In this video I will explain about the Preamble what is preamble preamble is the summary of the vision of founding fathers of the Constitution it is described as the reflection of the Constitution of India and it is not a plan According to which the constitution
Of India was made it is just the summary of The Constitution Preamble was adopted on the 22nd Jan 1947 and the Constitution was adopted on the 26th November 1949. this is the preamble we the people of India having solemnly resolved to constituent India into Sovereign secular Democratic Republic
And to secure all its citizens justice social economic and political Liberty of thought expression belief faith and worship equality of status and of opportunity and to promote among them all fraternity assuring the Dignity of the individual and the unity and integrity of nation in our constituent assembly this 26th day of November 1949
Do hereby adopt and act and give ourselves this Constitution and through these 42nd Constitution Amendment act we added the terms social is secular Integrity by the then Indira Gandhi government Preamble has four key ingredients in it number one source of authority of the Constitution Preamble states that the constitution derives its
Authority from the people of India number two nature of the Indian State Indian State should be secular Democratic Republic Sovereign and socialist number three objectives of the Constitution its objectives are Justice Liberty equality and fraternity the idea of Justice was taken from the Russian Revolution and the idea of Liberty
Equality and fraternity are taken from the Iran’s Revolution and last the date of adoption of the Constitution our constitution was adopted on the 26th November 1949. these are the four key ingredients of the Preamble and a palkiwala described Preamble as the identity card of the Constitution and we
Know that Justice is taken from the Russian Revolution Liberty equality and fraternity are taken from the French Revolution Preamble is based on the objective resolution which was passed by the jawaharlal nehru on 13th December 1946 and let us understand the every keyword in the Preamble in detail first keyword is Sovereign Sovereign is
Nothing but free to conduct its own Affairs internal and external Affairs there is no Authority above India to regulate or control its Affairs the word sovereign indicates that the state has power and supreme control over the Affairs of the state in 1949 India had joined the Commonwealth of nations in
1955 India being as a member of Uno joining in Commonwealth of Nations or being as a member of Uno they don’t affect our sovereignty they are just extra constitutional arrangements with no liabilities India can walk out of them at any time next keyword is socialist which was added by the 42nd
Constitution Amendment act in the economic systems there are two types of economic systems capitalistic economy socialistic economy in the capitalistic economy traits are controlled by the private individuals and it is a market-driven economy in the capitalistic economy they completely run on profit and demand and Supply areas for example Reliance adani socialistic
Economy it has two systems Marxist socialism and Gandhi and socialism in the socialistic economy their means of Productions are owned and controlled by the state or by the community they are not driven for profits their means of Productions is to satisfy the population India follows a mix of capitalism and
Socialism they coexist each other India is a mix of Marxism and gandhian socialism but lean more towards the gandhian socialism India is a Democratic Socialist country what is democratic socialism government ownership and administration for the means of production and distribution of goods Democratic socialism aims to end poverty ignorance disease and inequality of
Opportunity Etc next keyword is secular to understand this word secular let us know different type of states there are three types of States atheist Theocratic and secular in the atheistic type of State there is no religion as a state religion for example North Korea in the Theocratic State there is a single
Religion as a state religion for example Pakistan in the secular kind of state there is no religion as a state religion there is a following of multiple religions there is a mix of religions in the secular kind of State for example in India in India there is a mix of
Multiple religions this kind of state is known as secular next keyword is democratic democracy is of two types direct and indirect it direct type of democracy is seen in Switzerland which has a systems of rrip RRP is nothing but referendum initiative recall and plebicide referendum which means legislature is referred to the people
Directly initiative it is a tool which people can initiate or propose a bill to the legislature for example there is a urgent need of funds in a particular area so the people will suggest to pass a money Bill to the legislature through the process of initiative recall is a
Method by which voters can call back their representatives if they fail to discharge their duties and plebicide method of obtaining opinion of the people on the important issues in the indirect form of democracy we the people choose MPS and mlas in turn they will choose their representatives this
Form of democracy is known as indirect form of democracy keyword is Republic Democratic polity can be classified into two categories Monarch and Republic in Monarch The Head of the State usually king or queen enjoys a hereditary position that he is coming into the office through the succession for
Example United Kingdom from the Queen Elizabeth 1 and to Queen Elizabeth II and to Prince Charles and so on and so forth in Republic the head of the state is indirectly acted by the people in India head of the state is president for the term of five years after five years
He need to exercise his power from the people indirectly next keyword is justice justice is classified into three types social justice economic Justice and political Justice in the social justice there should be equal treatment without discrimination of race religion Color cast and sex in the economic Justice there should be no
Discrimination on the basics of economic factors like wealth income and property in political Justice there should be equal political rights and equal voice in government to everyone next keyword is liberty liberty of thought expression belief faith and worship Liberties enforced through different fundamental rights for example Article 19 article 25
Article 19 gives us the freedom of speech and expression and article 25 gives us freedom of consent and free profession practice and propagation of religion Liberty means freedom for people to choose their way of life having political views and behavior in society Liberty does not means freedom
To do anything a person can do anything but within the limit set by the law this is about the word Liberty next keyword is equality absence of special privileges to any section of society there are three dimensions of equality civil political and economic civil equalities achieve it through article 14
Article 15 article 16 article 17 and article 18 Article 15 gives us equality before law and equal protection of laws and Article 15 gives us prohibition of discrimination on the grounds of religion race cash sex or place of birth and article 16 gives us equality of opportunity in the matter of public
Employment and article 17 gives us abolition of untouchability and article 18 gives us abolition of titles and these articles ensures this civil equality and political equality political equality is achieved through article 325 and article 326 and the economic equality is achieved through the article 39. next keyword is fraternity fraternity assuring the
Dignity of the individual and unity Integrity of nation Integrity which was added by the 42nd Constitution Amendment act fraternity gives two things number one Dignity of the individual and number two unity and integrity of nation fraternity means essence of Brotherhood the Constitution promotes this feeling of fraternity by the system of single
Citizenship and also through the fundamental duties fundamental Duties are described in the article 51a these are the three important cases which says that Preamble as a part of the Constitution number one in 1960 biruba reunion case in biruba Union case Supreme Court said that Preamble is not
A part of the Constitution due to more than one meaning and ambiguousness it also said that it shows the general purpose and number two in 1973 keshwan and the bharti case in Kesh one and the bharti case Supreme Court overruled its previous judgment and said that Preamble
Is a part of the Constitution and also forms the basic structure doctrine of the Constitution and number 3 in 1995 LIC of India case in LIC of India case Supreme Court said that Preamble is an integral part of the Constitution these are the three most important cases with regards to Preamble the common
Question here is amendability of Preamble yes it can be amended but it should not alter the basic structure of the Constitution Preamble is non-justiciable and neither a power nor a Prohibition of power to the legislature Preamble is non-justiciable which means we cannot approach any court if it is violated and it is not
Prohibiting any power given in our constitution it is just a summary of our constitution
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