The Constitution of India Book For IAS

105th Constitutional Amendment Act (August 2021) : The Act amends the Constitution to allow state and union territories to prepare their own list of socially and educationally backward classes. In fact, the Act amends article 342A and make consequential amendments in articles 338B and 366 of the Constitution.

Silent Features :

• There are many voluminous and multi-volume works and some popular guide books on our Constitution but there has been a long-felt need for a concise but comprehensive and authoritative study.
• It is hoped that the present book would meet this need.
• Not only students of Political Science and Constitutional Law but also lawyers and citizens wanting to understand the Constitution and know something about the politico-constitutional system under which we live will find it useful.
• The book reproduces the text of the Constitution of India as amended and updated by Parliament from time to time.
• All amendments made by the Parliament upto and including the Constitution (One Hundred and Fourth Amendment) Act, December 2019 are incorporated in this edition.
• This book presents latest Constitutional Amendments with brief notes and commentaries factual, objective and analytical the book is highly readable”

Contents

Part I : The union and its territory
Part II : Citizenship
Part III : Fundamental rights
Part IV : Directive principles of state policy
Part IV : Fundamental duties
Part V : The union

• Chapter I. The executive
• Chapter II. Parliament
• Chapter III. Legislative powers of the president
• Chapter IV. The union judiciary
• Chapter V. Comptroller and auditor-general of India

Part VI : The states

• Chapter I. General
• Chapter II. The executive
• Chapter III. The state legislature
• Chapter IV. Legislative power of the governor
• Chapter V. The high courts in the states
• Chapter VI, subordinate courts

Part VII [omitted] : The states in part b of the first schedule
Part VIII : The union territories
Part IX : The panchayats
Part IXA : The municipalities
Part IXB : The co-operative societies
Part X : The scheduled and tribal areas
Part XI : Relations between the union and the states

• Chapter I. Legislative relations
• Chapter II. Administrative relations

Part XIII : Finance, property, contracts and suits

• Chapter I. Finance
• Chapter II. Borrowing
• Chapter III. Property, contracts, rights, liabilities, obligations and suits
• Chapter IV. Right to property

Part XIII : Trade, commerce and intercourse within the territory of India
Part XIV : Services under the union and the states

• Chapter I. Services
• Chapter II. Public service commissions

Part XIVA : Tribunals
Part XV : Elections
Part XVI : Special provisions relating to certain classes
Part XVII : Official language

• Chapter I. Language of the union
• Chapter II. Regional languages
• Chapter III. Language of the supreme court, high courts, etc.
• Chapter IV. Special directives

Part XVIII : Emergency provisions
Part XIX : Miscellaneous
Part XX : Amendment of the constitution
Part XXI : Temporary, transitional and special provisions
Part XXII : Short title, commencement [authoritative text in Hindi] and repeals

Schedules

Appendix 1. Summary of the jammu and kashmir reorganization act, 2019 Appendix
2. List of amendments of the constitution of India”