It is the Soul of Constitution
● The Preamble of the constitution of India is a brief introductory statement that sets out the guiding purpose,principles and philosophy of the Constitution.
● The ideals behind the Preamble to India's Constitution were laid down by Jawahar Lal Nehru objective Resolution,adopted by the Constituent Assembly on January 22,1947.
● It indicates the source from which it derive its authority, meaning. The People. It was adopted on 26 November 1949 by the Constituent Assembly of India and came into effect on 26th January 1950.
● Preamble as the " Identity card of the Constitution " - N.A Pallehelwala.
Preamble gives an idea about the following
1. Source of the Constitution
The people of India. The phrase " we the people of India " emphasizes that the Constitution is made by and for the Indian people and not given to them by any outside power.
2. Nature of Indian State
Sovereign:- Indian is internally and externally Sovereign externally free from the control of any foreign power and internally it has a free government which is directly elected by the people and makes laws that govern the people. No external power can dictate the government of India.
Socialist :- "Socialism" as an economic philosophy where means of production and distribution are owned by the state. India adopted mixed Economy, where apart from the state there will be private production too. Socialism as a social philosophy stresses more on societal equality. It was added in the Preamble by 42th Amendment 1976.
Secular :- Features Of secularism as envisaged in the Preamble is to mean that the state well have no religion of its own and all persons will be equally entitled to the freedom of conscience and the right freely to profess,practice and propagate the religion of their choice. It was incorporated in the Preamble by 42th Constitutional Amendment 1976.
Democratic:- Indicates that the constitution has established a from of Government which gets its authority from the will of the people. The rulers are elected by the people and are responsible to them.
Republic:- The term indicates that the head of the state is elected by the people. In India,the president of India is the elected head of the state, and his tenure is for 5 years.
Objective of Indian States