The Constitution of India at a Glance
Parts Subject Matter Articles Covered
I The Union and its territory 1 to 4II Citizenship 5 to 11
III Fundamental Rights 12 to 35
IV Directive Principles of State Policy 36 to 51
IV-A Fundamental Duties 51-A
V The Union Government 52 to 151
Chapter I – The Executive 52 to 78
Chapter II – Parliament 79 to 122
Chapter III – Legislative Powers of President 123
Chapter IV – The Union Judiciary 124 to 147
Chapter V – Comptroller and Auditor-General of India 148 to 151
VI The State Governments 152 to 237
Chapter I – General 152
Chapter II – The Executive 153 to 167
Chapter III – The State Legislature 168 to 212
Chapter IV – Legislative Powers of Governor 213
Chapter V – The High Courts 214 to 232
Chapter VI – Subordinate Courts 233 to 237
VII The States in Part B of the First Schedule (deleted) (deleted) 238
VIII The Union Territories 239 to 242
IX The Panchayats 243 to 243-0
IX-A The Municipalities 243-P to243-ZG
IX-B The Co-operative Societies 243-ZH to 243-ZT
X The Scheduled and Tribal Areas 244 to 244-A
XI Relations between the Union and the States 245 to 263
Chapter I – Legislative Relations 245 to 255
Chapter II – Administrative Relations 256 to 263
XII Finance, Property, Contracts and Suits 264 to 300-A
Chapter I – Finance 264 to 291
Chapter II – Borrowing 292 to 293
Chapter III – Property, Contracts, Rights,Liabilities, Obligations and Suits 294 to 300
Chapter IV – Right to Property 300-A
XIII Trade, Commerce and Intercourse within the Territory of India 301 to 307
XIV Services under the Union and the States 308 to 323
Chapter I – Services 308 to 314
Chapter II – Public Service Commissions 315 to 323
XIV-A Tribunals 323-A to 323-B
XV Elections 324 to 329- A
XVI Special Provisions relating to Certain Classes 330 to 342
XVII Official Language 343 to 351
Chapter I – Language of the Union 343 to 344
Chapter II – Regional Languages 345 to 347
Chapter III—Language of the Supreme Court,High Courts, and so on 348 to 349
Chapter IV—Special Directives 350 to 351
XVIII Emergency Provisions 352 to 360
XIX Miscellaneous 361 to 367
XX Amendment of the Constitution 368
XXI Temporary, Transitional and Special Provisions 369 to 392
XXII Short title, Commencement, Authoritative Text in Hindi and Repeals 393 to 395
Note: Part VII (dealing with Part-B states) was deleted by the 7th Amendment Act (1956). On the other hand, both Part IV-A and Part XIV-A were added by the 42nd Amendment Act (1976), while Part IX-A was added by the 74th Amendment Act (1992), and Part IX-B was added by the 97th Amendment Act (2011).
Schedules of the Constitution at a Glance
Numbers Subject Matter Articles Covered
First
Schedule 1. Names of the States and their territorial jurisdiction. 1 and 4
2. Names of the Union Territories and their extent.
Second
Schedule Provisions relating to the emoluments, allowances, privileges and so 59, 65,75,97,125,
on of: 148,158,164,186 &221
1. The President of India
2. The Governors of States
3. The Speaker and the Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha
4. The Chairman and the Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha
5. The Speaker and the Deputy Speaker of the Legislative Assembly
in the states
6. The Chairman and the Deputy Chairman of the Legislative
Council in the states
7. The Judges of the Supreme Court
8. The Judges of the High Courts
9. The Comptroller and Auditor-General of India
Third
Schedule Forms of Oaths or Affirmations for: 75, 84,99, 124,
146,173,188 and219
1. The Union ministers
2. The candidates for election to the Parliament
3. The members of Parliament
4. The judges of the Supreme Court
5. The Comptroller and Auditor-General of India
6. The state ministers
7. The candidates for election to the state legislature
8. The members of the state legislature
9. The judges of the High Courts
Fourth
Schedule Allocation of seats in the Rajya Sabha to the states and 4 and 80
the union territories.
Fifth
Schedule Provisions relating to the administration and control of
scheduled areas and scheduled tribes. 244
Sixth
Schedule Provisions relating to the administration of tribal areas in the state 244and275
of Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura and Mizoram.
Seventh
Schedule Division of powers between the Union and the States 246
in terms of List I (Union List), List II (State List) and
List III (Concurrent List). Presently, the Union List
contains 100 subjects (originally 97), the state list
contains 61 subjects (originally 66) and the concurrent
list contains 52 subjects (originally 47).
Eighth
Schedule Languages recognized by the Constitution. Originally, 344 and 351
it had 14 languages but presently there are 22
languages. They are: Assamese, Bengali, Bodo, Dogri
(Dongri), Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Kashmiri,
Konkani, Mathili (Maithili), Malayalam, Manipuri,
Marathi, Nepali, Odia, Punjabi, Sanskrit, Santhali,
Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu and Urdu. Sindhi was added by
the 21st Amendment Act of 1967; Konkani, Manipuri
and Nepali were added by the 71st Amendment Act of
1992; and Bodo, Dongri, Maithili and Santhali were
added by the 92nd Amendment Act of 2003. Oriya was
renamed as ‘Odia’ by the 96th Amendment Act of 2011.
Ninth
Schedule Acts and Regulations (originally 13 but presently 282)19 of the 31-B
state legislatures dealing with land reforms and abolition of the
zamindari system and of the Parliament dealing with other matters.
This schedule was added by the 1st Amendment (1951) to protect
the laws included in it from judicial scrutiny on the ground of violation
of fundamental rights. However, in 2007, the Supreme Court ruled that
the laws included in this schedule after April 24, 1973, are now open to
judicial review.
Tenth
Schedule Provisions relating to disqualification of the members of Parliament and 102and191
State Legislatures on the ground of defection. This schedule was added
by the 52nd Amendment Act of 1985, also known as Antidefection Law.
Eleventh
Schedule Specifies the powers, authority and responsibilities of Panchayats. It has
29 matters. This schedule was added by the 73rd Amendment Act of 1992.
243-G Specifies the powers, authority and responsibilities of
Twelfth
Schedule Municipalities. It has 18 matters. This schedule was added by the 74th 243-W
Amendment Act of 1992.
Sources of the Constitution at a Glance
Sources Features Borrowed
1. Governmen of India Act of 1935 Federal Scheme, Office of governor, Judiciary, Public
Service Commissions, Emergency provisions and administrative details.
2. British Constitution Parliamentary government, Rule of Law, legislative
procedure, single citizenship, cabinet system,
prerogative writs, parliamentary privileges and bicameralism.3. US Constitution Fundamental rights, independence of judiciary, judicial
review, impeachment of the president, removal of
Supreme Court and high court judges and post of vicepresident.
4. Irish Constitution Directive Principles of State Policy, nomination of
members to Rajya Sabha and method of election of
president.
5. Canadian Constitution Federation with a strong Centre, vesting of residuary
powers in the Centre, appointment of state governors by the Centre, and advisory jurisdiction of the Supreme
Court.
6. Australian Constitution Concurrent List, freedom of trade, commerce and intercourse, and joint sitting of the two Houses of Parliament.
7.Weimar Constitution of Germany Suspension of Fundamental Rights during Emergency.
Soviet Constitution
8. (USSR, nowRussia) Fundamental duties and the ideal of justice (social, economic and political) in the Preamble.
9. French Constitution Republic and the ideals of liberty, equality and fraternity in the Preamble.
10.South African Constitution Procedure for amendment of the Constitution and
election of members of Rajya Sabha.
11. Japanese Constitution Procedure established by Law.
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