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@article{210524,
        author = {ALOK NARAYAN SHARMA},
        title = {A Comparative Analysis of the Constitution of India and the United Kingdom},
        journal = {International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology},
        year = {2026},
        volume = {13},
        number = {6},
        pages = {1262-1270},
        issn = {2349-6002},
        url = {https://ijirt.org/article?manuscript=210524},
        abstract = {The below-given abstract outlines the comparative study contained in the file “India UK Constitution Comparison.pdf,” which focuses on comparing the constitutional designs of the Republic of India and the United Kingdom. Although both countries follow the Westminster parliamentary system of government, the two have different fundamental ideas when it comes to their constitutions. The constitution of the United Kingdom is uncodified and flexible, based on the idea of parliamentary sovereignty, while that of India is codified and rigid.
The text examines the way in which these divergent legal doctrines deal with issues such as executive-legislature relations, delegation of legislative powers, emergency provisions, privilege of parliament, and federalism. It compares the change in the nature of judicial review by the UK courts in recent years towards one that is concerned more with rights as opposed to common law limitations, with the wide powers of the Indian Supreme Court. The Indian courts enforce constitutional morality through PILs and the collegium system among other means.
Additionally, this is an analysis of legislative accountability and how both systems limit parliamentary immunity so as not to protect criminal behavior, although India faces the additional challenge of the reality of political influence in the office of the Speaker during the debate on defection issues. Overall, the study shows a trend towards convergence. This is seen as the UK system increasingly incorporates the aspects of legal constitutionalism in checking legislative powers, whereas India’s judicial system acts as a balance against the majoritarian tendencies.},
        keywords = {},
        month = {November},
        }