Services of State
The permanent arms of the Indian state: armed forces, space, defence R&D, intelligence, paramilitary and the judiciary.
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Indian Army
The Indian Army is the land-warfare service of the Indian Armed Forces and the largest of its three branches. It secures India's borders — most actively the Line of Actual Control with China and the Line of Control with Pakistan — and is organised into regional commands under the Chief of the Army Staff.
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Judiciary of India
The Judiciary is the third branch of the Indian state and the guardian of its Constitution. An integrated single hierarchy runs from the Supreme Court of India at the apex, through the High Courts of the states, down to the district and subordinate courts. Through judicial review it can strike down laws and executive action, and through the "basic structure" doctrine it limits even Parliament's power to amend the Constitution.