01-21-2007, 02:27 PM
56 years have passed since the Constitution of India was enforced. The world has changed and India has also undergone transformation. While enforcing the provisions of the Constitution certain gray areas have come to the notice of the decision makers, at the same time we have seen political parties in power trying to circumvent the provisions of the Constitution. For effective running of the administrative, judicial and legislative machinery of this big and complex country it is necessary to have Rules, Regulations and guidelines in great detail to face all expected and unexpected contingencies and situations. Time and again we have also seen a showdown or confrontation between the judiciary and legislature.
In view of the reasons above, it is not in appropriate to go in for a review of the present Constitutional provisions and to make the new provisions or amended provisions acceptable to all concerned, should be put to referendum. However, given the fragmented and divergent political scene in present day India this is not an easy task to fulfill. At present, the regional political parties have a considerable say in view of they being members of one coalition or the other. There is no major political party in the country that can say that it has an all India standing in the same scale as some of the parties had in the early 1950s.Given this situation, divergent regional political interests are bound to make the Constitutional review process a very difficult and complex task.
In view of the reasons above, it is not in appropriate to go in for a review of the present Constitutional provisions and to make the new provisions or amended provisions acceptable to all concerned, should be put to referendum. However, given the fragmented and divergent political scene in present day India this is not an easy task to fulfill. At present, the regional political parties have a considerable say in view of they being members of one coalition or the other. There is no major political party in the country that can say that it has an all India standing in the same scale as some of the parties had in the early 1950s.Given this situation, divergent regional political interests are bound to make the Constitutional review process a very difficult and complex task.