Introduction of the Parliamentary System

The Parliament of India is the supreme legislative body. India has a bicameral legislature that consists of two houses. The first one is the Lok Sabha which is the house of people and the other one is the Rajya Sabha, which is the council of states. The Parliament has the strength of accommodating 543 Lok Sabha members and 245 Rajya Sabha members among them 12 nominees who represent expertise such as sports, entertainment, art, literature, science, etc. The parliament mainly comprises the president, the Lok Sabha, and the Rajya Sabha. Here the president of India has the power to call off and suspend the house of parliament or dissolve the Lok Sabha. However, this can be done by the President of India on the advice of the prime minister and his council of ministers. In the next part, you will get to know about the beginning of Parliamentary Control in India 

The Beginning of Parliamentary Control in India 

In this part, let’s know about the origin and beginning of Parliamentary Control in India. So, during British rule, India had a legislative body that was the imperial legislative council, which was created by the Britishers in 1861 under Indian council act, 1861. But this act later was banned by the political leaders of India soon after India got Independence in the year 1947. But when the members of the Constituent assembly were framing the constitution of India, they felt that the country would need parliamentary control to support democracy in a country and also to run the country smoothly. Therefore, the Constituent assembly members incorporated three organs: judiciary, executive, and Legislature or the Parliament. This was how Parliamentary Control began in India. 

The Parliamentary System of India 

This part will show the Parliamentary System of India briefly. The Parliament is the most important organ of the Indian Constitution and it is the most important factor of Indian Democracy. The Indian parliament is said to be the pride of every Indian Citizen. India has a bicameral legislature where there are two houses, the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha. The Parliament comprises mainly three bodies: the Lok Sabha, the Rajya Sabha, and the president of India.   A bill is first proposed in the houses of parliament then if it gets approval from them it goes to the president of India for its approval as soon as the president approves the bill it immediately becomes an act of the parliament. This is how a bill becomes acted and therefore this is the main function of the Parliament of India. The parliament of India is seated in Sansad Bhavan, New Delhi. This place was constructed by Herbert Baker and Edwin Lutyens during British rule. The Parliament House or Sansad Bhavan involves a central house that has a cabin for Lok Sabha, and Rajya Sabha, and a library hall is also there. 

Parliamentary Sovereignty in India 

This part will mainly deal with Parliamentary Sovereignty in India. Parliamentary Sovereignty is usually the constitutional law of a few parliamentary democratic Countries. It generally states that if a country is parliamentary sovereignty, then the other organs of the nation like the judiciary and executive are less powerful than the Parliament of that country and the Parliament of the country is superior then the judiciary and executive of that country. But in some countries, the Parliament might have less or changes in the division of powers among the organs, which states that they don’t work according to any written law or Constitution their powers may change anytime. But if we talk about India then, India has Constitutional sovereignty over Parliamentary Sovereignty. Where the Parliament is not superior, every organ has been provided with equal power and responsibilities and it solely works on the written Constitution. 

Conclusion 

This article was a complete explanation of the Parliamentary System of India. This article briefly showed the beginning of Parliamentary Control in India. It also gave a brief note on the Parliamentary System of India. Introduction to Parliamentary System is a very important Concept of Modern India -Indian National Movement subject and questions often from this Concept not only come in the board examinations but they also do come in competitive exams like UPSC examinations.