"The Indian Constitution contains elements that ensure its dynamic nature and adaptability to changing circumstances." Analyze critically.
Answer: The Indian Constitution is a living document that is subject to change in response to the demands of the people and the passage of time.
- Constitutional Amendments: According to Article 368, the Constitution can be altered by simple or special majority to satisfy the demands of the people.
- Recent developments like offering reservations to economically disadvantaged people and constitutional protection for the National Commission for Backward Classes are examples.
- The 42nd Amendment Act envisions India as secular, socialist, etc.
- Judicial review has expanded the court's power. It ruled that the Speaker's Anti-Defection Act rulings are reviewable.
- The Supreme Court also limited Parliament's ....
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- 1 “The class of administrative entrepreneurs – clean,honest and performance-oriented–who should emerge on the Indian scene to make the civil service command the respect of all sections of society” ? Do you agree?
- 2 Do you think empowerment of citizen is important for efficient public service delivery?
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