The Constitution of India (Coat Pocket Edition)

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Description
As I put pen to paper, it is difficult to ignore the swirling debates that envelope the national narrative today. The law is front and centre, with the bail denial of a 23-year old in our commercial capital, the horrors of a murderous convoy in our largest district, the arrest of cricket fans in our most populous State and the use of malware to hack our citizenry jostling for the headlines. What these four incidents have in common (apart from the obvious role of our political class) is the most important right enshrined in our Constitution Article 21. It is difficult to conceive how a provision that has been enriched and enlarged to encompass the most cherished values of the Indian people has been ignored with such impunity over so many years. For those who encounter the Constitution for the first time, it appears to contain a set of ideals, some Utopian, some esoteric, and all seemingly divorced from any practical application. Unfortunately, the manner in which this branch of law (it is actually the very trunk, far from being a branch!) is taught in institutions across the country makes the entire discipline seem too dense even for the most earnest of students. It is this fogginess that is then carried with them into the practice, where even the most rudimentary elements of due process are abandoned.
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Contents
About India
Making of the Indian Constitution
The Constitution of India
Part I         The Union and its Territory
Part II        Citizenship
Part III       Fundamental Rights
Part IV       Directive Principles of State Policy
Part IV-A   Fundamental Duties
Part V        The Union
Part VI       The States
Part VII      The States in Part B of the First Schedule
Part VIII     The Union Territories
Part IX       The Panchayats
Part IX-A    The Municipalities
Part IX-B    The Co-operative Societies
Part X         The Scheduled and Tribal Areas
Part XI        Relations Between the Union and the States
Part XII       Finance, Property, Contracts and Suits
Part XIII      Trade, Commerce and Intercourse within the Territory of India
Part XIV      Services under the Union and the States
Part XIV-A  Tribunals
Part XV       Elections
Part XVI      Special Provisions Relating to Certain Classes
Part XVII     Official Language
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
Appendices
I.    Comparative Chart of the Indian & US Constitution
II.   Table of Amendments and Provisions Altered/Inserted/Repealed
III.  Amending Legislations to the Constitution
IV.  Chief Justices of India
V.   List of Larger Bench Decisions
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Author Details
Gopal Sankararnarayanan, Senior Advocate, Supreme Court of India