The Government of India Act,1919

The Government of India Act,1919 The Government of India Act of 1919 was thus enacted, which came intoforce in 1921. This Act is also known as Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms(Montagu was the Secretary of State for India and Lord Chelmsford was the Viceroy of India). FEATURES...

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The Government of India Act,1935

The Government of India Act,1935 THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA ACT OF 1935 The Act marked a second milestone towards a completely responsible government in India. It was a lengthy and detailed document having 321 Sections and 10 Schedules. FEATURES OF THE ACT It provided...

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Doctrine of Basic Structure

Doctrine of Basic Structure  Introduction: The basic structure doctrine has traveled some ways since it was first articulated by the Indian Supreme Court in the case of Kesavananda Bharati v State of Kerala.The doctrine imposes substantive limits...

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Constitutionalism

Constitutionalism  One needs to know the ‘Constitutionalism’ and “Constitutional Law” before understanding the philosophy of Constitution of India. Having a Constitution itself is not Constitutionalism. Even a dictator could create a rule-book calling it...

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Constitution in Making

MAKING OF THE CONSTITUTION DEMAND FOR A CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY It was in 1934 that the idea of a Constituent Assembly for India was put forward for the first time by N. Roy, a pioneer of communist movement in India. In 1938, Jawaharlal Nehru, on behalf the INC...

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