India as a federation is a state that differs from other countries with a federal form of government due to a number of features. Such features include the ethno linguistic composition of the population, historical backgrounds of the Indian federation formation, and the existing c onstitutional law features inherent in India. W hat’s more such features include a high degree of centralization of powers, which is manifested in a number of constitutional norms of this state, features of the delimitation of powers of the central government and the states and union territories, the formation of state authorities and administration. India is currently facing a number of challenges that may affect the further federal development of the state. Such challenges include the increasing role of regional political parties and movements based on linguistic, ethnic, religious or cultural unity; the imbalance of the system of delimitation of powers between the center and the states (union territories); different representation of the states in Parliament. Special attention in the article is paid to the legal status of Jammu and Kashmir in connection with its reorganization and integration into the legal system of India. The aim of the study was to identify the features and trends in the development of federalism in India, the model of Indian federalism and the reasons that served as the basis for its formation. In the course of the study, the author used such methods as the analysis of regulatory legal documents, doctrinal sources, statistical data, synthesis, comparative legal method in terms of analyzing the development of legal regulation of the status of states and union territories, and others.
Natalya Krysenkova (Wed,) studied this question.
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