Commentaries on the constitution of India

It is important and essential that lawyers, law students and educated citizens should understand the fundamental and important principles of our Constitution. The Author has made a humble attempt to write an analytical, explanatory and critical commentary on the provisions of our Constitution. He has expressed his own views on many important questions and has given original, and it is hoped, convincing reasons for his views. To give a few instances, he has expressed his views on whether fundamental rights can be modified, whether the advice of Council of Ministers is binding on all matters on the President or Governor, whether new pleas and arguments can be advanced for the first time before the Supreme Court, privileges of Parlia ment, etc. etc.

Our Constitution has been amended too many times without sufficient care and thought. India has always been a union of States. Ignoring this provision, the Constitution has been amended so as to deprive Statehood of some territories and so as to make them what are called Union territories. This concept of union territories is inconsistent with the fundamental provision that India is a Council of States. The provision in the General Clauses Act that 'State' includes 'Union territory' renders some of the constitutional provisions relating to Union territories repugnant to other provisions relating to 'States'.