Indian constitution is the longest constitution in the world. it is the highest law of the land. Originally it contained 395 articles & 8 schedules. After amendments till now there are447 articles and 12 schedules.
Indian constitution includes administrative provisions in details. These are the fundamental principles of governance. Followed by maker of constitution from government act of 1935
It also include the constitution of constituents of Indian federation i.e. state. State j&k is exception as it has its own constitution and this special stratus to it is provided by article 370
in order to address the regional problems of certain states, article 371,371-1 have been introduced after inauguration of constitution. These articles deal with Assam Manipur Andhra Pradesh Maharashtra Gujarat Sikkim mizoram
it has procedure & power of amendment of itself in article 368
it is rigid as well as flexible written which shows its rigidity and parliamentary sovereignty
some room is left to for conventions for speaker of lokSabha as in England
preamble is not an enforceable part of constitution
3 word’s secularism, socialism, integrity added to preamble by amendment 42 act
Indian unitary based federal system
Following feature make India a federation
dual polity
division of power
bicameralism
supremacy ofconstitution
written constitution
rigid constitution
Following feature makes India a unitary body
·appointment of governor by centre
·parliament ofto legistrate
·emergency provision
·single constitution
·single citizenship
·flexibility of cobnstitution
Chapter three
Citizenship
Thereis single citizenship for every Indian
Citizen is the person who enjoys civil and political rights
Right enshrined in following article are assined to citrizen only 15,6,19,29,30,58(1)a,67(3)a,124(3),217(2),76(1)157,165
Right of voting is given to citizen only
Article 5-8 mention about citizenship
The citizenship of domicile by only two conditions
May be domicile of India at the time of commencement of constitution and one of following
