Introduction To The Constitution Of India

"A book for everybody in India and abroad who wants to know anything about the Constitution of India during its first fifty years. Meets the requirements of the various Universities of India for the LL.B., LL.M., B.A. and M.A. (Political Science) and Competitive examinations held by the Union and State Public Service Commissions. Also indispensable for politicians, journalists, statesmen and administrative authorities. Prescribed in several Universities even for under-Graduate Courses in Civics. Incorporates all Amendments to the Constitution upto 83rd Constitutional Amendment Act 2000. Contains materials, figures and charts not so far included in any publication on the subject. Elaborate comments on separatism in Punjab, Assam & elsewhere.""Salient features : · While the Author's Commentary on the Constitution of India and the Shorter Constitution annotate the Constitution Article by Aricle, primarily from the legal standpoint, the present work offers systematic exposition of the constitutional document in the form of a narrative, properly arranged under logical chapters and topical headings. · It will supply the long felt need for an introductory study on the Constitution for the general readers, politicians as well as students and candidates for the Public Service and other competitive examinations. · It traces the constitutional history of India since the Government of India Act, 1935; analyses the provisions of the present Constitution and explains the inter-relation between its diverse contents.""· It gives an account of the working of each of the provisions of the Constitution during its first decade with reference to statutes and decisions wherever necessary, together with a critical estimate of its trends, in a concluding chapter. · The analytical Table of Contents, pointed marginal notes, the searching index and the graphic Tables at the end of the book will serve as admirable aids to memory. · The three Legislative lists have been printed side by side for the convenience of reference without over a number of pages. · The changes made by the different Constitution Amendment Acts upto 83rd Amendment and the reorganisation of the States made by various statutes may be found out at a glance.""· Without encumbering the text with matters of detail the foot-notes and references have been printed at the end of each Chapter so that the advanced student and the research worker may profit by pursuing those references, after his study of the contents of each chapter. · The status of Jammu and Kashmir and the provisions of its State Constitution have been fully dealt with. · The views of some foreign critics as regards the nature of the Indian Constitution, its federal scheme, provisions for preventive detention and treatment of minorities, have been commented upon with factual data and reasoned arguments.""THE RT. HON. LORD DENNING.-""..........Find it most excellent..........I recently had occasion to refer to this book when we had a debate (in the House of Lords) on the constitutions which are being prepared for the new emerging countries and I drew attention to the way in which fundamental rights are protected in the Indian Constitution."" SIR WILLIAM DALE.-""Your three books-Introduction to the Constitution of India, Law of the Press in India and Criminal Procedure Code, 1973, arrived safely. I am most grateful to you for this famous gift. I shall value the books particularly as coming from you, and make constant reference to them.""."