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Indian Constitution at Work Constitution was made, it was only natural that there may be many controversial matters, that there would be many areas that needed careful revision. There are many features of this Constitution that have emerged mainly due to the exigencies of the time. Nonetheless, we must admit that there are many limitations to this Constitution. Let us briefly mention the limitations of the Constitution. – First, the Indian Constitution has a centralised idea of national unity. – Second, it appears to have glossed over some important issues of gender justice, particularly within the family. – Third, it is not clear why in a poor developing country, certain basic socio-economic rights were relegated to the section on Directive Principles rather than made an integral feature of our fundamental rights. Itispossibletogiveanswerstotheselimitations,toexplain why this happened, or even to overcome them. But that is not our point. We ar e arguing that these limitations ar e not serious enough to jeopardise the philosophy of the Constitution. Conclusion In the previous chapter we described the Constitution as a living document. It is these core features of the Constitution that give it this stature Nodocumentcanbeperfectand of a living document. Legal provisions and no ideals can be fully achievinstitutional arrangements depend upon the needs But does that mean we should of the society and the philosophy adopted by the havenoideals?Novision?AmI society. The Constitution gives expression to this right? philosophy. The institutional arrangements that we studied throughout this book are based on a core and commonly agreed vision. That vision has 238 historically emerged through our struggle for independence. The Constituent Assembly was the platform on which this vision was stated, refined and articulated in legal-institutional form. Thus, the Reprint 2026-27