Commentary on the Constitution of India

This book has been prepared jointly by Dr. PK. Agrawal and Dr. K.N. Chaturvedi. The major part of the book has been authored by Dr. P.K. Agrawal. Dr. K.N. Chaturvedi has authored chapters on the Interpretation of the Constitution, Legislature, Judiciary, Elections, Directive Principles and on the Constitution of Jammu and Kashmir and on the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution.The book is arranged Article-wise and references have been given at the end of each chapter. As almost each Article of the Constitution has been judicially interpreted, the meaning deter- mined by the judiciary has been explained along with the citation of the case.The bulk of the book has been kept moderate and essential information under each Article has been provided. To err is human and authors jointly own the responsibility for any error factual or otherwise.____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ContentsIntroduction Pgs—51. Preamble Pgs—112. India and its Territory Pgs—133. Citizenship Pgs—164. Fundamental Rights Pgs—205. Directive Principles of State Policy Pgs—686. The Executive Pgs—85(A) Union Executive Pgs—85(B) State Executive Pgs—1107. The Legislature Pgs—121(A) Parliament Pgs—122(B) State Legislatures Pgs—1538. The Judiciary Pgs—159(A) The Supreme Court Pgs—159(B) High Courts Pgs—185(C) Subordinate Courts Pgs—1989. The Union Territories Pgs—20310. The Panchayats, The Municipalities and The Pgs—Cooperative Societies Pgs—21211. The Scheduled Tribal Areas Pgs—25512. Relations Between the Union and the States Pgs—259(A) Legislative Relations Pgs—259(B) Administrative Relations Pgs—27013. Finance, Property, Contracts and Suits Pgs—27814. Trade, Commerce and Intercourse Pgs—30915. Services Under the Union and the States Pgs—31516. Elections Pgs—34017. Special Provisions Relating to Certain Classes Pgs—35118. Official Language Pgs—36719. Emergency Provisions Pgs—37820. Amendment of the Constitution Pgs—39721. Miscellaneous Provisions Pgs—40422. Temporary, Transitional and Special Provisions Pgs—42123. Short Title, Commencement, itative Text in Pgs—Hindi and Repeals Pgs—44824. Constitution of Jammu and Kashmir Pgs—45125. Sixth Schedule Pgs—46226. The Constitutional Amendment Acts Pgs—466Bibliography Pgs—482Index Pgs—484