NOTES ON DIRECTIVE PRINCIPLES OF STATE POLICY The 42nd Amendment Act of 1976 added four new Directive Principles to the original list. They require the State: To secure opportunities for healthy development of children (Article 39). To promote equal justice…
DIRECTIVE PRINCIPLES OF STATE POLICY The Directive Principles of State Policy are enumerated in Part IV of the Constitution from Articles 36 to 51. The framers of the Constitution borrowed this idea from the Irish Constitution of 1937, which had…
Article 14 – Equality before law.—The state shall not deny to any person equality before the law or the equal protection of the laws within the territory of India. The word ‘person’ includes legal persons, viz, statutory corporations, companies, registered…
Article 13: Laws inconsistent with or in derogation of the fundamental rights.— (1) All laws in force in the territory of India immediately before the commencement of this Constitution, in so far as they are inconsistent with the provisions of…
Part III of the Indian Constitution talks about Fundamental Rights. The fundamental rights were included in the constitution because they were considered essential for the development of the personality of every individual and to preserve human dignity. All people, irrespective…
In September 2000, the Government of India (Ministry of External Affairs) had set-up a High Level Committee on the Indian Diaspora under the Chairmanship of L.M. Singhvi. The mandate of the Committee was to make a comprehensive study of the…
The Citizenship Act, 1955, prescribes three ways of losing citizenship whether acquired under the Act or prior to it under the Constitution, viz, renunciation, termination, and deprivation: 1. By Renunciation Any citizen of India of full age and capacity can…
The Citizenship Act (1955) provides for acquisition and loss of citizenship after the commencement of the Constitution. This Act has been amended so far eight times by the following Acts: The Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 1957 The Repealing and Amending Act,…
Part II of the Constitution of India (Articles 5-11) deals with the Citizenship of India. Article 5 speaks about the citizenship of India at the commencement of the Constitution (Nov 26, 1949). Article 11 gave powers to the Parliament of…
Union and its Territory Articles 1 to 4 under Part-I of the Constitution deal with the Union and its territory Article 1 : Name and territory of the Union (1) India, that is Bharat, shall be a Union of States.…