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Course Code: LAW206

Semester: III

COURSE NAME: CONSTITUTIONAL LAW - II (including Human Rights)

Course Objectives:

1. This is an introduction to the Supreme Law of the land.

2. The knowledge of fundamentals of Constitutional Law.

3. The constitutional law is essential for understanding any branch of law in India due to the
development of the Constitutional Law through various decisions of higher courts of this land.

UNIT – I 15 Periods

COMPTROLLER AND AUDITOR GENERAL

Comptroller and Auditor – General of India (Art 148) - Duties and his powers (Art 149) - Form of
Accounts of the Union and of the States (Art 150) - Audit Reports (Art 151).

UNIT – II 15 Periods

THE STATE GOVERNMENT AND UNION TERRITORIES

The State Executive - The Governor and his powers - Council of Ministers, Power and duties of
Chief Minister - Advocate General for the state (Articles 152 to 167) - The State Legislature -
Constitution of Legislature of State - Creation and abolition of Legislative Council - Qualification
of Members, Session, Governor’s right to address the assembly, officers of the State Legislature
and their Powers, Conduct of business, Disqualification of Members - Election Commission -
Legislative Procedure, Governor’s Power to assent Bills, Procedure in Financial Matters
(Articles 168 to 213) - The State Judiciary - High Courts and Subordinate Courts (Articles 214 to
237) - The Union Territories, Tribal areas and special provision concerning some states - The
Union Territories – (Articles 239 to 241) - The Panchayats and Municipalities (Articles 243 to
243 ZG) - The Scheduled and Tribal Areas (Articles 244 to 244A).

.​UNIT –III 15 Periods

THE FEDERAL SYSTEM

The Relation between the Union and the States - Legislative relations - Administrative relations
(Articles 245 to 263) - Finance, Property, Contracts and Suits (Articles 264 to 300) - Right to
Property (Article 300A)

UNIT – IV 15 Periods

RIGHTS AND FREEDOM CONCERNING TRADE, SERVICES, LANGUAGE, EMERGENCY

PROVISIONS AND THE AMENDMENT

Trade, Commerce and Intercourse within India (Articles 301 to 307) - Services under the Union
and the States (Articles 308 to 313) - Public Service Commission (Articles 315 to 323) Tribunals
(323 A and 323 B) - Elections (Articles 324 to 329) - Special provisions relating to certain
classes (Articles 330 to 342) - Languages – Union, Regional and the language of the Supreme
Court and High Courts (Articles 343 to 349) - Special directives – (Articles 350 to 351) -
Emergency Provisions (Articles 352 to 360) - Amendment of the Constitution (Article 368).

UNIT –V 15 Periods

HUMAN RIGHTS

Human Rights: Meaning, Origin and Development of Human rights - The genesis of Human
Rights, U.D.H.R. 1948 - International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 1966 - International
Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural rights, 1966 - International Covenant on the
Elimination of all forms of racial discrimination - The Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993 - The
Role of voluntary service organizations

TEXTBOOKS:

1. M.P. Jain. ​Constitutional Law of India.​ Butterworths Wadhwa, Nagpur.

2. J.N. Pandey. ​Constitutional Law of India.​ Central Law Agency, Allahabad.

REFERENCES:
 1. Basu D.D. ​Shorter Constitutional Law of India.​ Eastern Book Company,
Lucknow.

2. Seervai H.M. ​Constitutional Law of India​. Tripathi, Bombay.

3. Bakshi P.M. ​The Constitution of India​. Universal Publishing Co., New Delhi.

4. Granville Austin. ​The Indian Constitution Cornerstone of a Nation.​ Oxford

University Press, New Delhi.

5. Aravind Dattar​. Indian Constitution​.

LEARNING OUTCOMES:

Unit I The learner will be able to understand the role of Comptroller General of
India and his functions

Unit II The learner needs to have a knowledge about the constitutional provisions
dealing with the State Executive, its functions and powers so that he can
very well understand the foundation of the political system in the State.

Unit III
The learner will be able to explore how the branches of the State share
power with each other as well as how the Centre as a whole shares powers
with the states.
Unit IV A bird’s eye view of important aspects of the Constitution is given to the
learners namely Public Service Commission, Elections, Tribunals etc.,

Unit V The learner is familiarized with various aspects of human rights so that the
learner can be motivated to pursue their interest in the field of human rights