Polity and Governance - Making of the constitution

Polity and Governance - Making of the constitution 

MAKING OF THE CONSTITUTION

• Constitution assembly by cabinet mision (nov ,1946)
• Total member 389
• Objective resolution By Nehru in 13 dec 1946
• Changes by Independence act -Assembly as legislative body
• Adopted 26 Nov,1949

Polity and Governance - Making of the constitution

Criticism

• Not a representative body
• Not a sovereign body
• Time consumption
• Congress dominated
• Hindu domination
• Meaning of constitution
• Supreme law of land

Quality

• Precise
• Clarity
• Definiteness
• Suitability
• Stability

Classification

• Evolved and enacted
• Written and unwritten
• Rigid and flexible
• Federal and unitary
• Procedural and prescriptive
• Constitutionalist

One liner

• National flag ---22july ,1947
• National anthem, National song---24 Jan,1950
• Time to make the constitution --2 yrs,11 month,18 days Committee
• Union power committee --J.nehru
• Union constitution committee --- Nehru
• Provincial constitution committee---- Sardar patel
• Drafting committee ---Ambedkar.
• Advisory committee on FR, minorities, tribal and excluded areas--- patel
• N-E frontier tribal areas and Assam excluded and partially excluded areas
• Subcommittee ---- Gopinath bordoloi .
• Rules of procedure committee -- Rajendra Prasad
• State committee---- J.Nehru
• Steering committee --- R.prasad
• During enactment --- preamble, 395 article,8 schedule
• Samvidhan diwas--- 26 nov (2015)
• Symbol of constitutional assembly---- Elephant
• Constitutional advisor---B.N rau
• Secretary of constituent assembly --- HVR Iyenger
• Chief draftsman of constitution ---S.N Mukherjee
• Caligrapher--- Prem Behari Narain
• Hindi caligraphy --- Basant Krishnan Vaidya

 Polity and Governance - Making of the constitution