The Working of the Indian Constitution

The Indian Constitution has held the country together for 75 years now. This volume demonstrates the Constitution is not a static document and has seen several amendments and interpretations over the years.

Auteur

Arghya Sengupta is Founder and Research Director, Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy, India's premier law and policy think-tank. His areas of research include constitutional law, administrative law and the regulation of the digital economy. He is the author of Independence and Accountability of the Indian Higher Judiciary (2019). He is currently working on a book that explores the origins of the Constitution of India (2023). Prior to founding Vidhi, he studied for his BCL and DPhil as a Rhodes Scholar, and was subsequently a Lecturer in Administrative Law at Pembroke College, Oxford University.

Omita Goyal is presently Chief Editor of the IIC Quarterly, Journal of the India International Centre. She started her career in the voluntary sector with the Indian Social Institute, New Delhi. Shortly thereafter, she moved into academic publishing where she has spent close to 40 years. She worked at SAGE Publications India Pvt. Ltd. for 20 years, leaving as General Manager. She took time off to work as a freelance editor for SAGE and other institutions, such as the World Bank, UNICEF, UNDP, Voluntary Health Association of India, Centre for Women's Development Studies, WHO, Institute of Social Studies. The Hague and TERI. In 2005, she was invited by Taylor and Francis to start a social science programme under their social science and humanities imprint, Routledge, as Publishing Director.