CONSTITUTIONAL LAW-I

1. Department: School of Law

2. Course Name: Constitutional Law-I 3. Course Code 4. L- T- P 5. Credits
Code: SLL 221 4-1-0 5
6. Type of Course
(Check one): Programme Core  Programme Elective Open Elective

7. Frequency of offering (check one): Odd  Even Either semester Every

semester
8. Brief Syllabus: The course aims to understand and appreciate textual semantics of the Constitution.
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.

9. Total lecture, Tutorial and Practical Hours for this course (Take 14 teaching weeks per
semester)

Lectures: 56 hours Tutorials: 0 hours Practicals: 0 hours

10. Course Outcomes (COs)
Possible usefulness of this course after its completion i.e. how this course will be practically useful to
him once it is completed
Understand the emergence and evolution of Indian constitution
CO 1
CO 2 Understand the state and citizen formation process in India
CO 3 Comprehend the provisions in the judicial and textual understanding of Fundamental Rights
CO 4 Being familiar with the Directive Principles of State Policy and Fundamental Duties
CO 5 To have an idea about Constitutional Interpretation

11. UNIT WISE DETAILS No. of Units: ___4______

Unit Number: 1 No. of Lectures: 10 Title: Introduction to the Constitution

a. Concept, Relevance, Constitutionalism, Sources of Constitution,
b. Evolution of Constitutional scheme in India: Focus on developments from 1935 to 1950,
c. Aims/Objectives and Salient features of the Indian Constitution; Principles of Federalism; Nature of
the Indian Constitution- Federal, Quasi-federal or Unitary; Co-operative Federalism.
d. Features of Preamble
e. Principle of separation of powers, and Rule of Law
Unit Number: 2 No. of Lectures: 10 Title: State Formation & Citizenship Provisions
1. State Formation, The Union and its Territory
 a. Name and territory of the Union
b. Admission or establishment of new states
c. Formation of new States and alteration of areas, boundaries or names of existing states
(Reorganisation of States)
d. Effect of Laws made for state formation

2. Citizenship Provisions
a. Citizenship under the Indian Constitution- Domicile, Migration, Registration, termination and
dual citizenship
b. Citizenship Act, 1955- Birth, Descent, Registration, Naturalisation, Incorporation of Territory,
Commonwealth Citizen, Dual Citizenship, Cessation & Deprivation of Citizenship, Expulsion
of Foreigner
c. Status of Corporation as a Citizen
Unit Number: 3 No. of Lectures: 31 Title: Fundamental Rights and Judicial Process
1. Applicability of Fundamental Rights
a. Concept of Fundamental Rights
b. Fundamental Rights in India
c. State and State Instrumentality Test
d. Justifiability of Fundamental Rights
e. Judicial Review & Judicial Review of State Action & Laws Repulsive to Fundamental Rights
f. Doctrines of Severability, Eclipse & Waiver of Fundamental Rights
2. Equality & Positive Discrimination (Articles 14 to 18)
a. Equality Before Law and Equal Protection of Laws with Illustrative cases
b. Rational Classification, Non-Arbitrariness in State Action, and Manifest Arbitrariness
c. Non-Discrimination (including special provisions for women and children)
d. Reservations in High Education & Employment
e. Untouchability and Abolition of Titles
3. Freedoms, Life and Liberty Concepts (Article 19 to 24)
a. Article 19 – Six Freedoms and Limitations thereon
b. Article 21- Judicial Exposition and nexus with Articles 19 & 22
c. Rights of Accused and Arrested Persons
d. Freedom from exploitation
e. Right to Property- Historical Discontents

4. Articles of faith
a. Individual and Group rights
b. Rights of an Atheist
c. Religious Endowments, Mahant & Doctrine of Cypres
d. Doctrine of Essential Religious Practices & Anti-Exclusionary Principle
5. Cultural & Educational Rights
a. Right to Education
 b. Protection of Interests of Minorities
6. Right to Constitutional Remedies
a. Article 32
b. Martial Law

Unit Number: 4 No. of Lectures: 5 Title: Directive Principles and Fundamental Duties
a. Directive Principles & its Relationship with Fundamental Rights
b. Fundamental Duties
12. Brief Description of Self-learning component by students (through books/resource material
etc.):
Cases and Materials, compendium of case judgments, Newspaper reports, Manupatra articles and case
maps

13. Books Recommended :

Text Books:
1. Shukla V.N.: Constitution of India, Eastern Books Company, Lucknow.
2. Pandey J.N.: Constitutional Law of India, Central Law Agency, Allahabad.
3. Austin, Granwille: The Indian Constitution - Corner Stone of a Nation, 1966, Oxford University,
Press, New Delhi.
4. Austin, Granwille, India’s Living Constitution: Ideas, Practices, Controversies, Edited by Eswaran
Sridharan, Zoya Hasan, R. Sudarshan
5. Basu D.D.: Constitutional Law of India, Prentice Hall of India, New Delhi.
6. Jain, M.P.: Indian Constitutional Law, Wadhwa & Co., Nagpur.
7. Subba Rao, GCV.: Indian Constitutional Law, Eastern Books Company, Lucknow.
8. Tope T.K.: Constitutional Law of India, Eastern Book Company, Lucknow

Reference Books:
1. Shiva Rao B.: The Framing of India’s Constitution (in 5 volumes), Indian Institute of Public
Admn., New Delhi.
2. Seervai, H.M.: Constitutional Law of India (in 3 volumes), M.M. Tripathi, Bombay.
3. Constituent Assembly Debates (5 books) - Official Report, Lok Sabha Secretariat, New Delhi.
Reference websites:
1. www.manupatra.com -for judgments
2. www.indianlawcases.com -for judgments
3. www.lawcommissionofindia.nic.in -for law commission reports
4. www.lexisnexis.in -for books
5. www.india.gov.in/govt.php -for bare acts
14. Innovative Online Techniques/Methods: (if any)
I would do historical and jurisprudential part- online and interactive part- offline