Question -
Answer -
It is necessary for a country to have a clear demarcation of powers and responsibilities
in the constitution because:
- To ensure that no single institution acquires monopoly of power.
- In case of transgressions, it may be checked by one of the institutions.
- To specify who plays important role in decision-making powers.
- It shows how government would be constituted.
- It lays down some limits on the government and citizens both which are fundamental in nature which should not to be trespassed by government and citizens.
- The Constitution shows how organs of government are interrelated alongwith a demarcation of powers of institutions like legislature, executive and judiciary as well as statutory bodies, ibsbElection Commission of India, etc.
- The judiciary has been given a specific place to declare any law unconstitutional if not at par the provisions of Constitution.
In the absence of such a demarcation:
- The federal set up would get strained and there would be crisis in center as well as states.
- There would be a problem to the citizens and laws will be proved to be unjust and unfair.