LECTURE 1
A living and organic law (Goodyear India v.
THE CONSITUTION OF INDIA
State of Haryana)
PREAMBLE
Sovereign of India
WE, THE PEOPLE OF INDIA, having solemnly
Doctrine of Patriae, Reasons of
resolved to constitute India into a SOVEREIGN sovereignty (Charan Lal Singh v.
Union of India)
The word sovereign means that the state has the
authority everything within the restriction given
by the Constitution (Synthetic & Chemicals Ltd.
v. State of Uttar Pradesh) Sovereignty, has two types: External
and Internal.
External sovereignty means the
sovereignty in International Law
This case helped in differentiating between which means the independence of the
external and internal sovereign and proposed that state against other states while internal
“No country can have its own constitution unless sovereignity talks about the
it is not sovereign”. relationship between the state and the
people living in it.
SOCIALIST The basic purpose of socialism is to Inserted after 42nd
provide a decent standard of life to Amendment Act, 1976
the people living in the country and during emergency period
Article 14 & 16 to protect them from the day they by Mrs. Indira Gandhi.
are born till the day they die (D.S.
Nakar v. Union of India)
, SECULAR The concept was found as Basic Structure of the Constitution (S.R. Bommai
v. Union of India
Does not mean an atheist society (M.P. Gopalakrishnan Nair v. State of
Kerala)
All religions and religious groups must be treated equally and with equal
respect (Bal Patil v. Union of India)
The basic requirement of a
DEMOCRATIC successful democracy is
Everyone has the right to vote
awareness of the people
irrespective of their caste,
(Union of India v. Association
creed, or gender. So, every
of Democratic Reforms)
person has a direct or indirect
share in administration.
REPUBLIC and to secure to all its
citizens:
All the people have an
JUSTICE, social, economic and political;
equal, free and fair right
without any discrimination
A society without No discrimination can to participate in political
discrimination on be caused by people opportunities.
any grounds like on the basis of their
caste, creed, gender, work, income and
religion etc. economic status.
LIBERTY of thought, expression, belief, faith and worship;
Freedom for people to choose their way of life, A person can do anything
have political views and behavior in society. but in the limit set by the
law.
A living and organic law (Goodyear India v.
THE CONSITUTION OF INDIA
State of Haryana)
PREAMBLE
Sovereign of India
WE, THE PEOPLE OF INDIA, having solemnly
Doctrine of Patriae, Reasons of
resolved to constitute India into a SOVEREIGN sovereignty (Charan Lal Singh v.
Union of India)
The word sovereign means that the state has the
authority everything within the restriction given
by the Constitution (Synthetic & Chemicals Ltd.
v. State of Uttar Pradesh) Sovereignty, has two types: External
and Internal.
External sovereignty means the
sovereignty in International Law
This case helped in differentiating between which means the independence of the
external and internal sovereign and proposed that state against other states while internal
“No country can have its own constitution unless sovereignity talks about the
it is not sovereign”. relationship between the state and the
people living in it.
SOCIALIST The basic purpose of socialism is to Inserted after 42nd
provide a decent standard of life to Amendment Act, 1976
the people living in the country and during emergency period
Article 14 & 16 to protect them from the day they by Mrs. Indira Gandhi.
are born till the day they die (D.S.
Nakar v. Union of India)
, SECULAR The concept was found as Basic Structure of the Constitution (S.R. Bommai
v. Union of India
Does not mean an atheist society (M.P. Gopalakrishnan Nair v. State of
Kerala)
All religions and religious groups must be treated equally and with equal
respect (Bal Patil v. Union of India)
The basic requirement of a
DEMOCRATIC successful democracy is
Everyone has the right to vote
awareness of the people
irrespective of their caste,
(Union of India v. Association
creed, or gender. So, every
of Democratic Reforms)
person has a direct or indirect
share in administration.
REPUBLIC and to secure to all its
citizens:
All the people have an
JUSTICE, social, economic and political;
equal, free and fair right
without any discrimination
A society without No discrimination can to participate in political
discrimination on be caused by people opportunities.
any grounds like on the basis of their
caste, creed, gender, work, income and
religion etc. economic status.
LIBERTY of thought, expression, belief, faith and worship;
Freedom for people to choose their way of life, A person can do anything
have political views and behavior in society. but in the limit set by the
law.
