Pillars of Indian constitution

A small digression from the earlier post on the different ideologies. Lately I have being doing a lot reading on the various fundamental aspects of Indian constitution, this is mainly inspired by my quest to understand the very stratum of the Indian constitution.

As many might know I pursue a doctorate degree and one should not misunderstand that doctorate degree is a kind of advanced research on a particular topic rather it is during this time the doctorate student revisits the fundamental question which many of us take for granted. In the due course of this enlightenment it might so happen there might be a new path in solving a problem and with this people earn there degree (hopefully).

I made this anecdote to justify my quest to understand the fundamental pillars of the Indian society. It is based on this learning ; I write my below observations.

Many of us would have underwent a not so rigorous course on civics in the early part of their school days. In this many would have learnt that Indian government is based on three pillars namely the executive, legislature and the Judiciary. I learnt this in my class too but never thought about its respective functions for I wasn't aware of its importance. But once after the time I was interested in pursuing my carrier in civil services I pondered over these topics and asked the question which seemed very fundamental to me, like what are functions of a MLA, an IAS officer, a local councillor and ofcourse the MP. (Though I didn't walk in the direction of the civil service which is a totally different topic :D )

Legislature: One who enacts the law.

Executive: One who implements the law.

Judiciary: One who upholds the law.

Now, for example an IAS officer comes under the executive thus his functions are to implement the law enacted in the assembly, like say, our MLA (a legislator) says Jodha Akbar should not be screened, then the IAS with his coterie maintains it. If in case the theatre owner doesn't follow the rules one can get an order from the court (namely the Judiciary) and the law takes its due course.

The beauty of this model is no one is the boss, ideally they have their own boundaries and each is not allowed to encroach upon one another. These three equally powerful pillars is the most fundamental aspect of the Indian constitution. It is because of these three powerful structure(rather division of powers) India is still a democratic country unlike other countries in the Indian sub-continent which are either anarchic or oligarchic. So in summary, we are greatly indebted to the intellectuals who wrote the Constitution.