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Indian Polity - Sources of Constitution
Introduction
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The Indian Constitution has been formed after ransacking all the major constitutions of the world; however, at the same time, the framers have also considered the following factors −
Historical perspective of India;
Geographical diversity of India; and
Cultural and traditional characteristics of India.
Major Sources
The following table illustrates the major sources of Indian Constitution −
| Provisions | Sources |
|---|---|
| President (Nominal Head) | The United Kingdom |
| Cabinet System of Ministers | |
| Parliamentary type of Government | |
| Post of Prime Minister | |
| Bicameral Parliament | |
| Council of Ministers | |
| Provision of Speaker in Lok Sabha | |
| Legislation | |
| Citizenship | |
| Writs | |
| Rule of Law | |
| Preamble | The United States |
| Fundamental Rights | |
| Independent Judiciary | |
| Judicial Review | |
| Impeachment of President | |
| Removal of Judges (of Supreme Court & High Courts) | |
| Functions of Vice-President | |
| Federal System (with strong Center) | Canada |
| Residuary powers in the Center | |
| Appointment of Governors (in states) by the Center | |
| Advisory Jurisdiction of Supreme Court | |
| Principle of co-operative federalism | Australia |
| Freedom of Inter-State trade | |
| Trade and Commerce | |
| Concurrent List | |
| Joint siting of the two Houses of Parliament | |
| Directive Principles of State Policy | Ireland |
| Presidential Election | |
| Nominating the members of Rajya Sabha | |
| Republic | France |
| Liberty, Equality, and Fraternity in the Preamble | |
| Fundamental Duties | Russia |
| Idea of Social, Economic, and Political Justice in Preamble | |
| Procedure for amendment | South Africa |
| Election of Rajya Sabha members | |
| Emergency powers to be enjoyed by the Union | Germany |
| Suspension of Fundamental Rights during emergency | |
| Procedure Established by Law | Japan |
| The federal scheme | Govt. of India Act 1935 |
| Role of federal judiciary | |
| Office of the Governor | |
| Emergency provisions | |
| Public Service Commissions | |
| Administrative details |
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