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SOURCES OF THE INDIAN CONSTITUTION
Our constitution has features taken from the Government of India Act, 1935. Those features are:
Federal Scheme
Office of governor
Judiciary
Public Service Commissions
Emergency provisions
Administrative details
Other borrowed provisions from different countries and details of those are given in the table below –
Australia
Concurrent list
Freedom of trade, commerce and intercourse
Joint-sitting of the two Houses of Parliament
Canada
Federation with a strong Centre
Vesting of residuary powers in the Centre
Appointment of state governors by the Centre
Advisory jurisdiction of the Supreme Court
Ireland
Directive Principles of State Policy
Nomination of members to Rajya Sabha
Method of election of the president
Japan
Procedure Established by law
Soviet Union (USSR)
Fundamental duties
Ideal of justice (social, economic and political) in the Preamble
UK
Parliamentary government
Rule of Law
Legislative procedure
Single Citizenship
Cabinet system
Prerogative writs
Parliamentary privileges
Bicameralism
US
Fundamental rights
Independence of judiciary
Judicial review
Impeachment of the president
Removal of Supreme Court and High Court judges
Post of vice-president
Germany (Weimar)
Suspension of Fundamental Rights during emergency
South Africa
Procedure for amendment in the Indian Constitution
Election of members of Rajya Sabha
France
Republic
Ideals of liberty, equality and fraternity in the Preamble
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