Question

Give two examples to support the following conclusion about the Indian Constitution:
The Constitution has distributed power in such a way as to make it difficult to subvert it.

Answer 1

• The Constitution has horizontally distributed power among different institutions of judiciary, legislature and executive and statutory bodies like the election commission. If one institution tries to exploit it, other institutions check it.

• The Constitution strikes a balance between the possibility of change and the limits placed upon the nature of changes that can be made. Thus, it is neither too rigid nor too flexible and survives as a living document that has the respect of the people.