Constitutional Law-II

Unit 1 — The Parliament

Functions of Parliament · Composition · Duration of Houses · Sessions of Parliament · Qualification and Disqualification for Members · Speaker and Deputy Speaker; Chairman and Deputy Chairman · Powers, Privileges and Immunities of Parliament and its Members · Legislative Procedure Ordinary Bill · Money Bill · Financial Bill · Joint Sitting of Both Houses · Financial Legislation · Position of the Council of States as compared to the House of the People

• 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

Unit 2 — The State Legislature

Creation and abolition of the Legislative Council · Legislative Assembly and Legislative Council · Composition, Duration · Qualification and Disqualification for Membership · Legislative Procedure · Legislative Council compared with Council of States

• 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)

Unit 3 — The Supreme Court

Constitution of the Supreme Court · Judges · Appointment, Qualification · Tenure, Impeachment · Independence of the Judges · Multifarious Role of the Supreme Court · Jurisdiction · Original · Appellate · Special Leave to Appeal · Advisory · Writ

• Judicial Activism
• Independence of Judiciary
• Judicial accountability
• National Judicial Appointments Commission

Unit 4 — High Court

Constitution of the High Court · Judges · Appointment, Qualification and Removal · Independence of the Judges · Transfer · Jurisdiction · Original · Appellate · Writ · Power of Superintendence

• Judicial Activism
• Independence of Judiciary
• Judicial accountability
• National Judicial Appointments Commission

Unit 5 — Subordinate Courts

Unit 6 — Comptroller and Auditor General of India

Appointment, Removal · Duties and Powers · Conditions of Service

Unit 7 — The Union Territories

Unit 8 — The Panchayats

Unit 9 — The Municipalities

Unit 10 — Nature of the Federal System

Essential Features of Federal Polity · Indian Federalism: Peculiar Features

• Federalism
• Concept of Cooperative and Competitive Federalism

Unit 11 — Relations between the Union and the States

Distribution of Legislative Powers · Administrative Relations · Distribution of Revenues between Union and the States, other financial provisions and · Borrowing by Government of India and States

• Centre-State Relations (Part-XI) Legislative Relations Administrative Relations

Unit 12 — Emergency Provisions

National Emergency under Article 352 · Failure of Constitutional Machinery in States · Financial Emergency · Effects of proclamations of various kinds of Emergencies

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

Unit 13 — Amendment of the Constitution

Procedure for Amendment · Amendability of Fundamental Rights · „Basic Structure‟ doctrine

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

Unit 14 — Freedom of Trade, Commerce and Intercourse

Parliament‟s Power to regulate trade and commerce · States Power to regulate trade and commerce

• Inter-state Trade and Commerce (Part-XIII)

Unit 15 — Services under the Union and the States

Recruitment and conditions of service of persons serving the Union or a State · Tenure of office of persons serving the Union or a State · Dismissal, Removal and reduction in rank of civil servants · All India Services · Public Service Commission · Public Service Commissions for the Union and the States · Appointment and Terms of Office of Members · Independence of Public Service Commissions · Functions of Public Service Commissions · Report of Public Service Commissions

Unit 16 — Elections

Election Commission · Functions of Election Commission · Adult Suffrage · Bar to interfere by Courts in electoral matters

• Composition of the Election Commission of India (ECI)

Unit 17 — Special Provisions relating to certain classes

Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes · Anglo-Indians · Backward Classes

Unit 18 — Miscellaneous

Right to Property · Tribunals · Suits and Proceedings by or against the Government of India and the Government of the · State