2.1.3. Flexibility

The British Constitution is a classic example of a flexible constitution. It can be passed, amended and repealed by a Simple Majority (50% of the members present and voting) of the Parliament, since no distinction is made between a constitutional law and an ordinary law. Both the constitutional law and an ordinary law are treated alike. The element of flexibility has provided the virtue of adaptability and adjustability to the British Constitution. This quality has enabled it to grow with needs of the time.

Indian Constitution, in contrast, is both flexible as well as rigid. This compliments the basic ideology of the Indian Constitution quite well, wherein certain features like Sovereignty, Secularism, Republic etc. have been held sacrosanct, but otherwise the Constitution lends itself to amendability.