The Constitution and the Indian Society: A Balancing Transformation

Abstract

Law and society both are dynamic concepts. The purpose of law is to regulate the conflicting interest of the society which is ever changing andevery subordinate law regulating them derives its authority from the supreme law of the land i.e. ‘the Constitution’ which sets out the noble vision to be achieved by the respective Country. Therefore, Constitution consists of several principles for establishing stronger polity and better governance of the society. The framers of the Constitution of India, while framing the Constitution, has incorporated sovereignty, federalism, socialism, secularism, fundamental rights, directive principles, independent judiciary, parliamentary form of government as the basic principles of Constitution, in order to achieve the objective that are laid down in the Preamble of the Constitution of India. The purpose of the study is to look into the modification, variation and alteration that have been made, by way of amendment or repeal, in these principles from the day the Constitution of India came into existence. An attempt has been made to analyse those areas where the social changes impacted upon these principles of the Constitution of India and how these principles has transformed the society as well. In so doing theIndian independent judiciary has played a remarkable role of balancing between the two from the beginning....