Article 1
lays –down that India, i.e. Bharat, shall be a Union of states The Territory of
India shall consist of (i) the Territories of the States, (ii) the Union
territories and (iii) any territories that may be acquired.
Article 1 of the
Constitution describes India as a Union of states not as a federation of
states. Union of India is not the result of an agreement nor has any state the
right to secede from it.
The
Federation is called a Union of States, because it is indestructible
The Union
Territories are not included in the “Union of States”. Whereas the expression
“Territory of India” includes the states, the Union Territories and such other
territories as may be acquired by India.
The
States and their territories are specified in the first Schedule to the
Constitution. The Constitution empowers the Parliament for the admission or
establishment of new States.
