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Course Title: Constitution Law of India-II

Credit Units: 4

Course Level: UG

Course Code: LAW123

Course Objectives:

 The purpose of the course is to acquaint the students with the idea that the Indian Constitution is a normative constitution with value aspirations. The
Indian Constitution envisages to establish a justice system with legal technique.
 The course seeks to introduce the student to the relevance of inalienable fundamental rights and restrictions in the Constitution of India and the
principles that ought to guide policy making in India.
 To acquire basic knowledge about different systems of judicial review and how the courts protect fundamental rights in India.

Pre-requisites: The students should have the basic knowledge of Constitutional Law-I paper

Course Contents/Syllabus:
Weightage (%)
Module I Introduction: Fundamental Rights 15

Idea of Fundamental Rights and their importance, against whom the Fundamental rights are available? Definition of
‘State’? meaning of other authorities, Law in Art. 13, Doctrine of Severability and Doctrine of Eclipse, Doctrine of
Waiver, Articles 33 and 34
Module II Equality and Protective Discrimination 20
Equality before Law and equal protection of Laws, meaning, constitutional provisions Arts 14, 15, 16, 17, 29 (2), 325:
Total conspectus, Classification for differential treatment, prohibited grounds of discrimination: Arts. 15(1), (2), (3), 16
(2), (3), 29 (2); Protective Discrimination in favour of SC / ST and other backward classes and recent trends eg.
Schedule IX and Reservation Policy, Women and children Art. 15, 15(3), 15(4), 15(5), 103rd Constitutional
Amendment Act, 2018 ‘Economic Reservation In India’, Abolition of titles – Arts. 18, recent developments.
 
Module III Freedom and Personal Liberty 20
Freedom of speech and expression and of press; Is Right to Information inclusive in Freedom of Speech and
Expression? Freedom of Assembly, Freedom of Association, Freedom of Movement, Freedom to reside and settle,
Freedom of profession/Business, etc. Art. 19: Are these freedoms absolute? Rights of an accused: Double Jeopardy,
Self-incrimination and retrospective punishment, Art. 20; Right to life and personal liberty: Meaning of personal liberty,
Procedure established by Law, Before Maneka Gandhi, Maneka Gandhi and thereafter, judicial outreach via Art. 21;
preventive detention and constitutional safeguards: Art. 22; Right to education Art. 21-A, recent developments.

Module IV Freedom of Religion and Right of Minorities 20

Concept of Secularism, Indian Constitutional provisions, Indian concept of Secularism, Freedom of religion, Scope:
Arts. 25, 26, Doctrine of Res Judicata Limits of Freedom, Public Interest Litigation Religion and State in India,
Minority rights: Scope and Meaning, Minority right to educational institutions and judicial attitude, recent
developments.

Module V Right to Constitutional Remedies 15

Right to Constitutional Remedies: Judicial Review
Writs: Habeas Corpus, Mandamus, Certiorari, Prohibition and Quo-Warranto, Art.32 and 226, recent developments.

Module VI Directive Principles of State Policy and Fundamental Duties

Directive Principles; Nature and reasons for incorporation, inter-relationship between fundamental rights and directive 10
principles, judicial policy towards Directive principles from Champakam to Minerva Mills and thereafter, Art. 51-A (K)
and its correlation with Art. 21-A,Overview of Fundamental Duties, Art. 51-A (K) and its correlation with Art. 21-
A,recent developments.
 Course Learning Outcomes:

The outcomes for the course are that at the end the students will be able to:

 Recall, identify, describe and assess basic Constitutional issues pertaining to fundamental rights, fundamental duties and constitutional remedies.
 Understand the detailed analysis of fundamental freedoms and duties guaranteed under the Constitution of India.
 Apply Constitutional principles that may arise in hypothetical situations dealing with fundamental rights, fundamental duties and constitutional
remedies.
 Analyze the relevant doctrines and key cases in each major area of fundamental rights, fundamental duties and constitutional remedies.
 Examine the past and contemporary developments in constitutional law.
 By the end of this course, students will be able to design an independent research project in constitutional law.

Pedagogy for Course Delivery: The course will be delivered through a combination of theoretical and case study approach. All the leading cases as
well as current cases shall be discussed to clear queries & doubts and to make concepts more clear.

List of Professional Skill Development Activities (PSDA):

i. Moot Court
ii. Case Study and analysis
iii. Drafting writ petitions
iv. Visiting Supreme Court/ High courts/ National/ State Commissions and writing reports

Assessment/ Examination Scheme:

Theory L/T (%) Lab/Practical/Studio (%) End Term Examination

100% NA 60%

Theory Assessment (L&T):

Continuous Assessment / Internal Assessment (40%)

Components (Drop Class Test Project Viva PSDA Report Evaluation and Attendance Total
 down) Submission Presentation End Term
Linked to PSDA 1,2,3 &4 Examination
(60%)

Linkage of PSDA Quality of project Viva Report Presentation

with Internal based on research Evaluation
Assessment conducted
Component, if any
Weightage (%) 10% 10% 5% 5% 5% 5% 60% 100%

Mapping Continuous Evaluation components/PSDA with CLOs

Bloom’s Level > Remembering Understanding Applying Analyzing Evaluating Creating

Course Learning Recall, Understand the Apply Analyze the Examine the Design
Outcomes identify, detailed Constitutional relevant past and an
describe and analysis of principles that doctrines and contemporary independ
assess basic fundamental may arise in key cases in developments ent
Assessment type/PSDA Constitutional freedoms and hypothetical each major in research
issues duties situations area of constitutional project in
pertaining to guaranteed dealing with fundamental law. constituti
fundamental under the fundamental rights, onal law
rights, Constitution of rights, fundamental
fundamental India. fundamental duties and
duties and duties and constitutional
constitutional constitutional remedies.
remedies. remedies.
Class Test    
Project      
Viva    
PSDA 1 (Report)     
PSDA 2 (Presentation)   

Text:

 D. Basu, Shorter Constitution of India (14th Ed. 2008, reprint 2010)

 N. Shukla, Constitution of India, Eastern Book Agency, 2014
 P. Jain, Indian Constitutional Law, Lexis Nexis, 2013
 D. Basu, Introduction to the Indian Constitution of India, (20th Ed. 2009)
References:

 M. Seervai, Constitutional Law of India, Universal Law Publishing Co., Reprint 2013
 Glanville Austin, Indian Constitution – cornerstone of the Nations, Oxford University Press, 1999
 M. Bakshi, The Constitution of India, Universal Law Publishing Co., 2014
 A.G. Noorani (2000): Constitution questions in India: The President, Parliament and the States, New Delhi: Oxford University Press
 Dicey, A.V.: An introduction to the study of the Law of Constitution
 Constituent Assembly Debates (5 books) - Official report, LokSabha Secretariat, New Delhi.
 Subba Rao, GCV, Indian Constitutional Law, Eastern Books Company, Lucknow

List of cases:

(Note: list of cases is not exhaustive. The teachers teaching the course shall be at liberty to add recent cases)

1. Som Prakash v. Union of India, AIR 1981 SC 212: (1981) 1 SCC 449
2. Pradeep Kumar Biswas v. Indian Institute of Chemical Biology (2002) 5 SCC 111
3. G. Basi Reddy v. International Crops Research Institute, JT 2003 (2) SC 180
4. Zee Telefilms Ltd. v. Union of India (2005) 4 SCC 649
5. State of U.P. v. Radhey Shyam Rai, 2009(3) SCALE 754
6. Jatya Pal Singh v.Union of India (2013) 6SCC 45
7. BCCI v. Cricket Association of Bihar (2015)3 SCC 251
8. Keshavan Madhava Menon v. State of Bombay, AIR 1955 SC 128: 1951 SCR 228
9. State of Gujarat v. Sri Ambika Mills, AIR 1974 SC 1300: (1974) 4 SCC 656
10. Bhikaji Narain Dhakras v. State of M. P., AIR 1955 SC 781
11. Dr. Janet Jeyapaul v. SRM University AIR 2016 SC 73.
12. Bashesher Nath v. CIT, AIR 1959 SC 149
13. State of Bombay v. F.N. Balsara, AIR 1951 SC 318
14. RMDC v. Union of India, AIR 1957 SC 628
15. Chiranjit Lal Chaudhary v. Union of India, AIR 1951 SC 41
16. State of W. B. v. Anwar Ali Sarkar, AIR 1952 SC 75
17. Kathi Raning Rawat v. State of Saurashtra, AIR 1952 SC 123
18. Indra Sawhney v. Union of India, AIR 1993 SC 477 88
19. Ashoka Kumar Thakur v. Union of India (2008) 6 SCC 1
20. Indra Sawhney v. Union of India, AIR 2000 SC 498
21. Ashoka Kumar Thakur v. State of Bihar (1995) 5 SCC 403
22. Gulshan Prakash v. State of Haryana, 2009 SCALE 290 : AIR 2010 SC 288
23. Avinash Singh Bagri v. Registrar, IIT, Delhi (2009) 8 SCC 220
24. M. Nagraj v. Union of India (2006) 8 SCC 212
25. Rohtas Bhankar v. Union of India (2014) 8 SCC 872
26. Pramati Educational & Cultural Trust v. Union of India (2014) 8 SCC 1
27. Modern Dental College & Res. Cen v. State of Madhya Pradesh (2016) 7 SCC 353
28. U.P. Power Corpn. Ltd. v. Rajesh Kumar (2012) 7 SCC 1
29. State of Karnataka v. Appa Balu Ingale AIR 1993 SC 1126
30. Safai Karmachari Andolan v. Union of India, 27 March 2014
31. Balaji Raghavan v. Union of India, AIR 1996 SC 770
32. Bennett Coleman & Co. v. Union of India, AIR 1973 SC 106
33. Secretary, Ministry of I & B, State of W. B v. Cricket Association (1995) 2 SCC 161
34. Shreya Singhal v. Union of India (2013)12 SCC 73
35. People’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) v. Union of India (2003) 4 SCC
36. Communist Party of India (M) v. Bharat Kumar (1998) 1 SCC 201
37. AIADMK v. Chief Secretary, Government of Tamil Nadu (2007) 1 SCALE 201
38. Chindamanrao v. State of M.P., AIR 1951 SC 118
39. Narendra Kumar v. Union of India, AIR 1960 SC 430
40. State of Gujarat v. Mirzapur Moti Qureshi Kasab Jamat, AIR 2006 SC 212
41. Smt. Selvi and Ors. v. State of Karnataka, AIR 2010 SC 1974
42. Maneka Gandhi v. Union of India, AIR 1978 SC 597
43. National Legal Services Authority v Union of India (2014)5 SCC 438
44. Animal Welfare Board Of India vs A. Nagaraja & Ors. (2014)7 SCC 547
45. A K Roy v. Union of India, AIR 1982 SC 710
46. Pramati Educational and Cultural Trust v. Union of India,2014.
47. D.K. Basu v. State of West Bengal (1997) 1 SCC 416
48. People’s Union for Civil Rights v. Union of India, 2003 (10) SCALE 967
49. Seshammal v. State of Tamil Nadu (1972) 2 SCC 11 284
50. N. Adithayan v. Travancore Devaswom Board (2002) 8 SCC 106 297
51. Adi Saiva Sivachariyargal Nala Sangam v. The Government of Tamil Nadu (2016)2 SCC 725
52. Commissioner of Police v. Acharya Jagadishwarananda Avadhuta (2004) 12 SCC 770
53. Bijoe Emmanuel v. State of Kerala (1986) 3 SCC 615
54. Rev. Stainislaus v. State of M.P., AIR 1977 SC 908
55. Islamic Academy of Education v. State of Karnataka, JT 2003 (7) SC 1 319
56. T.M.A. Pai Foundation v. State of Karnataka, AIR 2003 SC 355
57. P.A. Inamdar v. State of Maharashtra, AIR 2005 SC 3236
58. Hon’ble Shri Rangnath Mishra v. Union of India, JT 2003 (7) SC 206