๐Indian Polity & Constitution Important One Liners๐
๐ If a foreign territory is incorporated into India, the Government of India specifies the persons who among the people of the territory shall be the citizens of India. Such persons become the citizens of India from the notified date.
๐ The Part III of the Constitution of India is described as the Magna Carta of India. The Fundamental Rights which are found in Indian Constitution are more elaborate than those found in the Constitution of any other country of the world.
๐ Certiorari means ‘to be certified’ or ‘to be informed’. It is issued by a higher court to a lower court asking to transfer a case pending with the latter to itself or to squash the order of the latter in a case. It is usually issued in case of excess of jurisdiction or lack of jurisdiction exercised by the lower court, or an error of law.
๐ The Article 50 of the Constitution of Indian which is enshrined in the Directive Principles of State Policy aims to separate the judiciary from the executive in the public services of the State.
๐ Gandhian ideology represents the programme of reconstruction enunciated by Gandhi during the national movement. Article 40 directs the state to organise village panchayats and endow them with necessary powers and authority to enable them to function as units of self-government.
๐ In the Kesavananda Bharati case (1973) the Supreme Court laid down a new doctrine of the ‘basic structure’ (or ‘basic features’) of the Constitution. It ruled that the power of Parliament under Article 368 does not enable it to alter the ‘basic structure’ of the Constitution of India.
๐ The President of India has the power to summon or prorogue the Parliament and dissolve the Lok Sabha. The President can also summon a joint sitting of both the Houses of Parliament, which is presided over by the Speaker of the Lok Sabha.
๐ The federal system in the constitution was adopted due to two main reasons: the large size of the country and its socio-cultural diversity. K.C. Wheare described India as a quasi-federal state.
๐ If a foreign territory is incorporated into India, the Government of India specifies the persons who among the people of the territory shall be the citizens of India. Such persons become the citizens of India from the notified date.
๐ Paul Appleby has characterised the Indian system as “extremely federal”. He was an important theorist from pf public administration in democracies from United States of America. Morris Jones has termed it as “bargaining federalism”.
๐ The Article 57 of the Indian Constitution prescribes the eligibility for re-election to the post of the President of India. It provides ‘A person who holds or who has held the office of President shall subject to the other provisions of this Constitution, be eligible for re-election to the office’.
๐ According to the President (discharge of functions) Act, 1969 the Chief Justice of India shall act as the President of India when office of both President and Vice President fall Vacant. And in the absence of CJI, the seniormost Judge of the Supreme Court shall perform the functions of the President.
๐ The salary and allowances of the Prime Minister of India are determined by the Parliament from time to time. He gets the same salary and allowances that are payable to a member of Parliament, in India.
๐ The Prime Minister does not act as the chairman of NGT. He acts as the chairman of the following bodies: NITI Ayog, National Integration Council, Inter-State Council, National Water Resources Council and some other bodies.
