Important Indian Polity & Constitution One-Liners

✅In judicial activism, judicial power is exercised by judges in favour of progressive social policies calling for social engineering, by departing from the principle of strict adherence to a judicial precedent. It is meant to protect or expand individual rights and therefore, also referred as the process of lawmaking by judges.

✅H.N. Kunzru opined that ‘the emergency financial provisions pose a serious threat to the financial autonomy of the States.’ He was serving in various legislative bodies at the provincial and central level for nearly four decades.

✅There are only two qualifications for the appointment of a person as a Governor- 1. He should be a citizen of India. 2. He should have completed the age of 35 years.

✅Article 164 of the Constitution of India states that the council of ministers shall be collectively responsible to the legislative assembly of the state. This provision in the Indian Constitution is the foundation of the parliamentary system of government in the state.

✅The state legislative council can only discuss the budget but cannot vote on the demands for grants. Voting on demand for grants is the exclusive privilege of the assembly.

✅Andaman & Nicobar Islands of India come under the territorial jurisdiction of Calcutta High Court. Chandigarh Comes under the jurisdiction of Punjab & Haryana High Court. Delhi has its own High Court.

✅The governor of a state is empowered to organise and re-organise the autonomous districts. He can also increase or decrease the areas of autonomous districts or change their names or define their boundaries and so on.

✅NGT is a specialised body set up under the National Green Tribunal Act of the year 2010. It was set up for effective and expeditious disposal of cases relating to environmental protection and conservation of forests and other natural resources.

✅The Article 280 of the Constitution of India provides for a Finance Commission as a quasi judicial body. The Constitution empowers the Parliament of India to determine the qualifications of members of the commission and the manner in which they should be selected.

✅The Finance Commission makes recommendation about the distribution of the net proceeds of taxes to be shared between the Centre and the states, and the allocation between the states of the respective shares of such proceeds.

✅The Election Commission of India performs the function of notifying the dates and schedules of elections and it also scrutinises the nomination papers.

✅Goswami committee was appointed in the year 1990. The committee recommended for a time limit for bye elections. It also recommended for a check on advertisements on new papers and strengthening of the Election Commission of India.