Q. Consider the following statements:
1. Under Indian federal system, the State governments are subordinate to the Central Government.
2. The term ‘Union’ for Indian federal system has been taken from the Russian Constitution.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Answer: D
Notes:
Exp) Option d is the correct answer.
Statement 1 is incorrect. Under Indian federal system, the State governments are not subordinate to the Central Government. In Bommai case (1994), the Supreme Court laid down that the Constitution is federal and characterised federalism as its ‘basic feature’. It said “the states have an independent constitutional existence. They are not satellites or agents of the Centre. Within the sphere allotted to them, the states are supreme.”.
Statement 2 is incorrect. The Indian federal system is based on the Canadian model.
