Role of Constitution in the Legal system of India

Abstract

Law in India have evolved from religious prescription to the current constitutional and legal system we have today travelling through secular legal systems and the common law.The Indian legal system is one of the oldest legal systems in the entire history of the world with its laws and jurisprudence during back to centuries and evolving like a living way of life with the people of India adopting to the changing times. India has recorded legal history starting from Vedic ages and some sort of civil law system may have been in place during the Bronze age and the Indus valley civilization.