Nikita Chhabra & Rahul Kashyap, Centre for Legal Studies, GIBS (IP University), Rohini, New Delhi
ABSTRACT
When the constitutional representatives and the elected government take their offices, they take an oath to uphold the constitution and to bear loyalty toward the constitution. By taking an oath not only to uphold the written provisions but they also assure to obey and respect the unwritten principles of the constitution. Thus, they are expected of them that they not only consider and follow the constitution but also the concepts like constitutionalism, constitutional supremacy, constitutional trust, and constitutional objectivity. The principle of constitutional objectivity has been explained in the paper by understanding the relationship between all the said concepts in a constitution. This paper attempts to extract the meaning of constitutional objectivity while explaining how it is to be used by the constitutional functionaries to reach a decision that aligns with provisions of the constitution.
Keywords: Constitutionalism, Constitutional Supremacy, Constitutional Governance, Checks and Balance, Constitutional Trust, Constitutional Objectivity.
