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  Politics of India - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Politics of India takes place in a framework of a federal parliamentary representative democratic republic, whereby the Prime Minister of India is the head of government, and of a pluriform multi-party system.
According to its constitution, India is a "sovereign socialist secular democratic republic." India is said to be the largest nation on Earth with a democratically-elected government.
India's bicameral parliament (also known as the Sansad) consists of the Rajya Sabha (Council of States) and the Lok Sabha (House of the People).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Politics_of_India   (1364 words)

  
 Prime Minister of India - Voyager, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The Prime Minister is technically outranked by the President of India, but because the President's duties are largely ceremonial, the Prime Minister has effective responsibility for government.
India follows a parliamentary system of government, which is modelled after that of the United Kingdom.
The official residence of the Prime Minister of India is 7 Race Course Road.
www.voyager.in /Prime_Minister_of_India   (613 words)

  
 JAH Roundtable   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
When people's rights groups demanded the opening of a national assembly, they hoped the assembly would make it its first task to agree on a constitution and submit it to the emperor for approval.
For a while, there was vigorous debate between those who defended the idea that the emperor as the sovereign could exercise constituent power for the nation and their opponents who argued that the people should have a substantial voice in the making of the national compact to bind both the government and the people.
Suzuki admired the democratic draft constitutions proposed by the people's rights groups of the 1880s, with which he was familiar as a constitutional historian, and he adopted some items from them.
www.chnm.gmu.edu /declaration/japanese/aruga2.html   (9917 words)

  
 The Rise of an Illiberal Democracy in India: A Case-Study of the Crisis in Punjab by Sikh Genocide Project   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The issue being of fundamental constitutional importance, the Chief Justice, S.S. Sandhawalia admitted the long pending petition and announced the constitution of a Full Bench, with himself as Chairman, for the hearing of the case on the following Monday, the 25th November, 1983.
The amendment allowed for the suspension of the rights to life and liberty, habeas corpus, freedoms of speech and association, and the guarantee of fundamental rights.
The Indian constitution’s classification of Sikhs as “Hindu”, the suppression of Sikhs’ human rights by the state, government’s economic policies in relation to Punjab and diversion of Punjab’s river waters to bordering Hindu-dominated, non-riparian states are other important contributing factors in the conflict.
www.sikhgenocide.org /background.htm   (9962 words)

  
 News Digest
RAMAPUAN, India, APRIL 30, 2006 :Father Augustine Thevarparampil, known as the apostle of the untouchables, was beatified in Ramapuan, India.
Arrangements for the visit of Pope John Paul II to India’s capital New Delhi (Nov. 6-7) in connection with the conclusion of the ASIAN BISHOPS’ SYNOD have been finalised by the CBCI and the Delhi Archdiocese under the leadership of Archbishop Alan De Lastic, according to reliable sources.
Earlier it was reported that the present government at New Delhi was not in favour of the Pope's visit to India and that citing the Kargil situation and the forthoming Parliamentary elections in the country permission was denied.
www.indianchristianity.com /html/NewsDigest.htm   (8052 words)

  
 Peter Suber, Paradox of Self-Amendment, Bibliography
Coudert, Frederic R., "Judicial Constitutional Amendment as Illustrated by the Devolution of the Institution of the Jury from a Fundamental Right to a Mere Method of Procedure," Yale Law Journal, 13 (1904) 331-65.
Moskowitz, Moses, "Is the U.N.'s Bill of Human Rights Dangerous?: A Reply to President Holman," American Bar Association Journal, 35 (1949) 283-88, 358-59.
Subbarao, G.C.V., "Fundamental Rights in India versus Power to Amend the Constitution," Texas International Law Forum, 4 (1968) 291-339.
www.earlham.edu /~peters/writing/psa/biblio.htm   (9718 words)

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