CONSTITUTIONAL LAW OF INDIA

Unit 1 — Introductory

Salient features of the constitution; Federalism: Preamble, Citizenship & State; Fundamental rights, directives principles and fundamental duties.

• Preamble Socio-Legal Concepts under Preamble
• Salient Features of the Indian Constitution
• Provisions relating to Citizenship and Citizenship Act 1955 (Part II)
• Origin, Purpose and Significance of Fundamental Rights
• 1. — Directive Principles of State Policy

Unit 2 — Union and State Executive

President, Governor - Election, appointment, powers, position, Prime Minister and Chief Minister and Council of ministers,

• Qualification, Powers, and functions of — President and Vice-president Union Council of Ministers Governor State Council of Ministers

Unit 3 — Union and State Judiciary - Supreme Court & High Court, Composition, Jurisdiction & Powers

(I) Writs (II) Judicial Independence (III) Judicial Activism (IV) Public Interest litigation

• Judicial Activism
• Independence of Judiciary
• Article 32- Right to Constitutional Remedies and Public Interest Litigation

Unit 4

Union - State Legislature - Parliamentary system of Government, Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha, Vidhan Sabha & Vidhan Parishad - Composition; Speaker, Chairman, Privileges, Legislative procedure. Legislative Relationship - Distribution of Legislative Powers; Administrative & Financial Relationship, Importance of VII Schedule

• Legislature and Executive under the Indian Constitution Unicameral and bicameral Legislatures
• Qualification, Disqualification and Privileges of — Members of Parliament Members of Legislative Assembly Anti-Defection Law (Xth Schedule)
• Law making procedure
• Centre-State Relations (Part-XI) Legislative Relations Administrative Relations

Unit 5

Services under the Union and the States - Constitutional protection of civil servants (Article 311); Constitutional Bodies - Public Service Commission of the Union & States (Article 315 to 323)

• Civil Services in India

Unit 6

(a) State Liability in contracts and torts, Suits by and against the State (Article 299-300) · (b) Article 300-A - Property Rights · (b) Freedom of trade, Commerce and Inter-course (Article 301 - 307)

• Inter-state Trade and Commerce (Part-XIII)
• Liability of Government for wrongs Tortious liability Sovereign and non-sovereign functions Contractual Liability

Unit 7

Constitutional Bodies in India- Public Service Commissions (as above), Election Commission (u/a 324), Finance Commission (u/a 280), National Commission for Scheduled Castes (u/a 338), National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (u/a 388-A), Special officer for Linguistic Minorities (u/a 350-B), Comptroller and Auditor General of India (u/a 148), Attorney General of India (u/a 76), Advocate General of States (u/a 165)

Unit 8

The Panchayats and the Municipalities - 73rd and 74th Amendments- brief introduction

• Democratic Decentralisation and Local Governments
• Key features of Article 40, 73 and 74 Constitutional Amendments Gram rd th Sabha and Participatory Democracy

Unit 9

Emergency provisions- · (I) National Emergency (II) State Emergency (III) Financial Emergency

• Emergency (Part XVIII) Types of Emergencies Grounds for proclamation Consequences of Proclamation

Unit 10

Amendment of the Constitution - · (I) Constitutionality of ordinary law and amendment laws, (II) Judicial review of amendment and Basic Structure of Constitution (III) Major amendments and their constitutional values.

• Amendment and the basic structure doctrine (Part XX) 4.3Constitutional Bodies and Offices Services (Part-XIV, Chap-1)