Constitutional Law – II
Cochin University of Science and Technology · LL.B. Semester 3 · 20-271-0302
Unit I — State and Fundamental Rights
Concept of limitation of State power · origin of Fundamental Rights and their incorporation in the Constitution. Definition of State · violation of Fundamental Rights by the State · non state agencies and fundamental rights · Judicial Review · Pre Constitutional Laws-doctrines · Doctrines of ultra vires · Amendments to the Fundamental Rights.
Unit II — Equality and Personal Freedoms
Rights of equality · reasonable classification · Arbitrariness and equality · Protective discrimination · Right to freedoms · restriction on freedoms.
Unit III — Basic Rights under the Constitution
Right to life and personal liberty · Judicial Expansion of Rights to Education-Right against exploitation · Right to Fair trial · Secularism-Religious, cultural and educational right · Minority Rights
Unit IV — Directive Principles of State Policy
Directive principles · the interrelationship between fundamental rights, directive principles of state policy and fundamental duties.
Unit V — Constitutional Remedies
Right to Constitutional Remedies · protection against violation of fundamental rights.