Story Of Indian Federalism

Garima Raman, LLM, National University of Study and Research in Law (2021)

ABSTRACT:

When constitution makers met in 1946, they were not starting with a clean slate. The antecedents of what shaped India laid in her experience in the 3-4 decades before independence. In the contemporary era no country is completely federal or unitary, they are a hybrid of both. Thus, India has been given many labels, in this paper I have tried to explore those labels. We are a diverse nation, to maintain the unity with diversity a balance has to be struck so that the centre is not that weak which can lead to breaking up of the Country, but at the same time diversity has to be cultivated. Before delving into Judicial Pronouncements, I discussed why federalism is important for our Country’s story. Finally, I explore the judicial pronouncements and how they describe the Indian polity.

Keywords: Indian Federalism, S.R. Bommai, Judicial Interpretation