Philosophy of the Constitution

The Constitution provides a framework of governance. It lays down the basic governing set of principles or essential rules of governance to establish the basic organs and structure, functions, composition, and powers of government.

The philosophical thought behind it was that for being a strong and independent country there must be a constitution that helps to frame the interrelationship between various organs and regulate their relations with people. In the form of certain rights, the relationship between the government and the people was generally given on the basis of fundamental political, economic, and religious views of the nation.

Indian constitution is a written and rigid constitution in nature. It was adopted by the constituent assembly on 26th November 1949 and was enacted on 26th January 1950. At that time it contained 395 articles, 8 schedules, and 22 parts. Later 4 schedules were added by amendment and at present time it has 12 schedules. There were 105 amendments made to the constitution till October 2021.