Indian Politics Questions

1st Schedule of the constitution of India has to be amended to provide for the formation of a new State. Articles 2, 3 and 4 enable parliament by law admit a new state, increase, decrease the area of any state.

The 8th amendment of the US constitution tells the government not to give excessive bail, nor fines , nor unusual punishments.

When our constitution came into act there were exactly 395 articles in 22 parts and 8 schedules.

At present there are :

- 448 articles in 25 parts

- 12 schedules

- 103 Amendments

- Appendices 5.

The Rule of Law states that a principle of governance in which all persons, institutions and entities, public and private, including the State itself, are accountable to laws that are publicly promulgated, equally enforced and independently adjudicated, and which are consistent with international human rights norms and standards.