Political Science · Political Institutions in India
UGC NET January 2025 Political Science
Concurrent List of the Indian Constitution have been borrowed form:
AAmerican Constitution
BIrish Constitution
CCanadian Constitution
DAustralian Constitution ✓ Correct
Correct answer: (D) Australian Constitution — The Concurrent List of the Indian Constitution was borrowed from the Australian Constitution, which is option (4).
Explanation
★The Concurrent List of the Indian Constitution was borrowed from the Australian Constitution, which is option (4).
★The Concurrent List allows both the Union and the State legislatures to make laws on the same set of subjects.
★It covers matters of common interest such as criminal law, marriage, contracts, education and forests.
★In case of a conflict between a Union law and a State law on a Concurrent subject, the Union law prevails.
★This idea of a shared list of subjects was drawn from the federal scheme of Australia.
★The three legislative lists, namely Union, State and Concurrent, appear in the Seventh Schedule of the Constitution.
★The Indian Constitution famously borrowed different features from many constitutions around the world.
★From the British model came parliamentary government, the rule of law and single citizenship.
★From the American Constitution came fundamental rights, judicial review and the independence of the judiciary.
★From the Irish Constitution came the Directive Principles of State Policy.
★From the Canadian Constitution came a strong centre and the federal scheme with residuary powers at the Centre.
★From Australia came the Concurrent List, the freedom of trade and commerce, and the joint sitting of the two houses.
★The option American Constitution is wrong, since fundamental rights and judicial review, not the Concurrent List, came from there.
★The options Irish and Canadian Constitutions are wrong, since they gave the Directive Principles and the strong centre respectively.
★For NET, fix the Concurrent List, trade and commerce provisions, and joint sittings as features borrowed from the Australian Constitution.
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