This course covers the Constitutional Law portion of Paper I of the Law optional. It is aimed at people appearing for the CSE as well as those CLAT aspirants seeking a more detailed understanding of the subject. Sources include M P Jain, Dukki guide books and my own class notes.

The courses in this section will help you crack the Common Admission Law Test and get you into any of the prestigious National Law Universities and other Institutes in India.

CLAT & Other 5-year LLB Exams

English

Constitutional Law

UPSC - Civil Services Examination (IAS) Preparation

Historical Background of Constitution

Constitution of India

Legal Reasoning

CLAT & Other Law Entrance Exams 

Ace the toughest competitive and government exams in India 

Test Preparation

This lesson introduces the Indian Constitution and its salient aspects.

Introduction to Constitutional Law

This lesson provides an introduction to those constitutional provisions which deal with the executive organ of the state. It will look into the relationship between the executive head and the council of ministers, non justiciability of cabinet advice, discretionary powers and removal of Governors.

Executive

This lesson deals with the pardoning powers of the President and the Governor. It considers the constitutional provisions as well as judicial decisions on this subject.

Pardoning Powers

This lesson deals with the ordinance making powers of the President and the Governor. It looks at the relevant constitutional provisions and judicial decisions.

Ordinance - Making Powers

This lesson deals with the distribution of legislative power between the Union and the States. It covers articles 245 and 246, the general principles of interpretation and the landmark judicial decisions in this regard.

Distribution of Legislative Power (part I)

This lesson deals with the provisions related to repugnancy, residuary powers and Parliamentary legislation in the State field, along with landmark judicial decisions on these subjects.

Distribution of Legislative Power (part II)

This lesson deals with the constitutional provisions and judicial decisions related to anti-defection law in India and the Tenth Schedule of the Constitution.

Anti Defection

This lesson deals with the privileges of the members and Houses of Parliament and State Legislatures. It discusses constitutional provisions, judicial decisions and other issues in this field like codification and relationship with Fundamental Rights.

Parliamentary Privileges

This lesson deals with the four cases dealing with the appointment of judges to the higher judiciary. It also covers topics of the collegium and the NJAC.

Appointment and Transfer of Judges

This lesson deals with some topics related to the judicial organ of the state: jurisdiction of the Supreme Court, independence of the Judiciary, and curative petitions.

Judiciary (Misc issues)

This lesson deals with the constitutional provisions related to National Emergency and Financial Emergency. Judicial decisions and past years' questions have also been discussed.

Emergency

This lesson deals with the article 356 and the procedure regarding imposition of President's Rule. It contrasts the proclamations under articles 352 and 356, and also discusses the State of Rajasthan decision.

President's Rule

This lesson discusses the cases of Bommai and Rameshwar Prasad, and rounds up the discussion on the proclamation of Article 356.

President's Rule (Bommai and Rameshwar Prasad)

This lesson deals with the  constitutional safeguards available to civil servants. It discusses the doctrine  of pleasure, and corresponding articles and case law.

Doctrine of Pleasure

A continuation of the discussion on the doctrine of pleasure, this lesson looks at the landmark case of Tulsiram Patel and other cases related to the topic.

Doctrine of Pleasure (cases)

This lesson deals with the constitutional provisions related to the amendment process as well as the SC decisions in Shankari Prasad, Sajjan Singh and Golak Nath.

Amendments

This lesson continues the discussion on the cases dealing with art. 368. It looks at the cases of Kesavananda Bharati, Indira Gandhi, Minerva Mills, Waman Rao, Coelho and others.

Kesavananda Bharati

This lesson introduces the topic of Fundamental Rights. It looks into the nature, categories and types of basic rights. It also looks into the question of whether basic rights can be waived.

Fundamental Rights

This lesson deals with article 12 and discusses the various Supreme Court decisions on the definition of "state" and "other authorities".

Article 12

This lesson deals with the definition of law under article 13, the conditions governing unconstitutionality of statutes for violation of fundamental rights, doctrines of eclipse, severability and void ab initio.

Article 13

This lesson introduces the right to equality. It looks at its different aspects as well as the two doctrines; doctrine of reasonable classification, and the new doctrine of equality.  It also discusses the landmark cases relating to the same.

Article 14

This lesson introduces articles  15 and 16. It also discusses the important judgements related to sex-based discrimination.

Articles 15 and 16

This lesson deals with caste based discrimination. It looks at the judicial decisions pre-Indra Sawhney and at the various attempts to define the term 'backward class'.

Reservation (part I)

This lesson rounds up the discussion on caste-based discrimination. It looks at the Indra Sawhney, Nagaraj and A K Thakur decisions. It also looks at the affect of sub-classification, inter-caste marriages and re-conversion on reservation status.

Reservation (part II)

This lesson introduces the art. 19 freedoms and dicusses the cases relating to the freedom of press.

Article 19 (1)(a)

This lesson discusses various decision of the Supreme Court  dealing with art. 19 (1)(a). Ot covers topics such as convicts' right to interviews, obscenity, right to vote, right to silence etc.

Freedom of speech (contd.)

This lesson deals with the reasonable restrictions on the freedom of speech and expression, and judicial decisions related to the same.

Article 19(2)

i have completed my graduation in law and i have great knowledge in the field of constitution and jurisprudence and other law subjects like 

Rahul Singh

This course is about preamble of Indian constitution its need feature and objectives

Preamble of Indian Constitution

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Aishwarya Himanshu Singh

In this course I will cover all the important facts and details about elections along with a discussion on the types of elections in India.

Polity- Types of Elections in India: CLAT


Assistant professor in NLU, visakapatanam.  CLAT : AIR 80 * JRF QUALIFIED In Law. Qualifications: B SC, LLM, MJMC, UGC NET 

V Surya Narayana Raju

This course describes the basic idea relating to Nature and Kinds of Constitution.

Indian Constitution - Nature and Concepts for UPSC CSE AND ALL THE LAW STUDENTS

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Pragna Muchumari

This course deals with the evolution, historical and features of the Indian constitution. Preamble, and articles 1- articles 51a are exclusively covered in this course.

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Introduction to Constitutional Law

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Executive

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Pardoning Powers

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Ordinance - Making Powers

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Distribution of Legislative Power (part I)

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Distribution of Legislative Power (part II)

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Anti Defection

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Parliamentary Privileges

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Appointment and Transfer of Judges

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