), who holds the office for a fixed period of 5 years. The people of India
indirectly elect their President, after every five years.
12. National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) and State Human Rights
Commission and Protection of Human Rights: –
o Protection of Human Rights Act was enacted to protect the human rights
of all the people in 1993 it was passed by the Central Parliament. The National
Human Rights Commission was established under this. It is headed by the former
Chief Justice of India. It functions as an independent commission with a civil court
status. It works to prevent the violation of human rights of the people.
o In its cases of human rights violations, the NHRC may order compensation
to the victims. Several states, human rights commissions are also working to
protect human rights. India is fully committed to protecting the human rights of all
the people of the world.