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Outline of the legal environment in India

10.1.1 The constitutional structure of India

The Constitution of India lays foundation to the new Indian renaissance. It is an elaborate written grund norm comprising of 441 articles and 12 Schedules,1 which act(s) as the fundamental law of the land. The conscience of the Constitution of India speaks through its preamble,2 and its subtleties are defined in Article 38.3 The preamble is a solemn resolution by the people of India to create a sovereign, socialist, secular, democratic republic, and to secure certain indispensable rights to ‘all its citizens’.