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ourselves a very plain question— why our Forefathers
departed from the stage of not having a constitution
to having a ‘written’ constitution? The irresistible
and
obvious
answer
Forefathers
wanted
exercise
all
of
to
to
powers
this
question
establish
and
a
authority
is
State
are
our
where
clearly
stated in a sacred inviolable document and whoever
exercises
whatever
powers
in
the
State
must
not
exceed his limit as it is already defined in the
constitution.
This
restriction”.
Having
is
a
what
I
call
‘written’
a
“balanced
constitution
is
nothing but having a power to exercise, but that
power is essentially restricted in the sense that it
is not unfettered or unlimited, and it is balanced in
the sense that while exercising that power, all State
organs shall not work in isolation rather they will
combine
their
efforts
together
so
that
maximum
benefits to the people are ensured.
Exercising power under a written constitution is
as if working with a jigsaw puzzle.
puzzle
that
requires
shaped
interlocking
the
and
assembly
This is a tiling
of
tessellated
often
oddly
pieces.
Each