constitution development Flashcards
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Salient Features of Govt of India Act 1935
Establishment of Federal Polity, Introduction of central diarchy, grant of provincial autonomy, expanded powers for the viceroy and provincial governors, Creation of New Federal-Level Institutions, Territorial Separation of Burma, Clear Rules for Princely States to Join the Federation, Three-Way Split of Law-Making Powers, with the Centre Supreme
Background of objective resolution 1949
Objectives Resolution is one of the most important documents in the constitutional history of Pakistan. It was passed by the first Constituent Assembly on 12th March 1949 under the leadership of Liaquat Ali Khan. The Objectives Resolution is one of the most important and illuminating documents in the constitutional history of Pakistan. It laid down the objectives on which the future constitution of the country was to be based and it proved to be the foundational stone of the constitutional development in Pakistan. The most significant thing was that it contained the basic principles of both the Islamic political system and Western Democracy. Its importance can be ascertained from the fact that it served as a preamble for the constitution of 1956, 1962, and 1973 and ultimately became part of the Constitution when the Eighth Amendment in the Constitution of 1973 was passed in 1985.
Objective Resolution was presented in the Constituent Assembly by Liaquat Ali Khan on March 7, 1949, and was debated for five days by the members from both the treasury and opposition benches. The resolution was ultimately passed on March 12.
Main features of Objective Resolution
i. The sovereignty of the entire Universe belongs to Allah alone
ii. Authority should be delegated to the State through its people under the rules set by Allah
iii. The Constitution of Pakistan should be framed by the Constituent Assembly
iv. The state should exercise its powers through the chosen representatives
v. Principles of democracy, freedom, equality, tolerance, and social justice, as inshore by Islam should be followed
vi. Muslims shall live their lives according to the teaching of the Quran and Sunnah
vii. Minorities can freely profess and practice their religion.
viii. There should be a federal form of government with the maximum autonomy for the Units
ix. Fundamental rights including equality of status, of opportunity and before law, social, economic, and political justice, and freedom of thought, expression, belief, faith, worship, and association, subject to the law and public morality should be given to all the citizens of the state.
x. It would be the duty of the state to safeguard the interests of minorities, backward and depressed classes.
xi. Independence of judiciary should be guaranteed
xii. The integrity of the territory and sovereignty of the country was to be safeguarded
xiii. The people of Pakistan may prosper and attain their rightful and honored place amongst the nations of the world and make their full contribution towards international peace and progress and happiness of humanity.
Who opposed Objective resolution?
Prem Hari, Sris Chandra Chattopadhyaya, Chandra Mandal, Kumar Datta, Mian Muhammad Iftikharuddin
Who supported objective resolution?
Objectives Resolution was strongly supported by Prof. Ishtiaq Husain Qureshi, Maulana Shabbir Ahmad Osmani, Sardar Abdur Rab Khan Nishter, Mr Nur Ahmad, Begam Shaista Suharwardy Ikramullah, Dr Mohammad Husain, and others
