Aneesh Singh, LL.M. (Corporate and Financial Law & Policy), Jindal Global Law School, Sonipat, Haryana
ABSTRACT
Federalism, as a system of governance, embodies the distribution of power between a central authority and constituent units, ensuring both autonomy and unity within a diverse polity. India's federalism emerged amidst a struggle for independence, resulting in a complex arrangement that balances the demands of a diverse populace with the imperatives of national unity. We analyse the growth of Indian and Australian federalism with time and space, knowing their shared past. Both India and Australia have been colonies to the British Empire at a certain stage and have struggled to get the freedom they enjoy now. After independence both the countries evolved into rich federal nation. Hence to commence with, the study firstly concentrates on understanding federalism as a political system and how the same benefits when adopted by a country. We further study the federal structure of India and its quasi-federal division of power. Moving on, we study the Australian federal structure, its unique features and how the division of powers has taken place in its political system. On understanding the same we make a comparative analysis between the two countries and their federal structure in the light of their colonial past. We find out the similarities and weigh out the differences of both the federal structures and make a rational argument to understand the growth aspects of both the federal regimes.
Keywords: Federalism, India, Australia, British rule, political structure.
