Banna VenkateshAIR 15 · CSE 2024 · 185 wordsTheir whole copy
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Government of India act 1935 (GoI) is significant to constitution as it formed the basic template on which most of the features brought.
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Features of Constitution from GoI act 1935:
- Parliamentary form of government, bicameral legislature
- Role of office of governor
- Constitutional bodies like UPSC, on the similar lines of federal public service commission
- Federal nature of polity, today a feature borrowed from GoI act 1935
- Residuary powers: GoI act 1935 → governor general. Constitution → center
- 7th schedule having separate state, center & concurrent lists
Inspite of this, Constitution of today goes beyond provisons of GoI act 1935:
Provisons outside GoI act 1935:
- Emergency provisons from germany
- Directive principles from Ireland
- Constitutional amendment, representation in rajyasabha, appointment of president and vicepresident are outside GoI act 1935.
- Fundamental rights, similar to objective resolutions, outside GoI act 1935.
- Ideals of liberty, equality, fraternity et.. from french revolution
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GoI act 1935, served as a template on which we have built and updated the constitution by incorporating necenary elements as per the demands by our founding fathers
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