Indian constitution

Part I

abhishek s arackal

EAST INDIA COMPANY PHASE

Regulating act 1773

Pitts India Act - 1784

Charter Act - 1793

C A - 1813

C A - 1833

C A - 1853

Regulating Act 1773

Foundation of central administration

Governor of Bengal as

Governor General of Bengal

Lord Warren Hastings

British Govt regulated

EIC

Pitts India - 1784

Direct administration by

British

EIC functions reduced

Charter Act - 1793

20 years agreement

EIC trade extended

C A - 1813

EIC trade abolished

C A - 1833

Governor General of Bengal as GG of India

Willian Bentick

C A - 1853

Open Competitive examination

For civil servants

CROWN PHASE

GOI ACT 1858

INDIAN COUNCIL ACT - 1861

ICA - 1892

ICA - 1909

GOI ACT 1919

GOI ACT 1935

CABINET MISSION PLAN - 1946

GOI Act - 1858

Known as act of “good government”

Governor General as Viceroy of

IndiaLord Canning

British crown rule

Secretary of State

• GOI Act 1858 created this office• First secretary – Lord Stanley• Last secretary – William Francis Hare

INDIAN COUNCIL ACT - 1861

INTRODUCED REPRESENTATIVE

INSTITUTIONS

RECOGNIZE PORTFOLIO

SYSTEM

ICA - 1892

1. INCREASED FUNCTION OF LEGISLATIVE COUNCILS2. REPRESENTATIVE SYSTEM IN INDIA

ICA - 1909

MORLEY-MINTO REFORMS

FIRST ONE JOINED IN COUNCIL IS SATYENDRA

PRASAD SINHA

SEPERATE ELECTROTE FOR

MUSLIMS

INDIANS IN EXECUTIVE COUNCIL

OF VICEROY

GOI ACT 1919

MONTAGUE CHELMSFORD REFORMS

CREATED NEW OFFICE FOR HIGH

COMMISSIONER OF INDIA IN LONDON

ESTABLISHED PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION

INTRODUCED BICAMERALISIM

GOI ACT 1935

ESTABLISH ALL INDIA FEDERATION

RESIDUE POWER WITH CENTRE

POWER DIVIDED BETWEEN CENTRE AND UNITS AS FEDERAL, PROVINCIAL

AND CONCURRENT LIST

INDIAN INDEPENDENCE ACT OF

1947

INDIA AS INDEPENDENT AND SOVEREIGN STATE

TWO DOMINIONS INDIA

GOVT AT BOTH CENTRE AND STATE

PAK

CABINET MISSION PLAN 1946

ARRIVED IN MARCH 1946ANNOUNCED IN 16 MAY 1946

LAWRENCE CRIPPS

COMPOSED OF 3 MINISTERS

ALEXANDER

CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY

PRESIDENT •RAJENDRA PRASAD

VICE PRESIDENT •H C MUKHERJI

ADVISOR •B N RAO

DRAFT CHAIRMAN •B R AMBEDKAR

FIRST SESSION •9TH DEC 1946

ADOPT •26TH NOV 1949

FINAL SESSION •24TH JAN 1950

CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY

PROPOUNDED BY M N ROY

389 MEMBERS

292 FROM STATES

93 FROM PRINCELY STATES4 FROM CHIEF COMMISSIONER PROVINCES

Ie DELHI, AJMER, COORG, BALUCHISTAN

FIRST TIME MEETING 9TH DEC 1946

PAK SEPARATE – 3RD JUNE 1947

• ASSEMBLY MEMBERS = 299

NEHRU’S RESOLUTION – 13 DEC 1946

• NATIONAL FLAG ADOPTED – 22 JAN 1947• CONSTITUTION – 26TH NOV 1949• NATIONAL ANTHEM – 24TH JAN 1950• NATIONAL SONG – 24TH JAN 1950• ASSEMBLY FINAL SESSION – 24TH JAN 1950• CONSTITUTION IN FORCE – 26TH JAN 1950• REPUBLIC

SOURCES OF THE CONSTITUTION

•FEDERAL SCHEMEGOI 1935

•FRsUSA•PARLIAMENTARY SYSTEMBRITISH•FEDERATION WITH STRONG CENTRECANADA•DPSPIRISH•CONCURRENT LISTAUSTRALIA

•AMENDMENTSOUTH AFRICA

•FDsSOVIET UNION

•REPUBLICFRENCH•PROCEDURE ESTABLISHED BY LAWJAPAN •EMERGENCYGERMAN

ASSEMBLY

11 SESSIONS OVER 2 YEARS, 11 MONTHS, 18 DAYS

395 ARTICLES, 22 PARTS, 8

SCHEDULES

NOW 450 ARTICLES IN 25 PARTS, 12

SCHEDULES

NATIONAL LAW DAY – 26TH NOV

99 AMENDMENTS +

SALIENT FEATURES

WRITTEN

LONGESTQUASI –FEDERAL

TERM “FEDERAL” IS ABSENT IN IT

ADULTS AND UNIVERSAL FRANCHISE18+

PARLIAMENTARY FORM ADOPTED

JUDICIARY -GUARDIAN

PARTLY FLEXIBLE AND PARTLY RIGID

NOMINAL HEAD PRESIDENT

SINGLE CITIZENSHIP

COM HEADED BY PM – REAL EXECUTIVE

THE PREAMBLE

•Preface to the constitutionPreamble

•J NEHRUArchitect

•JAN 22ND 1947ADOPTED

•FROM USABORROWED

•42ND AMENDMENT ACT 1976AMENDED BY

42ND AMENDMENT ACT

1976NOT ENFORCEABLE IN A

COURT OF LAW

INSERTED THE WORDS “SOCIALISM,

SECULARISM, UNITY AND INTEGRITY”

PART

I

UNION

1 TO 4

II

CITIZEN

5 TO 11

III

FR

12 TO 35

IV

DPSP

36 TO 51

IV A

FD

51 A

IX

PANCHAYATS

243 TO 243 O

IX A

MU NICIPALITIES

IX B

CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETIES

XV

ELECTION

324 TO 329 A

XVIII

EMERGEN CY

352 TO 360

XX

AMENDMENT

368

UNION AND TERRITORY

•ANDHRA - 1953FIRST STATE

•14 STATES AND 6 UTsSTATE

REORGANISATION ACT - 1956

•26TH – CHHATISGARH – NOV 1ST •27TH – UTTARAKAND – NOV 9TH •28TH – JHARKAND – NOV 15TH

STATES IN 2000

•29TH – TELANGANA – JUNE 2ND

STATES IN 2014

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