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  1. Indian Constitutional Law New Challenges

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    Indian Constitutional Law New Challenges

    LL.M. · SEMESTER 1

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    Indian Constitutional Law New Challenges

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    Contents

    Module I

    1. How to Read the Constitution 1
    2. What Federalism Is 6
    3. Is India a Federation? 10
    4. The Union and Its Territory 16
    5. Making and Remaking States 20
    6. The Legislative Lists 25
    7. Pith and Substance 30
    8. Colourable Legislation and Incidental Encroachment 35
    9. Repugnancy and the Occupied Field 40
    10. Residuary Power 45
    11. When Parliament May Legislate on a State Subject 49
    12. The Reach of a Legislature 54
    13. Administrative Relations and Federal Comity 58
    14. Inter-State Water Disputes 63
    15. The Inter-State Council and the Commissions 68
    16. Fiscal Federalism 72
    17. The Goods and Services Tax and Its Council 78
    18. Freedom of Trade, Commerce and Intercourse 83
    19. The Governor 88
    20. Emergency and the Federal Balance 94
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    Module I continued

    1. President's Rule 100
    2. Article 370 105
    3. Asymmetric Federalism: Articles 371 to 371-J 110
    4. Union and State Disputes in Court 115
    5. Cooperative and Competitive Federalism 119
    6. Why the Definition of "State" Decides Everything 124
    7. The Named Authorities 128
    8. "Other Authorities": The Early Cases 132
    9. The Instrumentality Test 136
    10. The Retreat, and What Survived It 141
    11. Is the Judiciary "State"? 146
    12. Private Bodies and Public Functions 150
    13. Liberalisation, Privatisation and the Case for Widening Article 12 154
    14. Article 13: Laws Inconsistent with Fundamental Rights 159
    15. Eclipse, Severability and Waiver 164

    Module II

    1. The Equality Code 170
    2. Equality Before the Law and Equal Protection 174
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    Module II continued

    1. Reasonable Classification 178
    2. Arbitrariness 183
    3. Articles 15 and 16: The Prohibited Grounds 188
    4. Reservation in Education 192
    5. Reservation in Public Employment 196
    6. The Ceiling on Reservation 200
    7. The Creamy Layer 204
    8. Reservation in Promotion 209
    9. Economically Weaker Sections 213
    10. The Lists, and the Commissions That Watch Them 217
    11. Protective Discrimination 222
    12. Privatisation and Affirmative Action 226
    13. Saving of Laws: Articles 31A, 31B and 31C 231
    14. Untouchability and Titles 236
    15. The Empowerment of Women: The Constitutional Scheme 240
    16. Special Provision for Women 244
    17. Women at Work 248
    18. Sexual Harassment at the Workplace 253
    19. Women, Religion and Personal Law 258
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    Module II continued

    1. Women in Local Government 263
    2. The 106th Amendment, and Why It Has Not Started 267
    3. Freedom of Speech, and the Freedom of the Press Inside It 271
    4. The Grounds of Reasonable Restriction 275
    5. Prior Restraint and Pre-Censorship 279
    6. The Press and the Legislature 283
    7. The Right to Information 287
    8. Speech Online 291
    9. Privacy, Surveillance and Data 296
    10. Hate Speech, Fake News and Broadcasting 300
    11. New Scientific Development and the Freedom of Speech 305

    Module III

    1. Article 21: From Gopalan to Maneka 309
    2. Procedure Established by Law 315
    3. The Expansion of "Life" 320
    4. Livelihood and Shelter 325
    5. Health and the Environment 331
    6. Education Before Article 21A 337
    7. Article 21A and the Right to Education Act 343
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    Module III continued

    1. Privacy 349
    2. Dignity, Autonomy and the End of Life 354
    3. Article 20: The Protections of an Accused 360
    4. Preventive Detention 366
    5. The Right Against Exploitation 372
    6. Article 32 and the Writs 378
    7. Article 226 384
    8. Limits: Articles 33, 34 and 35 390
    9. Public Interest Litigation 396
    10. Compensatory Jurisprudence 402
    11. Continuing Mandamus and Judicial Guidelines 408
    12. Hartal and Bandh 414
    13. The Right to Property 420
    14. The Directive Principles 426
    15. The Fundamental Duties 432
    16. Who Is a Minority? 438
    17. Article 29: The Right to Conserve 444
    18. Article 30: To Establish and to Administer 450
    19. State Control and Regulation 456
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    Module III continued

    1. The Eleven-Judge Answer 462
    2. After the Eleven-Judge Answer 467
    3. Minority Institutions and the Right to Education Act 473
    4. Linguistic Minorities 479
    5. What Secularism Means Here 485
    6. Articles 25 and 26 491
    7. Essential Religious Practices 497
    8. Religious Taxation and Religious Instruction 503
    9. Secularism as a Basic Feature 509
    10. Religious Fanaticism 515
    11. A Uniform Civil Code 521

    Module IV

    1. Separation of Powers: The Doctrine 527
    2. The Indian Scheme 533
    3. Delegated Legislation 539
    4. Judicial Review 545
    5. Ultra Vires 551
    6. The Amending Power 557
    7. The Basic Structure 563
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    Module IV continued

    1. The Appointment of Judges 569
    2. The National Judicial Appointments Commission 575
    3. Transfer and Removal of Judges 581
    4. Judicial Independence 587
    5. Judicial Accountability 593
    6. Judicial Activism, Restraint and Overreach 599
    7. Legislative Privilege 605
    8. Advisory Jurisdiction 611
    9. Complete Justice: Article 142 617
    10. The Supreme Court 623
    11. The High Courts 629
    12. The Subordinate Judiciary 635
    13. Tribunals 640
    14. The Rule of Law 646
    15. Democracy and Free and Fair Elections 652
    16. The Election Commission 658
    17. Articles 325 to 329 664
    18. The Voter's Right to Know 670
    19. Electoral Reform and the Criminalisation of Politics 675
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    Module IV continued

    1. The Funding of Elections 681
    2. Defection and the Tenth Schedule 687
    3. Grass Root Democracy: The Panchayats 693
    4. Urban Local Government: The Municipalities 699
    5. The Nexus of Politics, Crime and Business 705
    6. The New Challenges 711
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    Notes
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    Papers
    Previous year question paper solutions. Revised edition 2026. 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026
    Every chapter in the notes: 136 chapters across 4 modules

    Module I 35 chapters

    1. 1 How to Read the Constitution pages 1 to 5
    2. 2 What Federalism Is pages 6 to 9
    3. 3 Is India a Federation? pages 10 to 15
    4. 4 The Union and Its Territory pages 16 to 19
    5. 5 Making and Remaking States pages 20 to 24
    6. 6 The Legislative Lists pages 25 to 29
    7. 7 Pith and Substance pages 30 to 34
    8. 8 Colourable Legislation and Incidental Encroachment pages 35 to 39
    9. 9 Repugnancy and the Occupied Field pages 40 to 44
    10. 10 Residuary Power pages 45 to 48
    11. 11 When Parliament May Legislate on a State Subject pages 49 to 53
    12. 12 The Reach of a Legislature pages 54 to 57
    13. 13 Administrative Relations and Federal Comity pages 58 to 62
    14. 14 Inter-State Water Disputes pages 63 to 67
    15. 15 The Inter-State Council and the Commissions pages 68 to 71
    16. 16 Fiscal Federalism pages 72 to 77
    17. 17 The Goods and Services Tax and Its Council pages 78 to 82
    18. 18 Freedom of Trade, Commerce and Intercourse pages 83 to 87
    19. 19 The Governor pages 88 to 93
    20. 20 Emergency and the Federal Balance pages 94 to 99
    21. 21 President's Rule pages 100 to 104
    22. 22 Article 370 pages 105 to 109
    23. 23 Asymmetric Federalism: Articles 371 to 371-J pages 110 to 114
    24. 24 Union and State Disputes in Court pages 115 to 118
    25. 25 Cooperative and Competitive Federalism pages 119 to 123
    26. 26 Why the Definition of "State" Decides Everything pages 124 to 127
    27. 27 The Named Authorities pages 128 to 131
    28. 28 "Other Authorities": The Early Cases pages 132 to 135
    29. 29 The Instrumentality Test pages 136 to 140
    30. 30 The Retreat, and What Survived It pages 141 to 145
    31. 31 Is the Judiciary "State"? pages 146 to 149
    32. 32 Private Bodies and Public Functions pages 150 to 153
    33. 33 Liberalisation, Privatisation and the Case for Widening Article 12 pages 154 to 158
    34. 34 Article 13: Laws Inconsistent with Fundamental Rights pages 159 to 163
    35. 35 Eclipse, Severability and Waiver pages 164 to 169

    Module II 32 chapters

    1. 36 The Equality Code pages 170 to 173
    2. 37 Equality Before the Law and Equal Protection pages 174 to 177
    3. 38 Reasonable Classification pages 178 to 182
    4. 39 Arbitrariness pages 183 to 187
    5. 40 Articles 15 and 16: The Prohibited Grounds pages 188 to 191
    6. 41 Reservation in Education pages 192 to 195
    7. 42 Reservation in Public Employment pages 196 to 199
    8. 43 The Ceiling on Reservation pages 200 to 203
    9. 44 The Creamy Layer pages 204 to 208
    10. 45 Reservation in Promotion pages 209 to 212
    11. 46 Economically Weaker Sections pages 213 to 216
    12. 47 The Lists, and the Commissions That Watch Them pages 217 to 221
    13. 48 Protective Discrimination pages 222 to 225
    14. 49 Privatisation and Affirmative Action pages 226 to 230
    15. 50 Saving of Laws: Articles 31A, 31B and 31C pages 231 to 235
    16. 51 Untouchability and Titles pages 236 to 239
    17. 52 The Empowerment of Women: The Constitutional Scheme pages 240 to 243
    18. 53 Special Provision for Women pages 244 to 247
    19. 54 Women at Work pages 248 to 252
    20. 55 Sexual Harassment at the Workplace pages 253 to 257
    21. 56 Women, Religion and Personal Law pages 258 to 262
    22. 57 Women in Local Government pages 263 to 266
    23. 58 The 106th Amendment, and Why It Has Not Started pages 267 to 270
    24. 59 Freedom of Speech, and the Freedom of the Press Inside It pages 271 to 274
    25. 60 The Grounds of Reasonable Restriction pages 275 to 278
    26. 61 Prior Restraint and Pre-Censorship pages 279 to 282
    27. 62 The Press and the Legislature pages 283 to 286
    28. 63 The Right to Information pages 287 to 290
    29. 64 Speech Online pages 291 to 295
    30. 65 Privacy, Surveillance and Data pages 296 to 299
    31. 66 Hate Speech, Fake News and Broadcasting pages 300 to 304
    32. 67 New Scientific Development and the Freedom of Speech pages 305 to 308

    Module III 37 chapters

    1. 68 Article 21: From Gopalan to Maneka pages 309 to 314
    2. 69 Procedure Established by Law pages 315 to 319
    3. 70 The Expansion of "Life" pages 320 to 324
    4. 71 Livelihood and Shelter pages 325 to 330
    5. 72 Health and the Environment pages 331 to 336
    6. 73 Education Before Article 21A pages 337 to 342
    7. 74 Article 21A and the Right to Education Act pages 343 to 348
    8. 75 Privacy pages 349 to 353
    9. 76 Dignity, Autonomy and the End of Life pages 354 to 359
    10. 77 Article 20: The Protections of an Accused pages 360 to 365
    11. 78 Preventive Detention pages 366 to 371
    12. 79 The Right Against Exploitation pages 372 to 377
    13. 80 Article 32 and the Writs pages 378 to 383
    14. 81 Article 226 pages 384 to 389
    15. 82 Limits: Articles 33, 34 and 35 pages 390 to 395
    16. 83 Public Interest Litigation pages 396 to 401
    17. 84 Compensatory Jurisprudence pages 402 to 407
    18. 85 Continuing Mandamus and Judicial Guidelines pages 408 to 413
    19. 86 Hartal and Bandh pages 414 to 419
    20. 87 The Right to Property pages 420 to 425
    21. 88 The Directive Principles pages 426 to 431
    22. 89 The Fundamental Duties pages 432 to 437
    23. 90 Who Is a Minority? pages 438 to 443
    24. 91 Article 29: The Right to Conserve pages 444 to 449
    25. 92 Article 30: To Establish and to Administer pages 450 to 455
    26. 93 State Control and Regulation pages 456 to 461
    27. 94 The Eleven-Judge Answer pages 462 to 466
    28. 95 After the Eleven-Judge Answer pages 467 to 472
    29. 96 Minority Institutions and the Right to Education Act pages 473 to 478
    30. 97 Linguistic Minorities pages 479 to 484
    31. 98 What Secularism Means Here pages 485 to 490
    32. 99 Articles 25 and 26 pages 491 to 496
    33. 100 Essential Religious Practices pages 497 to 502
    34. 101 Religious Taxation and Religious Instruction pages 503 to 508
    35. 102 Secularism as a Basic Feature pages 509 to 514
    36. 103 Religious Fanaticism pages 515 to 520
    37. 104 A Uniform Civil Code pages 521 to 526

    Module IV 32 chapters

    1. 105 Separation of Powers: The Doctrine pages 527 to 532
    2. 106 The Indian Scheme pages 533 to 538
    3. 107 Delegated Legislation pages 539 to 544
    4. 108 Judicial Review pages 545 to 550
    5. 109 Ultra Vires pages 551 to 556
    6. 110 The Amending Power pages 557 to 562
    7. 111 The Basic Structure pages 563 to 568
    8. 112 The Appointment of Judges pages 569 to 574
    9. 113 The National Judicial Appointments Commission pages 575 to 580
    10. 114 Transfer and Removal of Judges pages 581 to 586
    11. 115 Judicial Independence pages 587 to 592
    12. 116 Judicial Accountability pages 593 to 598
    13. 117 Judicial Activism, Restraint and Overreach pages 599 to 604
    14. 118 Legislative Privilege pages 605 to 610
    15. 119 Advisory Jurisdiction pages 611 to 616
    16. 120 Complete Justice: Article 142 pages 617 to 622
    17. 121 The Supreme Court pages 623 to 628
    18. 122 The High Courts pages 629 to 634
    19. 123 The Subordinate Judiciary pages 635 to 639
    20. 124 Tribunals pages 640 to 645
    21. 125 The Rule of Law pages 646 to 651
    22. 126 Democracy and Free and Fair Elections pages 652 to 657
    23. 127 The Election Commission pages 658 to 663
    24. 128 Articles 325 to 329 pages 664 to 669
    25. 129 The Voter's Right to Know pages 670 to 674
    26. 130 Electoral Reform and the Criminalisation of Politics pages 675 to 680
    27. 131 The Funding of Elections pages 681 to 686
    28. 132 Defection and the Tenth Schedule pages 687 to 692
    29. 133 Grass Root Democracy: The Panchayats pages 693 to 698
    30. 134 Urban Local Government: The Municipalities pages 699 to 704
    31. 135 The Nexus of Politics, Crime and Business pages 705 to 710
    32. 136 The New Challenges pages 711 to 715
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  2. Law and Social Transformation of India

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    Law and Social Transformation of India

    LL.M. · SEMESTER 1

    Strictly as per the University of Mumbai LL.M. syllabus in force

    For LL.M. students of the University of Mumbai and all its affiliated law colleges

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    Law and Social Transformation of India

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    Written and first published by munotes.in, 2026.

    This book is for individual students to read at munotes.in. No part of it may be reproduced, distributed, stored, translated or used for institutional or classroom purposes in any form without a prior written licence from munotes.in.

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    Contents

    Module I

    1. Law and Society: How Each Shapes the Other 1
    2. Law as an Instrument of Social Change 6
    3. What Law Cannot Do: The Limits of Legislating Change 12
    4. Law as the Product of Tradition and Culture 17
    5. Custom as a Source of Law 22
    6. Roscoe Pound and Social Engineering 26
    7. Pound's Scheme of Interests 30
    8. The Criticisms of Social Engineering 34
    9. Bentham, Marx and Ehrlich: The Other Answers 38
    10. The Preamble: The Charter of Transformation 43
    11. The Directive Principles and the Welfare State 47
    12. Social Security Legislation 53
    13. The Fundamental Duties 57
    14. The Judiciary as an Engine of Social Change 61
    15. Judicial Activism and Public Interest Litigation 66
    16. Social Justice 70
    17. Religion and the Law: The Two Questions 74
    18. Freedom of Religion: Articles 25 to 28 78
    19. The Essential Religious Practices Doctrine 83
    20. Secularism 88
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    Module I continued

    1. The State and Religion: No State Religion 92
    2. Religion as a Divisive Factor 95
    3. No Discrimination on the Ground of Religion 99
    4. Who Is a Minority 103
    5. Articles 29 and 30: The Minority's Educational Rights 107
    6. The National Commission for Minorities 111
    7. Conversion and the Law 115
    8. Personal Law: What It Is, and Why India Has Several 119
    9. The Hindu Code Bills 124
    10. Muslim Personal Law and Maintenance: Shah Bano to Danial Latifi 128
    11. Triple Talaq 134
    12. Christian and Parsi Law, and the Special Marriage Act 139
    13. The Uniform Civil Code 143
    14. Religious Freedom against Social Reform 148
    15. Temple Entry 152
    16. Places of Worship, and the Character Frozen in 1947 157

    Module II

    1. Language and the Law: Why a Country Legislates about Language 162
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    Module II continued

    1. Language as a Divisive Factor 167
    2. The Official Language of the Union 171
    3. The Official Languages Act 1963 176
    4. Many Languages, One Union 181
    5. Constitutional Guarantees to Linguistic Minorities 185
    6. The Formation of Linguistic States 190
    7. The Commissions That Redrew the Map 194
    8. The Medium of Instruction 199
    9. Enforcing Language Rights 204
    10. Regionalism, and India as One Unit 208
    11. The Language of the Courts and of the Statute Book 212
    12. Community and the Law: Caste, Tribe and a Plural Society 217
    13. Caste as a Divisive Factor 222
    14. Non-discrimination on the Ground of Caste 226
    15. Untouchability, and the Act That Abolished It 230
    16. The Atrocities Act 1989 236
    17. Manual Scavenging and Bonded Labour 242
    18. Reservation: The Constitutional Scheme 247
    19. Protective Discrimination 251
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    Module II continued

    1. Backward Classes, the Creamy Layer and the Ceiling 255
    2. Reservation in Promotion, and the Ten Per Cent for the Economically Weaker 260
    3. Substantive Equality 265
    4. The Safeguards: Seats, Services and Commissions 269
    5. Tribal India: The Fifth and Sixth Schedules 274
    6. Land, Forest and the Gram Sabha's Consent 281
    7. The Naxalite Movement: Origin and Development 289
    8. The Causes: Land, Dispossession and the Failure of Law 294
    9. The Cure: What the State Has Tried 301
    10. Internal Security, Social Justice and Development 307
    11. The Human Rights Commissions 314

    Module III

    1. Women and the Law: Where the Constitution Started 320
    2. Article 15(3): Special Provision for Women 326
    3. Gender Injustice and Its Forms 331
    4. Dignity and the Right to Privacy 336
    5. Empowerment of Women 341
    6. Women in Public Employment and the Armed Forces 346
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    Module III continued

    1. Equal Pay and Maternity Benefit 352
    2. Sexual Harassment at the Workplace 357
    3. Crimes against Women 366
    4. The Criminal Law (Amendment) Act 2013 373
    5. Dowry 379
    6. Domestic Violence 386
    7. Sati 395
    8. Sex Selection and the Missing Daughters 401
    9. Reproductive Autonomy 408
    10. Trafficking and Prostitution 415
    11. Indecent Representation 423
    12. The National Commission for Women 429
    13. Women in the Legislatures 435
    14. Women's Property Rights 441
    15. Adultery and Marital Autonomy 448
    16. Who Counts as a Woman 454
    17. The Judiciary and Women's Rights: The Record 461
    18. Children and the Law: The Child as a Rights-Holder 467
    19. The Constitution and the Child 472
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    1. India and the Convention on the Rights of the Child 477
    2. Child Abuse 483
    3. The Sexual Exploitation of Children 489
    4. POCSO: Objects and Scheme 495
    5. How Far POCSO Has Worked 504
    6. Child Labour: Causes and Consequences 510
    7. The Law against Child Labour 515
    8. The Courts and the Enforcement against Child Labour 522
    9. The Right to Education 528
    10. Juvenile Justice 537
    11. The Child in Need of Care and Protection 547
    12. Adoption 557
    13. Inter-country Adoption 564
    14. The Child Rights Commissions 570
    15. Child Marriage 577

    Module IV

    1. Modernisation and the Law 584
    2. Modernisation as a Value 589
    3. Modernising Social Institutions Through Law 595
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    1. Agrarian Reform: Abolishing the Intermediary 600
    2. Ceilings, Tenancy and Redistribution 606
    3. The Ninth Schedule and the Property Amendments 611
    4. Industrialisation and the Law 618
    5. Industrialisation against Environmental Protection 624
    6. What the Courts Built out of Article 21 631
    7. Industrialisation and the Sustainable Development Goals 638
    8. Urbanisation and the Pavement Dweller 643
    9. Science, Technology and the Law Behind Them 651
    10. Democratic Decentralisation and Local Self-Government 657
    11. The Prison in India 664
    12. The Committees on Prison Reform 671
    13. The Prisoner's Rights 677
    14. Alternative Approaches to Law 685
    15. Section 89 of the Civil Procedure Code 690
    16. The Types of Alternative Dispute Mechanism, and What Each Is Good For 696
    17. Arbitration 701
    18. Mediation and Conciliation 708
    19. Lok Adalat 716
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    Module IV continued

    1. Legal Aid 724
    2. Nyaya Panchayats 734
    3. Gram Nyayalayas 740
    4. Plea Bargaining 752
    5. Reform of Court Processes and of the Justice Delivery System 761
    6. Legal Pluralism, and the Forums the State Did Not Create 770
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    Notes
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    Papers
    Previous year question paper solutions. Revised edition 2026. 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026
    Every chapter in the notes: 135 chapters across 4 modules

    Module I 36 chapters

    1. 1 Law and Society: How Each Shapes the Other pages 1 to 5
    2. 2 Law as an Instrument of Social Change pages 6 to 11
    3. 3 What Law Cannot Do: The Limits of Legislating Change pages 12 to 16
    4. 4 Law as the Product of Tradition and Culture pages 17 to 21
    5. 5 Custom as a Source of Law pages 22 to 25
    6. 6 Roscoe Pound and Social Engineering pages 26 to 29
    7. 7 Pound's Scheme of Interests pages 30 to 33
    8. 8 The Criticisms of Social Engineering pages 34 to 37
    9. 9 Bentham, Marx and Ehrlich: The Other Answers pages 38 to 42
    10. 10 The Preamble: The Charter of Transformation pages 43 to 46
    11. 11 The Directive Principles and the Welfare State pages 47 to 52
    12. 12 Social Security Legislation pages 53 to 56
    13. 13 The Fundamental Duties pages 57 to 60
    14. 14 The Judiciary as an Engine of Social Change pages 61 to 65
    15. 15 Judicial Activism and Public Interest Litigation pages 66 to 69
    16. 16 Social Justice pages 70 to 73
    17. 17 Religion and the Law: The Two Questions pages 74 to 77
    18. 18 Freedom of Religion: Articles 25 to 28 pages 78 to 82
    19. 19 The Essential Religious Practices Doctrine pages 83 to 87
    20. 20 Secularism pages 88 to 91
    21. 21 The State and Religion: No State Religion pages 92 to 94
    22. 22 Religion as a Divisive Factor pages 95 to 98
    23. 23 No Discrimination on the Ground of Religion pages 99 to 102
    24. 24 Who Is a Minority pages 103 to 106
    25. 25 Articles 29 and 30: The Minority's Educational Rights pages 107 to 110
    26. 26 The National Commission for Minorities pages 111 to 114
    27. 27 Conversion and the Law pages 115 to 118
    28. 28 Personal Law: What It Is, and Why India Has Several pages 119 to 123
    29. 29 The Hindu Code Bills pages 124 to 127
    30. 30 Muslim Personal Law and Maintenance: Shah Bano to Danial Latifi pages 128 to 133
    31. 31 Triple Talaq pages 134 to 138
    32. 32 Christian and Parsi Law, and the Special Marriage Act pages 139 to 142
    33. 33 The Uniform Civil Code pages 143 to 147
    34. 34 Religious Freedom against Social Reform pages 148 to 151
    35. 35 Temple Entry pages 152 to 156
    36. 36 Places of Worship, and the Character Frozen in 1947 pages 157 to 161

    Module II 31 chapters

    1. 37 Language and the Law: Why a Country Legislates about Language pages 162 to 166
    2. 38 Language as a Divisive Factor pages 167 to 170
    3. 39 The Official Language of the Union pages 171 to 175
    4. 40 The Official Languages Act 1963 pages 176 to 180
    5. 41 Many Languages, One Union pages 181 to 184
    6. 42 Constitutional Guarantees to Linguistic Minorities pages 185 to 189
    7. 43 The Formation of Linguistic States pages 190 to 193
    8. 44 The Commissions That Redrew the Map pages 194 to 198
    9. 45 The Medium of Instruction pages 199 to 203
    10. 46 Enforcing Language Rights pages 204 to 207
    11. 47 Regionalism, and India as One Unit pages 208 to 211
    12. 48 The Language of the Courts and of the Statute Book pages 212 to 216
    13. 49 Community and the Law: Caste, Tribe and a Plural Society pages 217 to 221
    14. 50 Caste as a Divisive Factor pages 222 to 225
    15. 51 Non-discrimination on the Ground of Caste pages 226 to 229
    16. 52 Untouchability, and the Act That Abolished It pages 230 to 235
    17. 53 The Atrocities Act 1989 pages 236 to 241
    18. 54 Manual Scavenging and Bonded Labour pages 242 to 246
    19. 55 Reservation: The Constitutional Scheme pages 247 to 250
    20. 56 Protective Discrimination pages 251 to 254
    21. 57 Backward Classes, the Creamy Layer and the Ceiling pages 255 to 259
    22. 58 Reservation in Promotion, and the Ten Per Cent for the Economically Weaker pages 260 to 264
    23. 59 Substantive Equality pages 265 to 268
    24. 60 The Safeguards: Seats, Services and Commissions pages 269 to 273
    25. 61 Tribal India: The Fifth and Sixth Schedules pages 274 to 280
    26. 62 Land, Forest and the Gram Sabha's Consent pages 281 to 288
    27. 63 The Naxalite Movement: Origin and Development pages 289 to 293
    28. 64 The Causes: Land, Dispossession and the Failure of Law pages 294 to 300
    29. 65 The Cure: What the State Has Tried pages 301 to 306
    30. 66 Internal Security, Social Justice and Development pages 307 to 313
    31. 67 The Human Rights Commissions pages 314 to 319

    Module III 40 chapters

    1. 68 Women and the Law: Where the Constitution Started pages 320 to 325
    2. 69 Article 15(3): Special Provision for Women pages 326 to 330
    3. 70 Gender Injustice and Its Forms pages 331 to 335
    4. 71 Dignity and the Right to Privacy pages 336 to 340
    5. 72 Empowerment of Women pages 341 to 345
    6. 73 Women in Public Employment and the Armed Forces pages 346 to 351
    7. 74 Equal Pay and Maternity Benefit pages 352 to 356
    8. 75 Sexual Harassment at the Workplace pages 357 to 365
    9. 76 Crimes against Women pages 366 to 372
    10. 77 The Criminal Law (Amendment) Act 2013 pages 373 to 378
    11. 78 Dowry pages 379 to 385
    12. 79 Domestic Violence pages 386 to 394
    13. 80 Sati pages 395 to 400
    14. 81 Sex Selection and the Missing Daughters pages 401 to 407
    15. 82 Reproductive Autonomy pages 408 to 414
    16. 83 Trafficking and Prostitution pages 415 to 422
    17. 84 Indecent Representation pages 423 to 428
    18. 85 The National Commission for Women pages 429 to 434
    19. 86 Women in the Legislatures pages 435 to 440
    20. 87 Women's Property Rights pages 441 to 447
    21. 88 Adultery and Marital Autonomy pages 448 to 453
    22. 89 Who Counts as a Woman pages 454 to 460
    23. 90 The Judiciary and Women's Rights: The Record pages 461 to 466
    24. 91 Children and the Law: The Child as a Rights-Holder pages 467 to 471
    25. 92 The Constitution and the Child pages 472 to 476
    26. 93 India and the Convention on the Rights of the Child pages 477 to 482
    27. 94 Child Abuse pages 483 to 488
    28. 95 The Sexual Exploitation of Children pages 489 to 494
    29. 96 POCSO: Objects and Scheme pages 495 to 503
    30. 97 How Far POCSO Has Worked pages 504 to 509
    31. 98 Child Labour: Causes and Consequences pages 510 to 514
    32. 99 The Law against Child Labour pages 515 to 521
    33. 100 The Courts and the Enforcement against Child Labour pages 522 to 527
    34. 101 The Right to Education pages 528 to 536
    35. 102 Juvenile Justice pages 537 to 546
    36. 103 The Child in Need of Care and Protection pages 547 to 556
    37. 104 Adoption pages 557 to 563
    38. 105 Inter-country Adoption pages 564 to 569
    39. 106 The Child Rights Commissions pages 570 to 576
    40. 107 Child Marriage pages 577 to 583

    Module IV 28 chapters

    1. 108 Modernisation and the Law pages 584 to 588
    2. 109 Modernisation as a Value pages 589 to 594
    3. 110 Modernising Social Institutions Through Law pages 595 to 599
    4. 111 Agrarian Reform: Abolishing the Intermediary pages 600 to 605
    5. 112 Ceilings, Tenancy and Redistribution pages 606 to 610
    6. 113 The Ninth Schedule and the Property Amendments pages 611 to 617
    7. 114 Industrialisation and the Law pages 618 to 623
    8. 115 Industrialisation against Environmental Protection pages 624 to 630
    9. 116 What the Courts Built out of Article 21 pages 631 to 637
    10. 117 Industrialisation and the Sustainable Development Goals pages 638 to 642
    11. 118 Urbanisation and the Pavement Dweller pages 643 to 650
    12. 119 Science, Technology and the Law Behind Them pages 651 to 656
    13. 120 Democratic Decentralisation and Local Self-Government pages 657 to 663
    14. 121 The Prison in India pages 664 to 670
    15. 122 The Committees on Prison Reform pages 671 to 676
    16. 123 The Prisoner's Rights pages 677 to 684
    17. 124 Alternative Approaches to Law pages 685 to 689
    18. 125 Section 89 of the Civil Procedure Code pages 690 to 695
    19. 126 The Types of Alternative Dispute Mechanism, and What Each Is Good For pages 696 to 700
    20. 127 Arbitration pages 701 to 707
    21. 128 Mediation and Conciliation pages 708 to 715
    22. 129 Lok Adalat pages 716 to 723
    23. 130 Legal Aid pages 724 to 733
    24. 131 Nyaya Panchayats pages 734 to 739
    25. 132 Gram Nyayalayas pages 740 to 751
    26. 133 Plea Bargaining pages 752 to 760
    27. 134 Reform of Court Processes and of the Justice Delivery System pages 761 to 769
    28. 135 Legal Pluralism, and the Forums the State Did Not Create pages 770 to 778
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  3. Constitutionalism Pluralism and Federalism

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    Constitutionalism Pluralism and Federalism

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    Module I

    1. What Constitutionalism Means, and Why a Constitution Is Not Enough 1
    2. The Elements of Constitutionalism, Listed and Explained 7
    3. Constitutional Supremacy and Parliamentary Sovereignty 13
    4. The Preamble, and What a Court May Do With It 18
    5. Secularism in the Preamble, and the Forty-second Amendment 23
    6. Socialism, and the Integrity of the Nation 29
    7. The Rule of Law: Dicey, and What Survives of Him 34
    8. The Rule of Law Inside the Indian Constitution 40
    9. Limited Government: Every Power Is a Conferred Power 46
    10. Separation of Powers in the Indian Constitution 51
    11. Judicial Independence and How the Constitution Protects It 56
    12. Fundamental Rights as a Limit on Government 62
    13. Directive Principles, and the Constitutionalism of Positive Duty 69
    14. Fundamental Duties 75
    15. Procedure Established by Law, and Due Process 79
    16. Judicial Review: Where It Comes From and How Far It Goes 84
    17. The Amending Power, and the Road to Kesavananda 90
    18. The Basic Structure Doctrine 95
    19. Basic Structure After Kesavananda 100
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    1. Constitutional Morality 106
    2. The Institutions That Hold a Government to Account 111
    3. Emergency, and the Constitutionalism the Forty-fourth Amendment Put Back 117
    4. Where Indian Constitutionalism Is Under Strain 122
    5. What a Federation Is 127
    6. Federal, Unitary and Confederal Government Compared 132
    7. Is India a Federation? The Quasi-Federal Argument 136
    8. The Federal Features of the Indian Constitution 141
    9. The Union and Its Territory: Articles 1 to 4 146
    10. States Reorganisation, and the Language Question 151
    11. The Division of Legislative Power and the Three Lists 156
    12. Pith and Substance, Colourable Legislation and Incidental Encroachment 162
    13. Repugnancy: Article 254 168
    14. Residuary Power, and Parliament's Power Over the State List 173
    15. Territorial Nexus and Extra-territorial Operation 178
    16. Goods and Services Tax: Article 246A and the GST Council 182
    17. Administrative Relations Between the Union and the States 187
    18. Inter-State Rivers: Article 262 192
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    1. The Inter-State Council, and Cooperative Federalism 197
    2. The All India Services 202
    3. Financial Relations and the Finance Commission 207
    4. Freedom of Trade, Commerce and Intercourse: Articles 301 to 307 213
    5. The Governor: Appointment, Discretion and Assent 219
    6. President's Rule: Article 356 and S.R. Bommai 226
    7. National Emergency, and What It Does to the Federal Balance 232
    8. Judicial Review in the Federal Framework: The Court as Umpire 237
    9. Disputes Between the Union and a State: Article 131 243
    10. Central Control Against State Autonomy 248
    11. Asymmetric Federalism 253
    12. Article 370 and the Status of Jammu and Kashmir 258
    13. The 2019 Change, and In Re Article 370 263
    14. Delhi: Article 239AA and the Dispute Over Services 268
    15. The North East: Articles 371A to 371J and the Sixth Schedule 274
    16. The Fifth Schedule and the Scheduled Areas 279
    17. Union Territories 284
    18. The Third Tier: Panchayats and Municipalities 288
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    1. India and the United States Compared 294
    2. Australia, Canada, and How a Federation Umpires Itself 298
    3. The Commissions on Centre-State Relations 303
    4. Federalism as a Dynamic Process 307

    Module II

    1. What Pluralism Means 311
    2. India as a Plural Society 315
    3. Ethnic Pluralism 319
    4. Linguistic Pluralism, and Part XVII 324
    5. Religious Pluralism 330
    6. Cultural Pluralism 335
    7. Political Pluralism 339
    8. Legal Pluralism, and Personal Law 344
    9. Multiculturalism, and the Indian Version of It 349
    10. Secularism as India Practises It 353
    11. Freedom of Religion: Articles 25 to 28 358
    12. Essential Religious Practices 364
    13. Who Is a Minority 369
    14. The Rights of Minorities: Articles 29 and 30 375
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    1. Minority Educational Institutions 381
    2. The National Commission for Minorities 387
    3. Freedom of Speech and Expression 392
    4. The Press in a Plural Society 399
    5. The Right to Dissent 406
    6. Hate Speech, and the Limits of Toleration 413
    7. Tribal Pluralism 420
    8. Caste, and the Abolition of Untouchability 428
    9. What Pluralism Is Up Against 437

    Module III

    1. Article 44, and Exactly What It Says 445
    2. The Constituent Assembly Debate on Article 44 451
    3. The Personal Law Systems of India 459
    4. Is Personal Law 'Law' Under Article 13 465
    5. Shah Bano, and the Statute That Followed It 471
    6. Sarla Mudgal and Lily Thomas 478
    7. John Vallamattom, Ahmedabad Women Action Group and Pannalal Bansilal 484
    8. Shayara Bano, and the Act of 2019 489
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    1. Goa, and Jose Paulo Coutinho 495
    2. The Special Marriage Act as an Optional Code 500
    3. The Case For a Uniform Civil Code 506
    4. The Case Against It, and the Middle Way 512
    5. What the Law Commission Has Said, Twice 519
    6. Uttarakhand 2024: The First State Code 525
    7. Article 14: Equality Before Law and Equal Protection of the Laws 533
    8. The Doctrine of Reasonable Classification 539
    9. Arbitrariness: The Newer Doctrine 546
    10. Equating Equals With Unequals 552
    11. Article 15: No Discrimination on the Prohibited Grounds 558
    12. Article 15(4) and 15(5): Special Provision for Backward Classes 565
    13. Article 15(6): The Economically Weaker Sections 571
    14. Article 16: Equality of Opportunity in Public Employment 577
    15. Indra Sawhney: The Mandal Judgment 584
    16. Creamy Layer, the Fifty Per Cent Ceiling, and What Has Happened to Both 590
    17. Reservation in Promotion 596
    18. Sub-classification Inside a Reserved Class 601
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    1. Compensatory Discrimination as a Doctrine 607
    2. The Protections Given to Women 613
    3. The Protections Given to the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes 620
    4. Article 17 and the Untouchability Statutes 627
    5. Who Decides Which Classes Are Backward 633
    6. Equality and Transgender Persons 639
    7. Equality and Disability 647
    8. Article 18: Titles 654

    Module IV

    1. Why a Constitutional Paper Ends in International Law 659
    2. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1948 665
    3. How the Constitution Mirrors the Universal Declaration 672
    4. The Two Covenants of 1966 678
    5. The Convention Against Genocide 685
    6. Genocide in Practice: What the Courts Have Made of the Convention 691
    7. Minorities in International Law 698
    8. The 1992 Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to Minorities 705
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    1. The Right of Self-determination 711
    2. Self-determination in Practice 719
    3. The Doctrine of Domestic Jurisdiction 726
    4. Race, Women and Children: Three More Conventions 732
    5. Indigenous and Tribal Peoples in International Law 739
    6. The European Convention and the European Court of Human Rights 745
    7. The Other Regional Systems 753
    8. How International Law Enters Indian Law 760
    9. The Protection of Human Rights Act 1993 and the Commission 767
    10. Refugees and Statelessness, and Where India Stands 776
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    Every chapter in the notes: 134 chapters across 4 modules

    Module I 59 chapters

    1. 1 What Constitutionalism Means, and Why a Constitution Is Not Enough pages 1 to 6
    2. 2 The Elements of Constitutionalism, Listed and Explained pages 7 to 12
    3. 3 Constitutional Supremacy and Parliamentary Sovereignty pages 13 to 17
    4. 4 The Preamble, and What a Court May Do With It pages 18 to 22
    5. 5 Secularism in the Preamble, and the Forty-second Amendment pages 23 to 28
    6. 6 Socialism, and the Integrity of the Nation pages 29 to 33
    7. 7 The Rule of Law: Dicey, and What Survives of Him pages 34 to 39
    8. 8 The Rule of Law Inside the Indian Constitution pages 40 to 45
    9. 9 Limited Government: Every Power Is a Conferred Power pages 46 to 50
    10. 10 Separation of Powers in the Indian Constitution pages 51 to 55
    11. 11 Judicial Independence and How the Constitution Protects It pages 56 to 61
    12. 12 Fundamental Rights as a Limit on Government pages 62 to 68
    13. 13 Directive Principles, and the Constitutionalism of Positive Duty pages 69 to 74
    14. 14 Fundamental Duties pages 75 to 78
    15. 15 Procedure Established by Law, and Due Process pages 79 to 83
    16. 16 Judicial Review: Where It Comes From and How Far It Goes pages 84 to 89
    17. 17 The Amending Power, and the Road to Kesavananda pages 90 to 94
    18. 18 The Basic Structure Doctrine pages 95 to 99
    19. 19 Basic Structure After Kesavananda pages 100 to 105
    20. 20 Constitutional Morality pages 106 to 110
    21. 21 The Institutions That Hold a Government to Account pages 111 to 116
    22. 22 Emergency, and the Constitutionalism the Forty-fourth Amendment Put Back pages 117 to 121
    23. 23 Where Indian Constitutionalism Is Under Strain pages 122 to 126
    24. 24 What a Federation Is pages 127 to 131
    25. 25 Federal, Unitary and Confederal Government Compared pages 132 to 135
    26. 26 Is India a Federation? The Quasi-Federal Argument pages 136 to 140
    27. 27 The Federal Features of the Indian Constitution pages 141 to 145
    28. 28 The Union and Its Territory: Articles 1 to 4 pages 146 to 150
    29. 29 States Reorganisation, and the Language Question pages 151 to 155
    30. 30 The Division of Legislative Power and the Three Lists pages 156 to 161
    31. 31 Pith and Substance, Colourable Legislation and Incidental Encroachment pages 162 to 167
    32. 32 Repugnancy: Article 254 pages 168 to 172
    33. 33 Residuary Power, and Parliament's Power Over the State List pages 173 to 177
    34. 34 Territorial Nexus and Extra-territorial Operation pages 178 to 181
    35. 35 Goods and Services Tax: Article 246A and the GST Council pages 182 to 186
    36. 36 Administrative Relations Between the Union and the States pages 187 to 191
    37. 37 Inter-State Rivers: Article 262 pages 192 to 196
    38. 38 The Inter-State Council, and Cooperative Federalism pages 197 to 201
    39. 39 The All India Services pages 202 to 206
    40. 40 Financial Relations and the Finance Commission pages 207 to 212
    41. 41 Freedom of Trade, Commerce and Intercourse: Articles 301 to 307 pages 213 to 218
    42. 42 The Governor: Appointment, Discretion and Assent pages 219 to 225
    43. 43 President's Rule: Article 356 and S.R. Bommai pages 226 to 231
    44. 44 National Emergency, and What It Does to the Federal Balance pages 232 to 236
    45. 45 Judicial Review in the Federal Framework: The Court as Umpire pages 237 to 242
    46. 46 Disputes Between the Union and a State: Article 131 pages 243 to 247
    47. 47 Central Control Against State Autonomy pages 248 to 252
    48. 48 Asymmetric Federalism pages 253 to 257
    49. 49 Article 370 and the Status of Jammu and Kashmir pages 258 to 262
    50. 50 The 2019 Change, and In Re Article 370 pages 263 to 267
    51. 51 Delhi: Article 239AA and the Dispute Over Services pages 268 to 273
    52. 52 The North East: Articles 371A to 371J and the Sixth Schedule pages 274 to 278
    53. 53 The Fifth Schedule and the Scheduled Areas pages 279 to 283
    54. 54 Union Territories pages 284 to 287
    55. 55 The Third Tier: Panchayats and Municipalities pages 288 to 293
    56. 56 India and the United States Compared pages 294 to 297
    57. 57 Australia, Canada, and How a Federation Umpires Itself pages 298 to 302
    58. 58 The Commissions on Centre-State Relations pages 303 to 306
    59. 59 Federalism as a Dynamic Process pages 307 to 310

    Module II 23 chapters

    1. 60 What Pluralism Means pages 311 to 314
    2. 61 India as a Plural Society pages 315 to 318
    3. 62 Ethnic Pluralism pages 319 to 323
    4. 63 Linguistic Pluralism, and Part XVII pages 324 to 329
    5. 64 Religious Pluralism pages 330 to 334
    6. 65 Cultural Pluralism pages 335 to 338
    7. 66 Political Pluralism pages 339 to 343
    8. 67 Legal Pluralism, and Personal Law pages 344 to 348
    9. 68 Multiculturalism, and the Indian Version of It pages 349 to 352
    10. 69 Secularism as India Practises It pages 353 to 357
    11. 70 Freedom of Religion: Articles 25 to 28 pages 358 to 363
    12. 71 Essential Religious Practices pages 364 to 368
    13. 72 Who Is a Minority pages 369 to 374
    14. 73 The Rights of Minorities: Articles 29 and 30 pages 375 to 380
    15. 74 Minority Educational Institutions pages 381 to 386
    16. 75 The National Commission for Minorities pages 387 to 391
    17. 76 Freedom of Speech and Expression pages 392 to 398
    18. 77 The Press in a Plural Society pages 399 to 405
    19. 78 The Right to Dissent pages 406 to 412
    20. 79 Hate Speech, and the Limits of Toleration pages 413 to 419
    21. 80 Tribal Pluralism pages 420 to 427
    22. 81 Caste, and the Abolition of Untouchability pages 428 to 436
    23. 82 What Pluralism Is Up Against pages 437 to 444

    Module III 34 chapters

    1. 83 Article 44, and Exactly What It Says pages 445 to 450
    2. 84 The Constituent Assembly Debate on Article 44 pages 451 to 458
    3. 85 The Personal Law Systems of India pages 459 to 464
    4. 86 Is Personal Law 'Law' Under Article 13 pages 465 to 470
    5. 87 Shah Bano, and the Statute That Followed It pages 471 to 477
    6. 88 Sarla Mudgal and Lily Thomas pages 478 to 483
    7. 89 John Vallamattom, Ahmedabad Women Action Group and Pannalal Bansilal pages 484 to 488
    8. 90 Shayara Bano, and the Act of 2019 pages 489 to 494
    9. 91 Goa, and Jose Paulo Coutinho pages 495 to 499
    10. 92 The Special Marriage Act as an Optional Code pages 500 to 505
    11. 93 The Case For a Uniform Civil Code pages 506 to 511
    12. 94 The Case Against It, and the Middle Way pages 512 to 518
    13. 95 What the Law Commission Has Said, Twice pages 519 to 524
    14. 96 Uttarakhand 2024: The First State Code pages 525 to 532
    15. 97 Article 14: Equality Before Law and Equal Protection of the Laws pages 533 to 538
    16. 98 The Doctrine of Reasonable Classification pages 539 to 545
    17. 99 Arbitrariness: The Newer Doctrine pages 546 to 551
    18. 100 Equating Equals With Unequals pages 552 to 557
    19. 101 Article 15: No Discrimination on the Prohibited Grounds pages 558 to 564
    20. 102 Article 15(4) and 15(5): Special Provision for Backward Classes pages 565 to 570
    21. 103 Article 15(6): The Economically Weaker Sections pages 571 to 576
    22. 104 Article 16: Equality of Opportunity in Public Employment pages 577 to 583
    23. 105 Indra Sawhney: The Mandal Judgment pages 584 to 589
    24. 106 Creamy Layer, the Fifty Per Cent Ceiling, and What Has Happened to Both pages 590 to 595
    25. 107 Reservation in Promotion pages 596 to 600
    26. 108 Sub-classification Inside a Reserved Class pages 601 to 606
    27. 109 Compensatory Discrimination as a Doctrine pages 607 to 612
    28. 110 The Protections Given to Women pages 613 to 619
    29. 111 The Protections Given to the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes pages 620 to 626
    30. 112 Article 17 and the Untouchability Statutes pages 627 to 632
    31. 113 Who Decides Which Classes Are Backward pages 633 to 638
    32. 114 Equality and Transgender Persons pages 639 to 646
    33. 115 Equality and Disability pages 647 to 653
    34. 116 Article 18: Titles pages 654 to 658

    Module IV 18 chapters

    1. 117 Why a Constitutional Paper Ends in International Law pages 659 to 664
    2. 118 The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1948 pages 665 to 671
    3. 119 How the Constitution Mirrors the Universal Declaration pages 672 to 677
    4. 120 The Two Covenants of 1966 pages 678 to 684
    5. 121 The Convention Against Genocide pages 685 to 690
    6. 122 Genocide in Practice: What the Courts Have Made of the Convention pages 691 to 697
    7. 123 Minorities in International Law pages 698 to 704
    8. 124 The 1992 Declaration on the Rights of Persons Belonging to Minorities pages 705 to 710
    9. 125 The Right of Self-determination pages 711 to 718
    10. 126 Self-determination in Practice pages 719 to 725
    11. 127 The Doctrine of Domestic Jurisdiction pages 726 to 731
    12. 128 Race, Women and Children: Three More Conventions pages 732 to 738
    13. 129 Indigenous and Tribal Peoples in International Law pages 739 to 744
    14. 130 The European Convention and the European Court of Human Rights pages 745 to 752
    15. 131 The Other Regional Systems pages 753 to 759
    16. 132 How International Law Enters Indian Law pages 760 to 766
    17. 133 The Protection of Human Rights Act 1993 and the Commission pages 767 to 775
    18. 134 Refugees and Statelessness, and Where India Stands pages 776 to 787
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  4. National Security Public Order and Rule of Law

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    1. The Three Ideas in the Title, and How They Pull Against Each Other 1
    2. National Security: What the Phrase Means in Law 6
    3. Security of the State 12
    4. Public Order 17
    5. Law and Order, Public Order and Security of the State: The Three Concentric Circles 22
    6. Who May Legislate: Public Order and Security in the Seventh Schedule 26
    7. Keeping Public Order: The Executive's Ordinary Powers 31
    8. Offences Against Public Tranquillity Under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita 39
    9. Offences Against the State, and What Replaced Sedition 45
    10. National Security and the Freedom of Speech 52
    11. Rule of Law: Dicey's Three Meanings 58
    12. Rule of Law: The Modern Formulations 64
    13. Rule of Law in the Indian Constitution 69
    14. Rule by Law, and Why the Difference Decides This Paper 74
    15. Subjective Satisfaction, and How Far a Court May Examine It 78
    16. What Preventive Detention Is 84
    17. Punitive Detention and Preventive Detention Distinguished 88
    18. Where the Power Comes From: Entry 9 of List I and Entry 3 of List III 92
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    1. Article 22 Read Whole 96
    2. Article 22(1) and 22(2): The Rights of an Arrested Person 101
    3. Article 22(3): Who Loses Those Rights 105
    4. Article 22(4): The Three Month Rule and the Advisory Board 109
    5. Article 22(5): The Grounds and the Right of Representation 114
    6. Article 22(6): The Privilege Against Disclosure 118
    7. Article 22(7): What Parliament May Prescribe 122
    8. The Article 22 the 44th Amendment Wrote, and Which Was Never Brought Into Force 126
    9. A.K. Gopalan and the Compartment Theory 131
    10. Maneka Gandhi, and What It Did to Preventive Detention 135
    11. The Grounds of Detention: Vague, Irrelevant and Stale 139
    12. The Live Link, and Delay in Passing the Order 143
    13. Non-Application of Mind, and the Mechanical Order 146
    14. Communicating the Grounds, and the Language the Detenu Understands 149
    15. The Documents Relied On, and the Right to an Effective Representation 152
    16. Delay in Deciding the Representation 156
    17. The Advisory Board in Practice, and A.K. Roy 160
    18. Detention of a Person Already in Custody 165
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    1. Revocation, and a Second Detention on the Same Facts 169
    2. The National Security Act 1980 173
    3. The National Security Act: From Order to Release 179
    4. COFEPOSA 1974 as a Detention Law 183
    5. The State Detention Laws, and Maharashtra's MPDA 189
    6. The Safeguards Gathered, and the Safeguards Against Misuse 193
    7. The Scope and the Limits of the Power 197
    8. The Recent Judicial Trend on Preventive Detention 201
    9. Preventive Detention: A Worked Problem 206

    Module II

    1. What Exceptional Legislation Is 211
    2. Due Process: The Term, and Where It Comes From 215
    3. Why Article 21 Says 'Procedure Established by Law' 219
    4. Due Process After Maneka 223
    5. Due Process and Special Legislation 227
    6. The Reverse Burden and the Presumption of Innocence 231
    7. Confessions to Police Officers Under Special Statutes 235
    8. Bail Under Special Statutes: The Twin Conditions 239
    9. The Challenges and Concerns, Stated Fairly 244
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    1. Special Courts 248
    2. Tribunals: Articles 323A and 323B 253
    3. Tribunals After L. Chandra Kumar 257
    4. Exceptional Legislation to Curb Economic Offences 261
    5. COFEPOSA: Nature, Scope and Salient Features 265
    6. SAFEMA and the Forfeiture Arm 269
    7. The Other Legislations Against Economic Offenders 274
    8. TADA 1987: The Scheme 280
    9. Kartar Singh v. State of Punjab 288
    10. TADA in Practice, and the NHRC's Comments 294
    11. POTA 2002, and PUCL v. Union of India 301
    12. The UAPA 1967: Unlawful Associations 311
    13. The UAPA: The Terrorist Act and the Terrorist Organisation 318
    14. The UAPA: Section 43D(5) and Bail 326
    15. MCOCA and Organised Crime 332
    16. The Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act 1958 338
    17. Naga People's Movement of Human Rights v. Union of India 344
    18. Why Such Laws Are Called Draconian 351
    19. Exceptional Legislation and the Rule of Law: An Assessment 356
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    1. Civil Liberties: The Idea 362
    2. Civil Liberties in England 367
    3. Habeas Corpus in England, and the Wartime Detention Cases 372
    4. Emergency Detention in England After 1945 378
    5. Civil Liberties Under Pre-Independence Law in India 385
    6. The Rowlatt Act 1919 and What Followed 391
    7. The Position of Pre-Independence Laws Under the Constitution 395
    8. Article 13, and the Doctrine of Eclipse 400
    9. The Emergency Provisions in Outline 405
    10. Article 352: The Proclamation 409
    11. The Grounds, and the Safeguards the 44th Amendment Added 414
    12. What a Proclamation Switches On 419
    13. President's Rule and Financial Emergency, in Outline 424
    14. The Three Proclamations: 1962, 1971 and 1975 431
    15. The 1975 Emergency and Its Effects 436
    16. Article 358 Worked Out 442
    17. The Justiciability of the Suspension of Article 19 447
    18. The Constitution (Forty-fourth Amendment) Act 1978 452
    19. The Need, the Declaration, the Effect and the Consequences 457
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    Module III

    1. Access to Courts: Where the Right Comes From 462
    2. Article 32 467
    3. Article 226 471
    4. Habeas Corpus in India 475
    5. Article 359: The Text and the Mechanism 479
    6. What a Presidential Order Can Never Bar: Makhan Singh 484
    7. ADM Jabalpur v. Shivkant Shukla 488
    8. The 44th Amendment and Suspendability 494
    9. The Non-Suspendability of Articles 20 and 21 499
    10. The Formal End of ADM Jabalpur 503
    11. Access to Courts and the Armed Forces: Articles 33 and 34 507
    12. Access to Courts in Practice: Legal Aid and Public Interest Litigation 511
    13. Martial Law: The Concept 517
    14. Martial Law in England 522
    15. Martial Law in India: Article 34 and the Indemnity Act 527
    16. Martial Law Compared With Emergency and With AFSPA 531
    17. The Indian Instance: Punjab, 1919 536
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    1. Human Rights: The Idea and the International Instruments 541
    2. The Constitutional Philosophy for the Protection of Human Rights 546
    3. The Preamble, Part III and Part IV 551
    4. The Conflict Between Part III and Part IV, and How It Was Resolved 556
    5. Human Rights of Women: The Constitutional Scheme 561
    6. Human Rights of Women: The Statutes 567
    7. Human Rights of Women: The Judgments 575
    8. Gender Sensitization 581
    9. Human Rights of Children 586
    10. Human Rights of Minorities 594
    11. Human Rights of Prisoners 601
    12. Human Rights and the Police: Custodial Violence 608
    13. Human Rights of the Weaker and Disadvantaged Sections 617
    14. Unorganised Labour 624
    15. The National Commission for Backward Classes 633
    16. Judicial Activism 638
    17. Judicial Activism and the Protection of Human Rights 643
    18. The Contributory Role of the State 648
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    1. The Protection of Human Rights Act 1993 and the NHRC 653
    2. What Further Steps Ought to Be Taken 661
    3. National Security and Human Rights: An Assessment 666
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    Module I 45 chapters

    1. 1 The Three Ideas in the Title, and How They Pull Against Each Other pages 1 to 5
    2. 2 National Security: What the Phrase Means in Law pages 6 to 11
    3. 3 Security of the State pages 12 to 16
    4. 4 Public Order pages 17 to 21
    5. 5 Law and Order, Public Order and Security of the State: The Three Concentric Circles pages 22 to 25
    6. 6 Who May Legislate: Public Order and Security in the Seventh Schedule pages 26 to 30
    7. 7 Keeping Public Order: The Executive's Ordinary Powers pages 31 to 38
    8. 8 Offences Against Public Tranquillity Under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita pages 39 to 44
    9. 9 Offences Against the State, and What Replaced Sedition pages 45 to 51
    10. 10 National Security and the Freedom of Speech pages 52 to 57
    11. 11 Rule of Law: Dicey's Three Meanings pages 58 to 63
    12. 12 Rule of Law: The Modern Formulations pages 64 to 68
    13. 13 Rule of Law in the Indian Constitution pages 69 to 73
    14. 14 Rule by Law, and Why the Difference Decides This Paper pages 74 to 77
    15. 15 Subjective Satisfaction, and How Far a Court May Examine It pages 78 to 83
    16. 16 What Preventive Detention Is pages 84 to 87
    17. 17 Punitive Detention and Preventive Detention Distinguished pages 88 to 91
    18. 18 Where the Power Comes From: Entry 9 of List I and Entry 3 of List III pages 92 to 95
    19. 19 Article 22 Read Whole pages 96 to 100
    20. 20 Article 22(1) and 22(2): The Rights of an Arrested Person pages 101 to 104
    21. 21 Article 22(3): Who Loses Those Rights pages 105 to 108
    22. 22 Article 22(4): The Three Month Rule and the Advisory Board pages 109 to 113
    23. 23 Article 22(5): The Grounds and the Right of Representation pages 114 to 117
    24. 24 Article 22(6): The Privilege Against Disclosure pages 118 to 121
    25. 25 Article 22(7): What Parliament May Prescribe pages 122 to 125
    26. 26 The Article 22 the 44th Amendment Wrote, and Which Was Never Brought Into Force pages 126 to 130
    27. 27 A.K. Gopalan and the Compartment Theory pages 131 to 134
    28. 28 Maneka Gandhi, and What It Did to Preventive Detention pages 135 to 138
    29. 29 The Grounds of Detention: Vague, Irrelevant and Stale pages 139 to 142
    30. 30 The Live Link, and Delay in Passing the Order pages 143 to 145
    31. 31 Non-Application of Mind, and the Mechanical Order pages 146 to 148
    32. 32 Communicating the Grounds, and the Language the Detenu Understands pages 149 to 151
    33. 33 The Documents Relied On, and the Right to an Effective Representation pages 152 to 155
    34. 34 Delay in Deciding the Representation pages 156 to 159
    35. 35 The Advisory Board in Practice, and A.K. Roy pages 160 to 164
    36. 36 Detention of a Person Already in Custody pages 165 to 168
    37. 37 Revocation, and a Second Detention on the Same Facts pages 169 to 172
    38. 38 The National Security Act 1980 pages 173 to 178
    39. 39 The National Security Act: From Order to Release pages 179 to 182
    40. 40 COFEPOSA 1974 as a Detention Law pages 183 to 188
    41. 41 The State Detention Laws, and Maharashtra's MPDA pages 189 to 192
    42. 42 The Safeguards Gathered, and the Safeguards Against Misuse pages 193 to 196
    43. 43 The Scope and the Limits of the Power pages 197 to 200
    44. 44 The Recent Judicial Trend on Preventive Detention pages 201 to 205
    45. 45 Preventive Detention: A Worked Problem pages 206 to 210

    Module II 47 chapters

    1. 46 What Exceptional Legislation Is pages 211 to 214
    2. 47 Due Process: The Term, and Where It Comes From pages 215 to 218
    3. 48 Why Article 21 Says 'Procedure Established by Law' pages 219 to 222
    4. 49 Due Process After Maneka pages 223 to 226
    5. 50 Due Process and Special Legislation pages 227 to 230
    6. 51 The Reverse Burden and the Presumption of Innocence pages 231 to 234
    7. 52 Confessions to Police Officers Under Special Statutes pages 235 to 238
    8. 53 Bail Under Special Statutes: The Twin Conditions pages 239 to 243
    9. 54 The Challenges and Concerns, Stated Fairly pages 244 to 247
    10. 55 Special Courts pages 248 to 252
    11. 56 Tribunals: Articles 323A and 323B pages 253 to 256
    12. 57 Tribunals After L. Chandra Kumar pages 257 to 260
    13. 58 Exceptional Legislation to Curb Economic Offences pages 261 to 264
    14. 59 COFEPOSA: Nature, Scope and Salient Features pages 265 to 268
    15. 60 SAFEMA and the Forfeiture Arm pages 269 to 273
    16. 61 The Other Legislations Against Economic Offenders pages 274 to 279
    17. 62 TADA 1987: The Scheme pages 280 to 287
    18. 63 Kartar Singh v. State of Punjab pages 288 to 293
    19. 64 TADA in Practice, and the NHRC's Comments pages 294 to 300
    20. 65 POTA 2002, and PUCL v. Union of India pages 301 to 310
    21. 66 The UAPA 1967: Unlawful Associations pages 311 to 317
    22. 67 The UAPA: The Terrorist Act and the Terrorist Organisation pages 318 to 325
    23. 68 The UAPA: Section 43D(5) and Bail pages 326 to 331
    24. 69 MCOCA and Organised Crime pages 332 to 337
    25. 70 The Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act 1958 pages 338 to 343
    26. 71 Naga People's Movement of Human Rights v. Union of India pages 344 to 350
    27. 72 Why Such Laws Are Called Draconian pages 351 to 355
    28. 73 Exceptional Legislation and the Rule of Law: An Assessment pages 356 to 361
    29. 74 Civil Liberties: The Idea pages 362 to 366
    30. 75 Civil Liberties in England pages 367 to 371
    31. 76 Habeas Corpus in England, and the Wartime Detention Cases pages 372 to 377
    32. 77 Emergency Detention in England After 1945 pages 378 to 384
    33. 78 Civil Liberties Under Pre-Independence Law in India pages 385 to 390
    34. 79 The Rowlatt Act 1919 and What Followed pages 391 to 394
    35. 80 The Position of Pre-Independence Laws Under the Constitution pages 395 to 399
    36. 81 Article 13, and the Doctrine of Eclipse pages 400 to 404
    37. 82 The Emergency Provisions in Outline pages 405 to 408
    38. 83 Article 352: The Proclamation pages 409 to 413
    39. 84 The Grounds, and the Safeguards the 44th Amendment Added pages 414 to 418
    40. 85 What a Proclamation Switches On pages 419 to 423
    41. 86 President's Rule and Financial Emergency, in Outline pages 424 to 430
    42. 87 The Three Proclamations: 1962, 1971 and 1975 pages 431 to 435
    43. 88 The 1975 Emergency and Its Effects pages 436 to 441
    44. 89 Article 358 Worked Out pages 442 to 446
    45. 90 The Justiciability of the Suspension of Article 19 pages 447 to 451
    46. 91 The Constitution (Forty-fourth Amendment) Act 1978 pages 452 to 456
    47. 92 The Need, the Declaration, the Effect and the Consequences pages 457 to 461

    Module III 17 chapters

    1. 93 Access to Courts: Where the Right Comes From pages 462 to 466
    2. 94 Article 32 pages 467 to 470
    3. 95 Article 226 pages 471 to 474
    4. 96 Habeas Corpus in India pages 475 to 478
    5. 97 Article 359: The Text and the Mechanism pages 479 to 483
    6. 98 What a Presidential Order Can Never Bar: Makhan Singh pages 484 to 487
    7. 99 ADM Jabalpur v. Shivkant Shukla pages 488 to 493
    8. 100 The 44th Amendment and Suspendability pages 494 to 498
    9. 101 The Non-Suspendability of Articles 20 and 21 pages 499 to 502
    10. 102 The Formal End of ADM Jabalpur pages 503 to 506
    11. 103 Access to Courts and the Armed Forces: Articles 33 and 34 pages 507 to 510
    12. 104 Access to Courts in Practice: Legal Aid and Public Interest Litigation pages 511 to 516
    13. 105 Martial Law: The Concept pages 517 to 521
    14. 106 Martial Law in England pages 522 to 526
    15. 107 Martial Law in India: Article 34 and the Indemnity Act pages 527 to 530
    16. 108 Martial Law Compared With Emergency and With AFSPA pages 531 to 535
    17. 109 The Indian Instance: Punjab, 1919 pages 536 to 540

    Module IV 21 chapters

    1. 110 Human Rights: The Idea and the International Instruments pages 541 to 545
    2. 111 The Constitutional Philosophy for the Protection of Human Rights pages 546 to 550
    3. 112 The Preamble, Part III and Part IV pages 551 to 555
    4. 113 The Conflict Between Part III and Part IV, and How It Was Resolved pages 556 to 560
    5. 114 Human Rights of Women: The Constitutional Scheme pages 561 to 566
    6. 115 Human Rights of Women: The Statutes pages 567 to 574
    7. 116 Human Rights of Women: The Judgments pages 575 to 580
    8. 117 Gender Sensitization pages 581 to 585
    9. 118 Human Rights of Children pages 586 to 593
    10. 119 Human Rights of Minorities pages 594 to 600
    11. 120 Human Rights of Prisoners pages 601 to 607
    12. 121 Human Rights and the Police: Custodial Violence pages 608 to 616
    13. 122 Human Rights of the Weaker and Disadvantaged Sections pages 617 to 623
    14. 123 Unorganised Labour pages 624 to 632
    15. 124 The National Commission for Backward Classes pages 633 to 637
    16. 125 Judicial Activism pages 638 to 642
    17. 126 Judicial Activism and the Protection of Human Rights pages 643 to 647
    18. 127 The Contributory Role of the State pages 648 to 652
    19. 128 The Protection of Human Rights Act 1993 and the NHRC pages 653 to 660
    20. 129 What Further Steps Ought to Be Taken pages 661 to 665
    21. 130 National Security and Human Rights: An Assessment pages 666 to 671
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