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Description
A book for everybody in India and abroad who wants to know anything about the Constitution of India during its first fifty years. Meets the requirements of the various Universities of India for the LL.B., LL.M., B.A. and M.A. (Political Science) and Competitive examinations held by the Union and State Public Service Commissions. Also Indispensable for politicians, journalists, statesmen and administrative authorities. Prescribed in several Universities even for under-Graduate Courses in Civics. Incorporates all Amendments to the Constitution upto 83rd Constitutional Amendment Act 2000. Contains materials, figures and charts not so far included in any publication on the subject. Elaborate comments on separatism in Punjab, Assam & elsewhere.
Salient features:
* While the Author's Commentary on the Constitution of India and the Shorter
Constitution annotate the Constitution Article by Article, primarily from the
legal standpoint, the present work offers systematic exposition of the
constitutional document in the form of a narrative, properly arranged under
logical chapters and topical headings.
* It will supply the long felt need for an introductory study on the Constitution for
the general readers, politicians as well as students and candidates for the
Public Service and other competitive examinations.
* It traces the constitutional history of India since the Government of India
Act, 1935; analyses the provisions of the present Constitution and explains
the inter-relation between its diverse contents.
* It gives an account of the working of each of the provisions of the Constitution
during its first decade with reference to statutes and decisions wherever
necessary, together with a critical estimate of its trends, in a concluding chapter.
* The analytical Table of Contents, pointed marginal notes, the searching index
and the graphic Tables at the end of the book will serve as admirable aids to memory.
* The three Legislative lists have been printed side by side for the convenience of
reference without over a number of pages.
* The change made by the different Constitution Amendment Acts upto 83rd
Amendment and the reorganisation of the States made by various statutes may
be round out at a glance.
* Without encumbering the text with matters of detail the foot-notes and references
have been printed at the end of each Chapter so that the advanced student and
the research worker may profit by pursuing those references, after his study of
the contents of each chapter.
* The status of Jammu and Kashmir and the provisions of its State Constitution
have been fully dealt with
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Contents
Part I - Nature of the Constitution
1. The Historical Background
2. The Making of the Constitution
3. The Philosophy of the Constitution
4. Outstanding Features of our Constitution
5. Nature of the Federal System
6. Territory of the Union
7. Citizenship
8. Fundamental Rights and Fundamental Duties
9. Directive Principle of State Policy
10. Procedure for Amendment
Part II - Government of the Union
11. The Union Executive
12. The Union Legislature
Part III - Government of the States
13. The State Executive
14. The State Legislature
15. The State of Jammu & Kashmir
Part IV - Administrative of Union Territories and Acquired Territories
16. Administration of Union Territories and Acquired Territories
Part V - Local Government
17. The New System of Panchayats and Municipalities
18. Panchayats
19. Municipalities and Planning Committees
Part VI - Administration of Special Areas
20. Administration of Scheduled and Tribal Areas
Part VII - The Judicature
21. Organisation of the Judiciary in General
22. The Supreme Court
23. The High Court
Part VIII - The Federal System
24. Distribution of Legislative and Executive Powers
25. Distribution of Financial Powers
26. Administrative Relation between the Union and the State
27. Inter-State Relations
28. Emergency Provisions
Part IX - Miscellaneous
29. Rights and Liabilities of the Government and Public Servants
30. The Service and Public Service Commissions
31. Elections
32. Minorities, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes
33. Languages
34. How the Constitution Has Worked
Tables
Index
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Author Details
Acharya Dr. Durga Das Basu, MA., LL.D. (Cal.); D. Litt. (Cal. Burd.; Rabindrabharti; Kalyani); Saraswati, Vacaspati, Vidyavaridhi, Prajnabharati, Nyayaratnakara, Neetibhaskara, Nyayabharati, Manava Ratna. Honorary Professor, Banaras Hindu "University; Retired Judge, High Court, Calcutta; Formerly Member, Union Law Commission; Tagore Law Professor, Asutosh Memorial; Lecturer, Calcutta University; Recipient, National Award, Padmabhushan (1985); National Research Professor of India (1986); National Citizen's Award (1991); Honorary Fellow, Asiatic Society, Calcutta (1994)
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