Architecture of Democratic Governance: An Analysis of Key Features of the Constitution of India

The article analyses the Constitution of India as a philosophical framework for self-governance in a democratic system within an exponentially and increasingly diverse society, rather than merely a legal document. Beginning with the debates within the Constituent Assembly and following Ambedkar’s idea of linking political and social democracy, it examines how certain structural decisions reflected the aspirations and concerns of the State. It examines the clash and subsequent reconciliation of the Directive Principles of State Policy and Fundamental Rights, the development of the scope of Article 21 of Constitution as a result of the Indian courts’ interpretations and the courts’ function in Indian constitutionalism in the spaces of legislative inaction. It discusses the maintenance of the rights of dignity and equality and the distribution of power in India. Every Indian generation has the right to fight for these rights; these rights should not be taken for granted.