or a single institution as it may lead to abuse of power by few or one institution. One method that may be incorporated to address this issue is to divide powers among different organs in a balanced way. The Indian Constitution separates the power horizontally amongst institutions like the legislature, executive and judiciary. Indian Constitution is not too rigid and not too flexible, which is evident from the restrictions and flexibility in the name of the basic structure of constitution and amending provisions respectively.
A well-drafted constitution will maintain the core values and will also adapt itself to changing environment. The Indian Constitution balanced the possibility to not only change the provisions but also limits on such changes. The framers of the Indian Constitution had ensured that it would survive during the test of times. Making of Indian Constitution The members of Constituent Assembly drafted the Indian Constitution.
The Constituent Assembly held its first meeting on th December and re- assembled after partition of Pakistan as Constituent Assembly for the remaining India on 14th August . The members of the Provincial Legislative Assemblies indirectly elected the members of the Constitutent Assembly. The Constituent Assembly was composed of members along the lines suggested by the plan proposed by the Committee of the British Cabinet, also known as the Cabinet Mission. (February : some members of the Drafting Committee of the Constituent Assembly of India: (seated from left) N.
Madhava Rao, Saiyid Muhammad Saadulla, Dr. B. R. Ambedkar, Sir Alladi Krishnaswamy Ayyar and Sir B.
N. Rao. Also in the Picture are (Standing from Left) S.N. Mukherjee.
Jugal Kishore Khanna and Kewal Krishnan) According to this plan provinces and princely states or group of states were allotted seats proportional to their respective population roughly in the ratio of : million. The provinces were to elect members while the princely states were to send a minimum of seats. The seats of each province were distributed among three main communities, namely, the Hindus, Muslims, and Sikhs, in proportion to their respective populations in their