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Constitution and Constitutionalism: An Overview

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Constitution and Constitutionalism: An Overview By Pushkal Garewal   (“Constitutions spring from a belief in a limited government.”) -           Schwartz The interpretation of statute in context with constitutionalism is the negation of absolute power and the totalitarian state, the literal meaning suggests the constitutionalism is the “limited government”, but the meaning of constitutionalism is not limited to the "limited government." Instead, the scope of constitutionalism is much wider. The different scholar interpreted this adherent word with the constitutional law and defines the glory of the constitution. According to Douglas Greenberg, “constitutionalism is a commitment to limitations on ordinary political power, It revolves around a political process, One that overlaps with democracy in seeking to balance state power and individual and collective rights, It draws on particular cultural and historical contexts...
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70 Years of Indian Constitution

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70 Years of Indian Constitution  By Pushkal Garewal “ The constitution of India is not a supreme document, but an institution which governs the length and breadth of the country ” - Granville Austin In this 70 years, construction of the constitution acquainted with many leaps and bounds such as the superiority and the question of amendability of the text in the constitution or the maintainability of right to property as fundamental right, or the skirmish battle between fundamental rights and enumerated DPSP. And some unforgettable; mischief interpretation of the constitutional text by the highest judiciary of the country. The introduction of basic structure and the power of parliament to amend basic texts such as the wordings of preamble was also questioned. Many scholars were in opinion to the addition of words in the text of preamble; Socialist, Secular and Integrity and did so. Some assurance were also made by the drafters of the constitution, as ending of reservat...
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