🧠 Salient Features of the Indian Constitution
(Think: “S.P.I.C.Y. F.A.R.L.A.W. ” — like a flavorful Indian dish!)
Letter Feature Key Highlights Emoji Mnemonic S Sovereignty resides in the people 👥 Power lies with We, the People 🇮🇳👑 P Parliamentary Government 🏛 Executive accountable to legislature 🧑⚖️📜 I Integrated & Independent Judiciary ⚖️ One system, top-to-bottom 🏛🔗 C Complex yet Comprehensive (Lawyer’s Paradise) 📚 Dense legal framework invites litigation 🧑⚖️📖 Y Yet Flexible & Rigid 🔐+🔓 Some parts need 2/3rd vote, others simple majority 🧩
Letter Feature Key Highlights Emoji Mnemonic F Federal with Unitary Tilt 🧭 Powers divided but Centre holds sway in emergencies ⚖️🏢 A Affirmative Action ✊ Reservations for SCs, STs, OBCs 🧑🏾🤝🧑🏼🎓 R Revolutionary 🚀 From colonialism to democracy, equality, and secularism 🔄🌈 L Longest Written Constitution 📘 448 Articles, 12 Schedules 📏📝 A Administrative Uniformity 🧾 All India Services, Single Judiciary 🧑💼🗂 W World Inspired 🌍 U.S., U.K., Australia, GOI Act 1935 🧭 Powers divided, but Centre holds sway in emergencies
🧩 Significant Provisions of the Constitution
(Use the acronym: “PRIDEFUL JUDGES HELP SECURE EQUALITY” )
Element Provision Details Emoji Mnemonic P Preamble 🇮🇳 Sovereign, Socialist, Secular, Democratic, Republic 🔑📜 R Rights (Fundamental) 6 Golden Rights (Equality to Remedies) 🛡👩⚖️ I Independent Judiciary 🏛 From Supreme to Subordinate Courts ⚖️🔗 D Duties (Fundamental) 🚸 11 duties (Art 51A) after 42nd Amendment 🧑⚖️🧹 E Emergency Provisions 🚨 National, State, Financial Emergencies (Art 352–360) 🔴
Element Provision Details Emoji Mnemonic F Federalism (with Unitary Traits) 🌐 Union of States + Central Supremacy 🗺⚖️ U Universal Adult Franchise 🗳 Every citizen 18+ can vote 👥🗳 L Local Self-Government 🏡 Panchayati Raj & Municipalities (73rd & 74th Amendments) 🏘⚙️
Element Provision Details Emoji Mnemonic J Justice System (Unified) 👩⚖️ One Integrated Court System ⚖️📚 H High Focus on Scheduled Areas 🌄 Fifth & Sixth Schedules for NE & Tribal areas 🌿🛡 S Single Citizenship 🆔 One nation, one identity 🧾🌏 E Equality & Welfare (Directive Principles) 🧑🌾 Not enforceable, but fundamental 💡🧭
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