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Judicial Review

India is a democratic country that is headed by the president of India. Along with this, the government is led by the prime minister of India. Judicial review is the power of the court of the country to take and identify the actions of the legislative, executive, and administrative department of the government to determine actions that maintain the proper consistency.

The constitution of India derives the federal system to rule the country. The power of the supreme court is a judicial review and have the authority to declare any legislative and administrative verdict of the constitutions. The government in India is selected by the public through transparent voting processes. Judicial reviews are governed by the principle of procedure established by laws based on the article 21 constitutions. On the other hand, the constitution of India consists of 395 articles that are divided into 22 different parts. 

Governing Structure

Central 

India is governed by a federal system that is divided into two different parts. In this regard, the central government is responsible to derive governance across the country and in individual 8 Union Territories (UT). Along with this, the state authorities are liable to derive their governance in the 28 different states within the country. Furthermore, the government changes rules and regulations and derives laws for the people through the upper and lower house. 

Upper House

The members of the mentioned house are selected by the elected members of the individual states’ assembly. The house is officially designated as the upper house but has a restricted power rather than the lower house of constitutions. The participation of the members from individual states can differ as per the state population and assembly seats. Along with this, 245 seats are reserved for the members in the upper house while 237 seats have been occupied in the recent time and 8 seats are vacant. The concerned house is led by the vice-president of India

Lower House

The people of India voted for the members and selected them to sit in this house. Along with this, there are a total of 543 seats in this house that are all selected by the people through the democratic system. In this context, 55.54% of the seats are occupied by the Bharatiya Janata Party that has 301 members in the upper house. The number of seats for different states is divided based on their population. Moreover, the house is led by the speaker of the mentioned house

State governing

State

The states of India are governed by the help of two different houses. Along with this, certain states hold two houses in their state as Legislative council and Legislative Assembly

Legislative Assembly

The mentioned assembly consists of the members that are directly voted by the public of individual states. Legislative Assembly where laws are actually formed and ready for the processing based on all items which parliament cannot legislate. Furthermore, this house is derived as the lower house in the central government of India.

Legislative Council

The concerned council contains the members that are selected by the teachers, graduates and the legislative members of the mentioned state. Lower house of the constitutions where the council has both of the responsibilities of executive and legislative elected by the court of directors.

Judicial System

The judicial system of India is derived and integrated within a single system. Along with this, the judiciaries of India are divided into superior and subordinate judiciary systems. In this regard, the supreme and high courts are considered as the superior judiciary system while the individual lower courts are derived as the subordinate judiciary. In India the judicial system follows a common laws system based on the recorded judicial precedents that were basically inherited by the British colonial party. India comprises supreme courts and high courts and subordinate court districts to interpret the laws based on the respective cases.

Supreme Court of India

The mentioned court is considered superior to other existing courts in India. Furthermore, the concerned court is sitting in the capital of India, New Delhi. Along with this, it is the only one in the whole country and is led by the chief justice of India

High Court of India

The above-mentioned court is also considered as the superior court while it works under the supreme court of India. Along with this, there are 25 high courts across the country that are liable to derive their responsibilities regarding the constitution of India. 

Lower Court of India

The lower court of India is considered as the district court as people of India primarily approach it regarding their issues. Along with this, the mentioned court derives its role in the jurisdiction at the district level. Lower courts were basically trial courts  or intermediate appeal court that issued decisions and reviewed the cases primarily that the prosecutor reviewed the case further in high court and at the end supreme court.

Constitution

The Constitution of India is derived as superior to the government and judicial system of India. Along with this, the constitution derives specific facilities and authorities from the people of India. In this regard, the government is formed to provide the essential factor to the people that are derived in the constitution. Furthermore, the judicial system is formed to monitor the violation of derived factors in the constitution. Article 14 of the Indian constitution derives equality before the law to individual people of the country. On the other hand, Article 15 is derived from the constitution regarding the protection of people’s rights. In this context, a person cannot be discriminated against based on their cast, culture, sex and religion. On the other hand, Article 16 of the Indian constitution derives equality regarding an employment opportunity.

Conclusion

The study concludes the overall political structure of India while deriving the federal system. Along with this, the federal system of India is divided into two parts central and state. Furthermore, the upper and lower house plays an important role in the central government. Moreover, the legislative council and assembly are also mentioned regarding state federalism. On the other hand, the judicial system of India along with the constitutional rights of people is concluded.