Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) The Constitutional Framework of Indian Polity Syllabus - Mumbai University 2026

Syllabus for The Constitutional Framework of Indian Polity

Major · Politics · Semester 1 · FY BA · 4 credits

Part of this reading list is printed in Devanagari, which the University's own PDF does not release as reliable text. Those entries are not set here; they are in the document above, as she printed them.

Module 1: INTRODUCTION TO THE CONSTITUTION

1 The Constituent Assembly and basic features of Indian Constitution
2 Preamble and Philosophy of Indian Constitution
3 Amendment Procedure and Basic Structure Doctrine

Module 2: FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AND DIRECTIVE PRINCIPLES

1 Fundamental rights
2 Directive Principles of State Policy
3 Fundamental Duties

Module 3: LEGISLATURE, EXECUTIVE AND JUDICIARY

1 Parliament of India
2 President and Prime Minister
3 Supreme Court and High Courts

Module 4: FEDERAL STRUCTURE AND DECENTRALIZATION

1 Constitutional Provisions-Legislative, Administrative and Financial
2 Changing nature and issues in the Centre-State relations
3 Panchayati Raj and Municipal governments

Reading List

Basu, Durga Das, Introduction to the Constitution of India, Lexis Nexis, 2012.
Laxmikant, M, Indian Polity, TMH, 2015.
Laxmikant, M., Governance in India, TMH, 2015.
Pylee, M. V., An Introduction to the Constitution of India, Vikas Publishing, 2008.
Sharma, Brij Kishore, Introduction to the Constitution of India, PHI Learning, 2009

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