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Pr
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A.,
LL.
B(Hons.
)&B.
B.A.
,LL.
B(Hons.
) Semest
er:V

Cour
se: Const
it
uti
onalLaw-I
I Code:

Teachi
ngScheme Ev
aluat
ionScheme
I
nter
nalConti
nuous Ter
m EndExaminati
ons
Pr
acti
ca
Lect
ure Tut
ori
al Cr
edi
t Assessment(ICA) (
TEE)
l
(
weight
age) (wei
ghtage)
60 0 0 4 40 60
Pr
e-r
equi
sit
e:

Obj
ect
ives:

TheConst it
utionofIndiaisthefundamentall
aworthegr
undnor m ofallthel
awsinourcount
ry.It
establ
ishest hefoundationandf r
ameworkofthestat
eandi t
sgov ernanceandlaysdownt he
l
egal,socialandpoli
t i
calvaluesofourcountr
y.I
tguar
anteesfundament alri
ght
sanddutiest
oi t
s
ci
ti
zensandl aysdownt heobjecti
v esi
nthenat
ureofdirect
ivepri
nciplesfort
hegovernmentto
achievetheconceptofwel farestate.

TheI ndianConst i
tuti
onwhi chcamei nt heforceon26th Januar y ,1950isanamal gam ofmany
constituti
onalidealsandi sthelongestwr i
ttenconst itut
ioni nthewor l
d.Howev erthathasnot
l
imitedt heint
erpretati
onoftheConst i
tut
ion.Thepur poseoft eachingconsti
tuti
onal l
awi snotjust
tounder standthebasi cframewor kprovi
dedbyt heconst ituti
onmaker sbutalsotohi ghl
ightits
never-ending growth.A st udentmust ,t heref
or e,learn how v ari
ous i
nter
pretati
ons oft he
Const i
tuti
on are possible and whya si gnifi
canti nterpretati
on was adopt ed in a parti
cular
si
tuation.Suchaper spect
ivedev el
opmenti sar equisi
tef oranyst udentai
mingt oenterintoany
l
egal professi
onbecauseessent iall
yal
l l
awsder i
v etheirvali
dityfrom theConstit
uti
on.
Outcomes:
Thest
udentwi
l
lbeabl
etoappr
eci
ateandunder
stand–

 Thebasi
cunderstandi
ngaboutthef
uncti
oningofdi
ff
erentor
gansoft
hegov
ernment
.
 Thei
nter
-r
elat
ionshipbet
weentheorgansofthegov
ernment

Det
ail
edSy
ll
abus:(persessi
onpl
an)

Uni
t Descr
ipt
ion Durati
on
(Noof
Lect
ures)
1 Uni
onExecuti
ve
 UnionExecuti
ve,component
s,ext
entandscopeofPower 6
 Presi
dent:El
ecti
on,I
mpeachment
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 Pr esident:Power s and Funct i

ons :Judi cial(
Pardoning Powers)
,
l
egislati
v e( Ordi
nanceMaki ngPower ,decl
arationofEmer gency
)
 Funct i
oning oft heExecut ive:President,Pr imeMi nister
,Cabinet
,
Counci lofMi nist ers
 At torneyGener al Indi a
Cases:
 HarbansSi nghvSt at eofU.P.AI R1982SC849
 KM Nanav at ivSt ateofBombayAI R1961SC112
 KeharSi nghvUni onofI ndiaAI R1989SC653
 Epur uSudhakarvSt ateofAndhr aPr adeshAI R2006SC3385
 YakubAbdulRaj akMemonvSt ateofMahar asht r
a,
 DCWadhwavSt at eofBi harAI R1987SC579
 RKGar gvUni onofI ndi aAIR1981SC2138
 RameshwarPr asad( VI
)vUni onofI ndiaAIR2006SC980
 SamsherSi nghvSt ateofPunj abAI R1974SC219
 KuldipNay arvUni onofI ndi
aAI R2006SC3127

2 St
ateExecuti
ve 5
Gover
nor
 Appointment&r emov al
ofGovernor
 Gov er
nor’
sDiscret
ionaryPowers
 PardoningPoweroft heGover
nor
 OrdinanceMakingPower
 MisuseofthePowert oMakeOrdinances

Council
ofMinister
s
Advocate-
General

Cases
 RameshwarPr
asadVIvUni
onofI
ndi
aAI
R2006SC980

3 Uni
onLegi
slat
ure 6
Const
it
uti
onofPar liament
 Composi t
ionofRaj yaSabhaandLokSabha
 Parl
iament aryMember shi
p
 Quali
ficat
ionsandDi squal
if
icat
ions
 Anti-
DefectionLaw
 Functi
onsofPar l
iament
 Terminati
onofPar l
iament
 Parl
iament aryPri
v i
l
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 Legisl
ati
vePr
ocedur
e
Cases

 ChiefElecti
onCommi ssi
onervJanChauki dar(
2013)7SCC507
 JayaBachchanvUni onofI ndiaAIR2006SC2119
 KihotoHollohanvZachil
hu( 1992)1SCC309
 Justi
ce( Retd.
)MarkandeyKat j
uvTheLokSabha, deci
dedon15
December2016
 PVNar asimhaRaovSt ateofAndhr aPradeshAIR1998SC2120
(JMM Br i
beryCase)
 PanditMSM Shar mavShr iSriKri
shnaSinhaAIR1959SC395
(SearchLightCase)
 RajaRam PalvTheHon' bleSpeaker,LokSabha( 2007)
3SCC184
4 St
ateLegi
slat
ure 2

 Creat
ionandAbol
it
ionofLegi
slat
iveCounci
l
s
 Compositi
onsoft
heLegisl
ati
veAssemblyandLegi
slat
iveCounci
l

5 TheUni
onJudi
ciar
y 10
Compositi
onofSupr emeCour t
 Appoi ntmentoft heChi efJusti
ceofIndia
 Appoi ntmentofOt herJudges( NJAC,Coll
egium)
 Remov al ofJudges
 Jurisdiction&Power s
 Cour tofRecor d
 Or i
ginal Jurisdi ction
 Extraordi nar yOr iginalJuri
sdicti
on
 Appel l
at eJur isdiction
 Appeal byspeci alLeav e
 Adv i
sor yJur i
sdi ction
 Powert odoCompl et
eJustice
 Powert oRev i
ew
Cases
 SPGupt avUni onofI ndiaAIR1982SC149( Fir
stJudgesCase)
 Inre:Speci alRef erenceAIR1999SC1( Thir
dJudgesCase)
 SCAdv ocat e-on-Recor dAssociati
onvUnionofI ndi
a(1993)4SCC
44(
SecondJudgesCase)
 SubhashShar mavUni onofI ndiaAI
R1991SC631
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 Supr
emeCour
tAdvocat
e-on-
Recor
dAssoci
ati
onvUni
onofI
ndi
a
2015Onl
i
neSC964(Fort
hJudgesCase)
6 St
ateJudi
ciary 7
 Appointment&Remov alofHighCour
tJudges
 Jur
isdict
ion&Power s
 CourtofRecor d
 GeneralJuri
sdiction
 Constit
uti
onal Questions
 PowerofSuper i
ntendence
 Sal
ientFeaturesofAr ti
cle227
 PowerofRev iew
 Appell
ateJurisdicti
on
 Wri
tJur i
sdi
ction: I
nter-
rel
ati
onshi
pofArti
cl
e32and226:
7 EmergencyPr ovi
sions 5
 Nat i
onalEmer gency .
 EffectofthePr ocl amation.
 StateEmer gency :Failur
eofConst i
tut
ional
Machineryi
naSt
ate.
 FinancialEmer gency .
 ImpactofPr oclamat i
onofEmer gencyonFeder
alism.
Cases
 ADM Jabal purv .ShivkantShukla,AIR1976SC1207.
 RameswarPr asadv .UnionofIndiaAIR2006SC980.
 SpecialReferenceNo:1of2002AI R2003SC87.
 SRBommaiv .Uni onofIndiaAIR1994SC1918.
 StateofRajasthanv .UnionofIndiaAIR1977SC1361

8 Amendmentoft
heI
ndi
anConst
it
uti
on 7
 Process&Procedur
eofAmendment.
 Histor
yofAmendingPowerunderAr
ti
cle368.
 BasicStr
uct
ureTheory

Cases:
 ShankariPrasadSinghDeov .UnionofIndi
a,AI
R1951SC458
 Saj
janSinghv .Stat
eofRaj asthan,AIR1965SC845.
 I
.C.Golaknathv .St
ateofPunj ab,AI
R1967SC1643.
 KesavanandaBhar ativ
.StateofKer al
a,AIR1973SC1461
 I
ndiraGandhiv .RajNarai
n, AIR1975SC2299
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 Mi
ner
vaMi
l
lsLt
d.Uni
onofI
ndia,(
1980)3SCC625.
 WamanRaov.UnionofIndia,AIR1981SC271.

9 Centr
e–St at eRelations 9
 Terri
torialExtentofPar liament aryLawsandSt ateLaws
 Legislati
v eRelati
ons
 TheUni onLi st,StateList, ConcurrentLi st–VIISchedul
eandArti
cle
246.
 Pr inci
plesofI nterpretati
onofLi sts.
 Doct r
ineofPi thandsubst ance.
 Doct r
ineofCol ourabl eLegislati
on.
 Doct r
ineofAnci ll
ar yPower .
 Resi duaryPowerofLegi slati
on.
 Rul eofHar moni ousConst ruction.
 Doct r
ineofRepugnancy -Articl
e254.
 Union’sPower stoLegi slateonSt at eSubj ect
s-Arti
cle249-
253.
 Recommendat ionsofSar kari
aCommi ssi
on.
 Admi nistrat
iveRel at
ions
 Fi
nanci al r
elat
ions
Cases
 StateofBombayvRMDChamar baugwal aAIR1957SC699
 TataIron&St eelCoLt dvSt ateofBi harAI R1958SC452
 StateofBi harvChar ushilaDev iAIR1959SC1010
 I
nr eCP&Ber arSal esofMot orSpi r
itsandLubr i
cantsTaxat
ionAct
1938AI R1939FC1
 GujaratUni versi tyvShr iKrishnaRanganat hMudhol karAIR1963SC
703
 Prafull
aKumarvBankofCommer ceLtd,Khulna
 StateofRaj ast hanvGChawl aAI R1959SC544
 StateofKar nat akavM/ SDr i
ve-inEnt er
prisesAIR2001SC1328
 StateofAndhr aPr adeshvPur ushot ham Reddy(2003)9SCC56
 KCGaj apatiNar ay anaDeovSt at eofOr i
ssaAI R1953
 Bhairabendr aNar ayanvSt ateofAssam AI R1956SC503
 NagaPeopl e’sMov ementf orHumanRi ghtsvUnionofIndiaAIR1998
SC431
 KameshwarSi nghvSt ateofBi harAI R1951Pat91
 ZaverbhaivSt at eofBombayAI R1954SC752
 DeepChandvSt at eofUPAI R1959SC648
 M Kar unanidhivUni onofI ndiaAI R 1979SC898
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10 El
ect
ion 3
 Fundament alPrinciplesofEl
ecti
ons
 NatureoftheRi ghtt oVoteorContestanEl
ect
ion
 Electi
onCommi ssion
 Commi ssi
on-AMul t
iMemberBody
 PowerandFunct ionofElect
ionCommissi
on
 Legisl
ati
vePowerRegar di
ngElecti
ons
 Electi
onDisputes

Cases
 People'sUnionf orCi
vi
lLiberti
esvUni onofIndia(2013)10SCC1
 People'sUnionf orCi
vi
lLiberti
esvUni onofIndia(2003(4)SCC399)
 Publi
cI nt
erestFoundat i
onvUni onofI ndia2013(15)SCALE482
 RajbalavSt ateofHaryana,decidedon10December2015
 CommonCause-ARegi ster
edsoci etyvUOI( 1996)2SCC752
 El
ectionCommi ssionofIndiavSubr amani anSwamyAI R1996SC
1810
 I
nGuj aratAssembl yElecti
onMat ter,re(2002)8SCC237
 SSDhanoavUni onofIndiaAIR1991SC1745
 TNSeshanvUni onofIndia(1995)4SCC611
 UnionofI ndiavAssociati
onf orDemocr aticRight
s( 2002)5SCC294
Tot
al 60Lect
ures

TextBooks:
1.M.P.Jain,
Indi
anConsti
tut
ionalLaw(r
epr
int
ed,
6thedn,
LexisNexisButt
erwor
thsWadhwa
2011)
2.M.P.Si
ngh,V.N.
Shukl
a’
sConst i
tuti
onofI
ndi
a(12t
hednr epr
int
ed,East
ernBookCompany
2016)

Ref
erenceBooks:
1.H. M.Seervai
,Const
it
uti
onalLaw ofI
ndi
a( in4volumes,repr
int
ed,4t
hedn,Uni
ver
salLaw
Publ
ishingCo2012)
2.D. D.
Basu,Comment ar
yont heConsti
tut
ionofIndia(8t
hedn,LexisNexi
sButt
erwor
ths,
Wadhwa2008)

Anyot
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nfor
mat
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