Q. Which of the following functions are served by the Constitution of India?
1. It serves as guide to the state to institute laws and policies to reduce poverty.
2. It provides a set of basic rules for coordination amongst members of a society.
3. It helps judiciary to decide the legality of the laws framed by the legislatures.
4. It helps in ensuring that people with good morals and values reach to power.
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
Exp) Option d is the correct answer.
Statement 1 is correct. The Constitution of India has a section called Directive Principles of State Policy. It is to ensure greater social and economic reforms, and to serve as a guide to the independent Indian State to institute laws and policies that help reduce the poverty of the masses.
Statement 2 is correct. The constitution provides set of basic rules that allows for minimal degree of coordination among the member of the society. Any law is made keeping in mind the bare minimum of order that is needed. Rest, it depends on the members of the society on how they relate to others and live in a harmonical manner.
Statement 3 is correct. Any law framed by the legislature must adhere to the fundamental law of land i.e., constitution. In case it is violative of any part of the constitution, judiciary can declare the law as null and void. Thus, the constitution helps judiciary to decide the legality of the laws.
Statement 4 is incorrect. The constitution provides only the sets and procedures on how the citizens are to be governed. Who governs them is the responsibility of the society. Constitution doesn’t deal with the personal values of the elected individuals. It is dealt by constitutional morality. As B R Ambedkar has said, A constitution is as good as those who are executing it.
