BBA207

Indian Constitution

L-T-P3-0-0 Credits3 Session2024-25 TypeTheory
Appears in 1 semester

BBA · Sem 2 (Core)

Syllabus

5 units · 40 lecture hours
Unit1

Unit 1

8 hrs

Indian Constitution Necessity of the Constitution, Societies before and after the Constitution adoption. Introduction to the Indian Constitution, Making of the Constitution, Role of the Constituent Assembly. Philosophy of the Constitution.

Unit2

Unit 2

8 hrs

Important Features of the Indian Constitution Amendments, Role of Convention under the Constitution. Fundamental Rights (FR’s) and its Restriction and limitations in different Complex Situations. Fundamental Duties; Constitutional Remedies, Parliamentary Supremacy and Judicial Review. Federal Structure.

Unit3

Unit 3

8 hrs

Territory of the Union and Administration Citizenship; Rights, privileges and responsibilities. Directive Principles of State Policy (DPSP’s) and its present relevance in Indian society. Fundamental Duties and its Scope and significance in Nation, Union Executive: Parliamentary System, Union Executive – President, Prime Minister, Union Cabinet

Unit4

Unit 4

8 hrs

Union Legislative Structure Parliament – Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, Parliamentary Committees, Important Parliamentary Terminologies. Judicial System of India, Supreme Court of India and other Courts, Judicial Reviews and Judicial Activism. State Executive and State Legislature.

Unit5

Unit 5

8 hrs

State Legislative Structure State Executive and Governor, CM, State Cabinet, Legislature - VS & VP, Election Commission, Elections & Electoral Process. Amendment to Constitution, and Important Constitutional Amendments till today. Emergency Provisions.

Course Objectives3 points
  • To know about the basic structure of the Indian Constitution.
  • To know the Fundamental Rights (FR’s), Directive Principles of State Policy and Fundamental Duties (FD’s) of our constitution
  • To know about our legislative and executive systems of India.

Suggested Readings

  1. Introduction to the Constitution of India, (Students Edition.) by Durga Das Basu (DD Basu): Prentice – Hall.
  2. Constitution of India, Professional Ethics and Human Rights by Shubham Singles, Charles E. Haries, and et al: published by Cengage Learning India, Latest Edition.
  3. The Constitution of India by Merunandan K B: published by Merugu Publication, Second Edition, Bengaluru.
  4. Samvidhana Odu - for Students & Youths by Justice HN Nagamohan Dhas, Sahayana, kerekon.
  5. M.Govindarajan, S. Natarajan, V.S. Senthilkumar, “Engineering Ethics”, Prentice –Hall,

Official AKTU syllabus

This subject is on page 18 of the original AKTU PDF.

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