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ART. 1(3)(c) THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA 23
Departmental Enquiries and Judicial Review — State Bank of Bikaner and Jaipur v Nemichand Nalwaya, AIR 2011 SC 1931 : (2011)4 SCC 584 : 2011 AIR SCW 2583.
B.C. Chaturvedi v Union of India and Others, AIR 1996 SC 484 : 1996-I-LLJ-1231 (SC) : (1995)6 SCC 749.
The High Court of Judicature at Bombay v Shashikant S. Patil and Another, AIR 2000 SC 22 : (2000)1 SCC 416.
Bank of India and Another v Degala Suryanarayana, AIR 1999 SC 2407 : 1999-II-LLJ-682 (SC) : (1999)5 SCC 762.
Doctrine of Separation of Powers Discussed — Union of India v Madras Bar Association, (2010)11 SCC 1 : (2010)156 Comp. Cas. 392 (SC).
Bhim Singh v Union of India and Others, (2010)5 SCC 538 : 2010 AIR SCW 3510.
Independence of Judiciary — A.K. Behera v Union of India, (2010)11 SCC 322 : (2011)1 SCC (L and S) 101.
PART I
THE UNION AND ITS TERRITORY
1. Name and Territory of the Union.—(1) India, that is Bharat, shall be a Union of States.
1[(2) The States and the Territories thereof shall be as specified in the First Schedule.]
1. 2.
(3) The Territory of India shall comprise— (a) the Territories of the States;
2[(b) the Union Territories specified in the First Schedule; and] (c) such other Territories as may be acquired.
COMMENTS
According to Article 1, India is a Union of States which means a federation of States. (State of W.B. v Committee for Protection of Democratic Rights, West Bengal, AIR 2010 SC 1476 : (2010)3 SCC 571 : 2010 AIR SCW 1829 : (2010)2 SCC (Cri.) 401).
The Constitution is a living and organic document. It cannot remain static and must grow with the nation. The Constitutional provisions have to be construed broadly and liberally having regard to the changed circumstances and the needs of time and polity. (State of W.B. v Committee for Protection of Democratic Rights, West Bengal, AIR 2010 SC 1476 : (2010)3 SCC 571 : 2010 AIR SCW 1829 : (2010)2 SCC (Cri.) 401; M. Nagaraj and Others v Union of India and Others, 2006(6) Kar. L.J. 529 (SC), AIR 2007 SC 71 : (2006)8 SCC 212).
Clause (2) substituted by the Constitution (Seventh Amendment) Act, 1956, w.e.f. 1-11-1956
Sub-clause (b) substituted by the Constitution (Seventh Amendment) Act, 1956, w.e.f. 1-11-1956
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